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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.
Sous Roche is the red Saint Romain of the estate. The vines here are fifty years old and are in one of the steepest, highest parcels in Saint-Romain. True to terroir, this is a lively, lean and vertical expression of Pinot Noir that blossoms in the glass. Old vines of fine pinot which give a wine of superb fruit, elegance and finesse. Gorgeous!
The 2016 Puligny-Montrachet Village is wafting from the glass with aromas of waxy citrus rind, smoke and white flowers. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, pure and racy, with bright acids, elegantly glossy texture and a nicely defined finish.
Red cherry, sweet herbs, earth throughout with roasted meat hints. Light and elegant style for Gevrey with slightly rugged middle, then a brighter finish. Ready to drink.
Undoubtedly one of the best Châteauneufs of the vintage. Full-bodied but wonderfully silky with age, it shows developing aromas and flavors of tree bark, cola, dried spices, red cherries and white button mushrooms. No hurry but this may be at its peak.
The 2015 Saint-Véran 1er Jus is excellent, offering up a bright bouquet of citrus zest, crisp melon and wheat toast. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, pure and tensile, with a bright line of acidity and a cool profile that belies the vintage. This is one of the more elegant wines in Jean-Marie Guffens' portfolio in 2015.
The 2012 Pouilly-Fuissé “Extremis” has a very well-defined bouquet with scents of white peach, apricot blossom and granite, muted at first, but unfolding superbly in the glass. The palate is well-balanced with a harmonious, Meursault-like opening, a fine line of acidity and plenty of spice-tinged honeyed fruit toward the convincing finish. There is a sense of completeness to this Pouilly-Fuissé – a cut above the rest in 2012.
The 2009 Pommard Les Epenots is a huge, powerful wine imbued with the essence of dark fruit, smoke, tar and licorice. This massively structured tannic wine appears to have a brilliant future ahead of it once it settles down in bottle.
This brilliant white Hermitage from the top of the granite dome of this appellation offers notes of roasted hazelnuts, nectarine oil, citrus, quince and crushed rocks. Astonishingly full-bodied and rich, particularly in view of the vintage conditions
The 2008 Corton Blanc flows with mint, flowers, light honey and pears. It is a classy, understated wine that impresses for its balance and polish. Bright, floral notes reappear on the finish, adding brightness and lift.
Possessing sensational purity and freshness, yet with tons of richness and depth, the 2014 Condrieu Coteaux de Vernon sports a medium-gold color as well as killer notes of orange marmalade, flower oil, toasted bread, brioche and crushed rock-like minerality. It's a big wine, yet stays gorgeously pure, fresh and focused, and is a quintessential Condrieu.