Like cracking open an ashen stone, flinty and viral, with nuances of musty red currant and hints of animal musk, the 2019 Rosso di Montalcino makes itself known. This is elegance to the extreme, with ripe red berries and mineral underpinnings accelerat...
Restrained style, with streaks of bay and olive atop a core of pure, racy red cherry and damson plum fruit, all back by a long, racy iron note that reverberates through the finish. Syrah and Viognier
A few years ago, Guillaume acquired a 0.3-hectare plot of 40-year-old Gamay planted in pure granite at 600 meters altitude in the Ardeche, and he produces a mere 800 bottles per vintage on average. As with his Cornas, he refrains from de-stemming his Gama...
Dark magenta. Expressive aromas of black raspberry and cherry preserves, lavender and Moroccan spices are complemented by a smoky mineral top note. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering incisive red and dark berry, cola and floral pastille flavors...
Vivid purple. Deeply pitched cherry, dark berry preserve and licorice aromas pick up smoky mineral, olive and floral notes with air. Chewy and penetrating on the palate, offering concentrated, mineral-drenched bitter cherry, blackberry, fruitcake and f...