The color is Ruby. The palate is medium-bodied with red fruit like strawberry and cherry stone. A pleasing bitterness on the finish. This has good length, fine mineral detail, and a nice herbal uptick on back end.
Sparkling gold with apricot reflections/fine, broad and very lively mousseux. The Shaman 18 smells seductively of vineyard peach, but also of red fruits reminiscent of wild raspberry and fresh blackberries. The fruit is accompanied... Read More
Aged for two years in a single decades-old small foudre, his Pinot-Trousseau is built around 45-year-old Trousseau from the village of Aiglepierre, and the roughly one-quarter Pinot Noir serves to moderate the Trousseau’s... Read More
Fresh and lithe, “Les Bernardines” leads with Ploussard’s sappy red-cherry fruit, with the Pinot Noir contributing a certain suaveness of texture. The palate sees an extra boost of concentration from the 60+... Read More
This is classic, Right Bank Bordeaux fruit. With a bouquet of spiced vanilla, plum, cassis and hints of leather, this red is broad and structed on the palate. Opulent and harmonious with ample tannins that are inviting yet approachable.... Read More
A 14-acre vineyard planted with a dominance of Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc has produced a ripe, perfumed wine. Still showing its wood aging, it will nevertheless develop well, emphasizing the ripe black-currant fruits and jammy... Read More
