CHAMPAGNE AYALA - Brut Majeur - N/V
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James Suckling
July 2024Intense, elegant nose, showing strawberries, lemon peel and pulp with a subtle, brioche character....
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Intense, elegant nose, showing strawberries, lemon peel and pulp with a subtle, brioche character....
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The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva incorporates a 1% dash of Petit Verdot, sourced from...
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Pure, ripe strawberries, red berries and touches of vanilla and stones. Medium-bodied with juicy...
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Here's a new submission from San Felice that features an overhead map of the property on the front...
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The 2023 Malbec Argentino is intense on the nose, with defined, clear and expressive red fruit...
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Quite ripe if not jammy cassis, blueberry fruit, coffee grounds and spices. Firm and crunchy on the...
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The 2024er Mülheimer Sonnenlay Riesling Zeppelin is an off-dry wine (with 24 g/l of residual...
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Iron, mineral and wild herb aromas and flavors frame the cherry and raspberry fruit in this sleek,...
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100% Grenache from 300 m, on cretaceous clay/marl which retains water well. Juicy and bright with...
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Like the Bouchères, this is also relatively firmly reduced. On the palate though there is both...
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(from a whopping 2.02 ha parcel, which effectively means that the domaineowns 89% of the...
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(from a .80 ha holding in Les Bondues). This is the first wine to display any significant reduction...
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(from the Domaine founders of Charles Giraud and Maxime Latour – the fruit derives from multiple...
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(from 40+ year old vines from a huge 2.5 ha parcel in Genevrières Dessus). Firm reduction masks...
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Ripe and beautifully layered aromas of pear and apple compote, a broad array of floral elements,...
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(from 50+ year old vines that see a bit more new wood though this means 33% rather than 25%). Here...
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(from a .51 ha parcel). Soft wood sets off the cool, pretty and elegant aromas of honeysuckle,...
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(from a .35 ha parcel on the Puligny side that sits directly above the parcel of...
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There's an exotic boysenberry note to the fruit in this red, along with flavors of raspberry and...
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The 2022 James Berry Vineyard is impossible to ignore. A cascade of violet and rose tones gives way...
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The 2022 James Berry Vineyard is a blend of 48% Grenache, 34% Mataro, 8% Syrah, 8% Counoise and 2%...
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The 2022 White James Berry Vineyard is a wine of contrasts, showing sweet spice with hints of flint...
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The James Berry Vineyard White is a blend of 62% Grenache Blanc, 18% Roussanne, 14% Chenin Blanc...
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Intense, the 2022 G2 Vineyard bursts from the glass with a mix of crushed raspberry, violet...
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