The 2018 Chinon La Cure comes from clay and gravel soils and is aged 5 months in old barrels. The 2018 vintage has even greater potential than 2017, but will need a year or two to come into its own. Cool and elegant on the palate with an earthy, savory no...
First and foremost, this wine is delicious. But it is also complex and elusive - does fruit (cherry and blackberry) lead the way? Or does something darker and more mysterious (pine, earth, graphite...) bring the fruit along? My glass seemed to deliver a d...
The 2016 Fombrauge has come together beautifully during its aging and is now a much more refined wine than it was from barrel. The 2016 is simply impeccable, not to mention incredibly delicious.