Once again, the amphore demonstrates its advantages in very ripe vintages as the nose is appealingly fresh with an even spicier array of plum, violet, anise and cinnamon scents. The delicious middle weight flavors possess a gorgeous... Read More
Decidedly cool, pure and wafting aromas of red and dark pinot fruit are exuberantly spicy and beautifully elegant while displaying lovely layering. The round and utterly delicious medium weight flavors possess a bit more volume... Read More
This isn't as spicy as the En Caillerets but there is fine complexity to the mix of plum, dark cherry and earth scents. I very much like the texture of the more powerful if less refined medium weight flavors that flash a taut... Read More
Here the expressive nose is more elegant than it usually is with its pretty extract of black pinot fruit, soft earth, violet and rose petal scents. The lilting but impressively punchy medium-bodied flavors retain excellent delineation... Read More
The pure, super-elegant and airy nose displays its array of plum, red and dark currant, spice and pretty floral wisps. The notably finer if less powerful and muscular middle weight flavors also possess both lovely detail and punch,... Read More
A wonderfully spicy nose offers up its aromas of both red and dark raspberry, violet and soft floral nuances. There is once again a lovely texture along with fine detail to the more refined middle weight flavors that deliver very... Read More
The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Reserve comes from a single terroir (which is closest to the Les Trois Sources terroir) and is always a tiny production cuvée that’s just about impossible to find in the market.... Read More
The Santenots du Milieu from Lafon is marvelous wine and among my favourites among the Volnay premier crus, with its perfumed red and black fruit and pleasant floral notes. The texture on the palate is dynamic, with fresh acidity... Read More
This taste like a Grand Cru from a top Domaine! Incredibly deep nose with so much juniper berry, laurier and allspice, plus rooty nuances! Breathtaking concentration and vitality on the incredibly precise palate. Very long and... Read More
Intense on the nose, there's some rich, plum scents that points to its Brune origins. Medium-bodied, it's nicely weighted and there's good palate presence. The acidity is firm and balanced, as is the alcohol. A fairly... Read More
Another stunning vintage from this brilliant estate that is just delivering hit after hit. Concentration and intensity right from the initial aromatics, damson, cassis and blackberry fruits that you could almost drink now until... Read More
More in the mold of the 2014, the 2021 Hermitage is a ripe, polished, beautifully balanced Hermitage that doesn't have the depth and concentration of a great vintage, yet shines for its elegance, balance, and overall sense... Read More
The 2021s here are certainly strong wines in the vintage. The 2021 Saint Joseph is a healthy dense ruby/purple hue and offers textbook Saint Joseph aromas and flavors of black fruit (there's a hint of red fruit as well), graphite,... Read More
Enough wood to comment on setting off the ripe and layered dark berry and earth-suffused nose. There is both impressive richness and mid-palate concentration to the powerful big-bodied flavors that possess real punch and drive... Read More
A spicy and sauvage-suffused nose is comprised by notes of notably ripe red and dark raspberry, underbrush and a whiff of newly turned earth. The suave and minerally medium-bodied flavors retain reasonably good detail despite... Read More
As one would reasonably expect, the nose is notably more elegant with its pretty and well-layered aromas of red cherry, violet, earth and a hint of wood. The racy, intense and well-detailed flavors possess a refined texture before... Read More
A complex and nicely broad-ranging nose reflects notes of mostly dark cherry with additional nuances of earth, menthol, oak and red currant. The focused, supple and almost gentle mid-palate of the delicious medium weight flavors... Read More