The 2020 Branaire-Ducru was so alluring en primeur, but is very shy today. That said, some of that youthful exuberance has given way to the characteristic Brainaire finesse. Dark red cherry, spice, grilled herbs, menthol and licorice emerge, but only w...
... 2020 Château Beychevelle is a stunner that does everything right..."
The 2020 Beau-Sejour Becot is a dense, powerful wine. A rush of black cherry, plum, chocolate, new leather, licorice, spice and sweet oak builds as this towering, vertically explosive Saint-Émilion opens in the glass. This is an especially broad, expansiv...
Mostly Grenache from Pignan with small amounts of Mourvedre and Syrah, the 2017 Chateauneuf Du Pape Les Hesperides offers a ripe, complex style that carries beautiful notes of black raspberries, forest floor, bouquet garni, leather, and ground pepper. Thi...
The 2016 Gattinara Riserva San Francesco offers a stunning mix of power, depth and intense mineral character. Red berry fruit, spice, cedar, tobacco and crushed rocks infuse the 2016 with striking layers of intensity. A wine of gravitas and stature, the S...
The 2017 Gattinara Riserva Osso San Grato is an especially potent, savory wine in 2017. In most vintages, Osso San Grato is the most refined wine at Antoniolo, but that is not at all the case in 2017. Strong savory and earthy notes infuse the bouquet w...