A Spanish wine term indicating a red wine that doesn’t abide by the defined aging specifications but meets or exceeds classification requirements
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A Spanish wine term indicating a red wine that doesn’t abide by the defined aging specifications but meets or exceeds classification requirements
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A Spanish wine term indicating a red wine that doesn’t abide by the defined aging specifications but meets or exceeds classification requirements
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Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte-de-Nuits
Lovely limpid color bright. Nose detailed cool fruits red fruit focused hint of rose petal and a lick of new oak. Palate is tight and super fresh and intense but also has an airy lightness to it. Tannins are slightly sinewy and grippy to close but the elevated fruit and texture carry long.Pure and focused Drink 2023-2038Tom Carson
Nebbiolo from Castiglione Falletto, Barolo
The 2021 Barolo Bric del Fiasc is going to need a number of years to be at its best. Red toned-fruit, chalk, white pepper, dried herbs and exotic citrus notes soar out of the glass. Beams of tannin lend the energy and drive that are such classic signatures of this Castiglione Falletto site. Drink 2028-2041Antonio Galloni, Vinous 94+ PointsThe Paolo Scavino 2021 Barolo Bric dël Fiasc, from a 2.5-hectare site in Castiglione Falletto on a southwest-facing slope, shows an especially r
Pinot Noir from Pommard, Côte du Beaune
Well I couldn't find a review of this and haven't had a chance to taste it. Given the other 9 wines from 2016 and 2017 I've tried it's hard to see this being anything but true to form and simply put a 2017 version of the 2016!My Note on the 2016:Opens with juicy crunchy fruit that takes just a little while to settle in. More immediately overt than the others. There’s a build in tannin here that when you relate it back to the vineyard location near Rugien and listen to Anne Parents
Pinot Noir from Chambolle-Musigny, Côte-de-Nuits
Note: from younger Musigny vines of less than 25 years of age, the youngest of which were planted in 2007; Lupatelli noted that because so few vines are now less than 25 years of age, the surface area is only about .27 ha and situated in Grands Musigny; 5 barrels produced in 2023This is also quite floral in character with its ever-so-slightly riper array of exuberantly spicy blend of both red and dark cherry, exotic tea and a whiff of dried orange peel. The palate impression of the medium-b