From a small, steep lieu-dit of mica schist, vinified in 100 percent new oak for 20 months, this is powerfully oaked, yet has all the components to back it up. There’s the fruit, red and firm, and the spice, lifting the...
From a small, steep lieu-dit of mica schist, vinified in 100 percent new oak for 20 months, this is powerfully oaked, yet has all the components to back it up. There’s the fruit, red and firm, and the spice, lifting the wine with its black pepper kick. There’s the smoke of oak but also of roasting meat—a brown-sugar softness as well as a granite-hard minerality. Don’t even think of touching it for another decade.