The NV Brut Le Mesnil is a terrific Champagne, offering lots of juicy citrus and stone fruits as well as more apple and brioche characteristics with time in the glass. Possessing a medium-bodied, fresh, lively style, with a distinct minerality on the pala...
Always a favorite among consumers, Xavier Borie's is a fifth-growth Pauillac that consistently performs at a much higher level. The 2012 Grand-Puy-Lacoste has the classic, tell-tale creme de cassis as well as some bluer fruits and floral notes. Medium-bod...
From a soil composed of clay and coarse flint elements covering the subsoil made up of tuff, the 2019 Montlouis sur Loire Clos Habert opens with a very fine and delicate bouquet of finely concentrated yellow-fleshed fruit aromas along with herbal and flin...
The 2019 Marsannay Es Chezots is one of the most impressive on the nose among Laurent Fournier's cuvees with black cherries, cassis and briary aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannins. There is a discrete marine influence, touches o...
This is also pretty firmly reduced though in this case it's clear that the underlying fruit is ripe. On the palate there is good vibrancy and volume to the solidly concentrated middle weight flavors that display impressive power that carries over to the b...
Here there is no reductive funk with an expressive and very pretty nose that combines notes of spiced plum and black cherry with those of earth, soft wood and a hint of tea. The super-sleek and beautifully detailed medium weight flavors are also supported...
Once again the nose is firmly reduced and revealing essentially nothing of interest. There is though a really lovely sense of energy to the detailed and strikingly textured middle weight flavors that exude evident minerality on the precise, moderately aus...
Discreet but not invisible notes of wood toast and menthol can be found on the ripe but airy and cool aromas of red and dark pinot fruit, crushed anise and subtle exotic tea. There is both excellent density and power to the bigger-bodied flavors that exud...
The 2022 Givry Rouge à Vigne has a lovely nose. There’s real purity of fruit here, showing effervescent red cherries and wild strawberries mixed with rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied and very precise, with silky tannins and a mineral-driven finish...
This is ripe yet exuberantly fresh with bright aromas of both red and dark berries, spice, soft wood and a whiff of floral character. There is a similar level of freshness on the palate of the medium-bodied flavors that manage to be at once rich yet deta...