The 2020 Meursault Village comes from 12 parcels and sees no new oak (barrels one to five years old). Taken from tank, it has a taut, fresh, walnut and smoke-tinged bouquet that has a pleasing strictness. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of...
From some great terroir right near Gigondas, it’s fun to “argue” every year which wine we prefer between this and the Sablet! May as well get both….
Pasquiers has been a long-time favorite here, farmed organically since 2010, this wine is a great example of an excellent Cotes du Rhone. This Sablet will out-drink many a Gigondas at more than half the price!
The second wine of this terrific estate located on the southern edge of Saint-Julien, the 2019 Amiral De Beychevelle sports a dense purple hue to go with ripe black (and some blue) fruits, notes of tobacco leaf, cedar, and damp earth, medium-bodied richne...