One of the most resonant estate cuvées of 2021, this wine announces itself with an extraordinary nose: an intense fanfare of concentrated fruit, exotic bark and earth, chypre nuances and gently tactile grape skin. Five weeks of skin contact deliver depth without weight—never forcing the palate, only enriching it.
On the palate, striking acidity and finely grained tannins provide razor-edged structure beneath layer upon layer of dark fruit, bitter chocolate, and the blackest roses and violets. Saline highlights lift the finish, adding precision and length to the wine’s considerable volume of fruit. Less overtly muscular than expected, it instead offers tensile energy and poise, nodding more to the individuality of single vineyards than past editions.
A staggeringly accomplished cuvée: deeply expressive now, and built to cellar.
One of the most resonant estate cuvées of 2021, this wine announces itself with an extraordinary nose: an intense fanfare of concentrated fruit, exotic bark and earth, chypre nuances and gently tactile grape skin. Five weeks of skin contact deliver depth without weight—never forcing the palate, only enriching it.
On the palate, striking acidity and finely grained tannins provide razor-edged structure beneath layer upon layer of dark fruit, bitter chocolate, and the blackest roses and violets. Saline highlights lift the finish, adding precision and length to the wine’s considerable volume of fruit. Less overtly muscular than expected, it instead offers tensile energy and poise, nodding more to the individuality of single vineyards than past editions.
A staggeringly accomplished cuvée: deeply expressive now, and built to cellar.
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