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Foillard's 2017 Morgon Côte du Py is unwinding in the glass with aromas of cherries, red berries, grilled meats, rose petals and orange rind. It's medium to full-bodied, velvety and fleshy, with fine and powdery tannins, lively acids and a ripe core of fruit.
This is a serious and complicated bottle with a multi-dimensional presentation of dark fruits, spice, floral notes, scorched earth and minerals. There's something incredibly charming about the wine's honesty and gulpability.
Made from 20 year old vines planted high on the steep limestone slopes of Saint-Romain. A wonderful expression of Saint-Romain. Tight, lean, linear, with an appetising, mineral finish.
Fantastic aroma of sweet black fruit compotes and fresh herbs like thyme and rosemary. Ripe, but not overly sweet on the palate with some stewed prunes as well as plum and blackberry notes, sous bois and Herbs de Provence as well. Perfectly mature and in a great spot. Lovers of ripe wines will love this.
The 2016 Saint-Véran Cuvée Unique is so-called because frost wiped out so much fruit that Guffens could not create his normal array of cuvees. Consequently there is only one cuvée in 2016 and even this has a total production of only 180 cases.
Matchstick, orange cream, white peach, pear, sappy and concentrated. Brisk acidity keeps the intensity balanced. Drinks way above the appellation. Beautiful wine.
The Pouilly-Fuisse CC contains the press wine from Guffens's top cuvées from the appellation—in addition to juice from the lieux-dits of Côte and Carmentrans, whose initials give it its name. It displays a generous bouquet of pear, barley sugar, lychee and mandarin. It is a full-bodied, fleshy and ample wine that's broad and textural, and which displays a lot of energy.
The 2017 Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux, which is matured partly in cement eggs and part in mostly used wood. It has an elegant bouquet with chalk, yellow flowers, dry granite and a touch of smoke--quite backward. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, a "transparent" Chablis, stony and penetrating, very natural and refined with a healthy dash of white pepper that lingers on the finish.
Iodine, mineral and floral nose. Onctious, oily textured, buttery style of Meursault. But this weight is balanced by some saline minerality. It is medium-bodied rather than a weighty monster.
This is very unique, with a vibrant, solid middle palate; the finish is medium in length. Japanese pear, almond cookies, honey, acacia and white tea notes. The palate is almost tropical, with mineral undertones. Drinking quite well, there is no reason to wait.
The 2011 Brand VV delivers the typical rich apricot, mango, honey melon and tangerine tones combined with beeswax and subtle lemon curd. There are some minerals to be found, given a good hour or so in the glass. Acidity is present and balanced. The palate follows through in the same classy way with a very nice integration, perfect structure and good length on the finish.
Cool nose of black cherry, spice and lavender aromas. There is excellent detail and even more energy to the middle weight flavors compared to the regular cuvée while the focused finish is well-balanced and impressively long.
This is a serious and complicated bottle with a multi-dimensional presentation of dark fruits, spice, floral notes, scorched earth and minerals. There's something incredibly charming about the wine's honesty and gulpability.