LANGMEIL - The Fifth Wave Grenache - 2018
- - 91 points-
James Suckling
October 2020This has a light red-berry nose with fragrant and floral notes. The palate has raspberry and wild...
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This has a light red-berry nose with fragrant and floral notes. The palate has raspberry and wild...
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A Cabernet Franc from San Carlos in the Uco Valley, aged in 35% French oak. A wine born of the sun...
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You hope for a few vintages like this in your life, says Jean-Paul Jamet. This is Domaine Jamet's...
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Inglenook's entry-level Cabernet is delightfully graceful and balanced on the nose, combining ripe...
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Fir honey, dried pear and fruitcake exude their warm, sweet perfume on the nose of this wine. The...
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The Nicasia Vineyard is located in Paraje Altamira and was planted in 1996. The grapes are from Lot...
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It has a nice balance between ripe fruit and some earthier, herbal scents. Very ripe, pure,...
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The super-ripe aromas of cassis and currant leap from the glass, coloured with hints of mineral,...
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From a 0.35ha parcel of fairly young vines, this sees a full-on treatment with lees stirring over...
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Faiveley owns 1.27ha in the Clos de Vougeot, spread over three parcels; two are at the bottom of...
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From a 0.83ha parcel in the cool lieu-dit of En Orveaux, the grapes here are given a long, slow...
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From 1.56ha of several parcels in the Mazis-Haut lieu-dit. Despite a fermentation in open-top wood...
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Faiveley has a large holding in Cazetiers at 4.06ha and the oldest vines were planted in the 1950s....
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From the 2.77ha Clos des Cortons Faiveley in the lieu-dit of Corton et Rognet in Ladoix, the wine...
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Stylish, floral nose, partly from the whole bunch, party from the site. Very pure, gentle and...
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Lovely ripe freshness to the fruit, really bright summer pudding aromas. Mouthcoating fruit and...
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It has a nice balance between ripe fruit and some earthier, herbal scents. Very ripe, pure,...
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Lots going on here with black plums, ripe cherries, cedar, smoke and cocoa on the nose. Ash,...
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The 2018 Richebourg Grand Cru has a very intense bouquet, a mélange of red and black fruit,...
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Liqueur-fruited, incredibly dense and opulent. The alcohol is quite high and the fruit very dark,...
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A smaller production cuvee, the 2019 Rasteau Les Argiles Bleues is more purple hued and has a...
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A tasting of barrel samples of different lieux-dits: Les Rocoules, Péléat and Ermite paint a...
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A tasting of barrel samples of different lieux-dits: Péléat, Beaumes, Ermite, Le Méal, Bessards....
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Palate coating fruit and very fine tannins in abundance. A highly structural wine, where the...
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