Crunchy bright fruit, delicious brambled griotte cherry and violet flowers, pulses of white pepper, sage, slate, crayon, black tea. Depth and character, easy to love, ready to drink. Stainless steel ageing, unoaked. Thomas Barbe technical director, Thomas Duclos consultant, Bishop family owners and founders, with the inaugural vintage in 2018. Harvest September 28, 1ha plot on blue and green clay, with chalky limestone soils.

92+ Saint-Emilion-like notes of ripe black cherries, chalky minerality, camphor, and graphite all emerge from the 2020 Fossiles, another mineral-laced, concentrated, impeccably made Castillon from this estate. It's medium to full-bodied, has ripe, building tannins, classic 2020 density and depth, and a great finish.