Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli 2019

Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli 2019

Like the Ruchottes the mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is quite sleek and ultra-intense while flashing plenty of minerality on the strikingly well-detailed finish that displays focused power and superb length

cedar and dried rose petals

It has great purity

There is terrific vibrancy to the slightly more muscular large-scaled flavors that culminate in a linear and beautifully delineated finish that really firms up as it sits on the palate

Delamotte Blanc de Blancs NV has textbook chalkiness

Looking like a step up over the ’12

Note however that this beauty of a Griotte is markedly firm and will not be an especially inviting early drinker

Chapoutier's effort at making sweet vin de paille from raisined and dried-out Hermitage grapes was highly successful in 1991

The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon

with some 35% of the volume in barrique

rose petal and a suggestion of earth

This too reflects just enough wood to mention as it serves as a relatively neutral backdrop for the restrained and pure essence of red pinot fruit