More discreet wood influence more easily allows the elegant, and more floral, aromas of mostly dark pinot fruit to be enjoyed. The caressing but punchy medium weight flavors possess good mid-palate richness before terminating... Read More

Purchased grapes. On the pinker side of ruby in colour, with a very prettily perfumed nose. Cherry as much as strawberry here, filling the mouth very nicely, in an uncomplicated but delicious fashion. Well worth seeking out. Drink... Read More

Aromas: The 2022 Les Baudes exhibits aromas of ripe cherries, red berries, orange zest, and Indian spices. Other reviewers have noted red and black fruit, Asian spice, peonies, savory, earthy notes, violet, rose petal, and anise.... Read More

Aromas of plums, raw cocoa and sweet forest floor introduce the 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Chaffots, a medium to full-bodied, layered and vibrant wine that's more tensile and mineral than the supple, lower-altitude... Read More

A distinctly earthy and very fresh nose offers up its aromas of just picked wild cherry and pretty floral wisps. There is excellent intensity to the larger-scaled and denser medium weight flavors that exhibit ample minerality... Read More

The trilogy of Chenevery (60%), Les Porroux (30%) and 10% Clos Solon was all planted by Laurent’s grandfather, planted between the late 1940s and early 60s. Just a little deeper in colour, and with some reduction, plus also... Read More

Served from the 500 ml bottle, the apricot-golden colored 2003 Vouvray Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie offers a beautifully deep, intense, concentrated and at the same time precise, fresh and refined fruit aroma of... Read More

From another early, low-acid vintage, the golden shining, botrytis-free 2003 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie shows a beautifully intense, extraordinary clear, refined and elegant bouquet of ripe fruits intertwined... Read More

The citrus-colored sample of the 2020 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie still shows a very fine CO2 perlage in the glass that opens with clear and concentrated but also lush fruit and floral and chalky aromas,... Read More

I tasted six separately vinified and representative lieux-dit samples that will curate the final blend of the 2022 Côte-Rôtie. It isbecoming a distinctively floral Jamet, leaning toward black rather than red fruits.... Read More