ILLUMINATI - Pecorino - 2018
- - 91 points-
James Suckling
November 2019Fresh lemons and limes here, as well as guava peel and gooseberries. Bright and citrusy on the...
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Fresh lemons and limes here, as well as guava peel and gooseberries. Bright and citrusy on the...
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Orange blossom, Mandarin and jasmine create a beguiling perfume on the nose of this wine. The...
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Offers a broad, creamy feel, with macadamia nut, piecrust, glazed pear and creamed yellow apple...
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A flinty note of reduction still hovers above the nose of this wine. Concentrated and energetic,...
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Very floral on the nose with plums, rose petals and freshly sliced porcini mushrooms. The palate is...
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Notes of flinty reduction combine with fresh green apple and lemon, giving an impression of...
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Ripe and fleshy, with an open-knit personality to the mix of steeped blackberry and black cherry...
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Lurid violet. Bright and racy on the nose and palate, showing fresh red berry and bitter cherry...
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Shimmering violet color. Intense dark berry and cherry qualities on the nose, with suggestions of...
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Leave it to Giancarlo Pacenti to make one of the most polished Rossos of 2017. Sleek and racy, with...
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The 2016 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has an impressive and quite captivating...
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The 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru has a bouquet that rivets you, or your senses, to the spot,...
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A cooler nose offers more slightly obvious Chablis typicity on the citrus, acacia blossom and white...
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This has a wealth of ripe red and purple berries with a swathe of fresh flowers and some pastry...
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A background application of wood surrounds notably phenolic elements (think olive oil nuances)...
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The thickness of the skins on Chave's old vine parcels is what gives this wine its unrestricted...
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This is aromatic with a touch of star anise, juniper and cedar alongside incredible, almost...
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Thibault Liger-Belair has produced one of the tighter, more serious expression of this celebrated...
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Thibault Liger-Belair has produced one of the tighter, more serious expression of this celebrated...
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Thibault Liger-Belair has been making this wine under his négociant label since 2005. The 2018 was...
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This is an interesting parcel with a 40% slope to the south and white marl soils (like a young...
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The nose of the 2017 Le Paradis Pinot Noir has a flinty/reductive personality, and it took some...
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Impenetrable red in colour. The nose is lush and damsony, with a seductive richness of fruit....
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Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed dark berry, cherry compote, incense and floral aromas are sharpened...
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