With barely more than 500 cases made, La Grand Rue is one of the rarest wines in the world. The palate is very pretty with fine-grain tannin. The persistence, and the saline aftertaste are very appealing. Excellent!
The 2016 Cepparello is dense, dark and also very closed in on itself. Those qualities bode well for the future, but readers will have to be patient, as the 2016 is going to need at least a few years to come into its own. Black cherry, plum, lavender, spic...
Duroche - Charmes Chambertin 2015 750ml
Shows lots of black cherries, cranberry tea, caramelized orange peel, roasted herbs and citrus peel. Full-bodied with ripe and quite round tannins that frame layers of cherries. Bright and fresh, yet rich and long at the same time. The sangiovese characte...