"The bouquet first reveals its breeding through notes of caramel. These give way to dark berry notes after a little aeration. The wine is elegant, creamy and perfectly balanced thanks to smooth, well-integrated tannins. A full-bodied, fresh and charming wine that deserves a little ageing to develop its full potential". (Yves Beck 2021)
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Eye
Garnet-red with ruby rim
Nose
Open bouquet with essences of toast, sweet spices, figs and ripe black fruit.
Mouth
Round attack, then silky evolution accompanied by tannins well wrapped in flesh, combining volume and very present fruity notes. A fine, elegant wine with a long, highly aromatic finish.
Serve
At 16-18°C
Open
30 minutes before
Drink from
2023
Drink before
2030+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with lasagne bolognaise, flank steak with shallots, fig tart...
Concours Vins de Bordeaux
Noted wine (guide 2022) Gold Medal (Concours Vins de Bordeaux)
Concours Général Agricole de Paris
Wine rated (guide 2022) Silver Medal (Concours Général Agricole Paris)
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
James Suckling
Wine rated (2021 guide) 90/100
About the wine:
This wine is rather chewy and austere with its tannins and wood character, but shows good depth and intensity. Some tomato leaves on the finish. To be tried after 2022.
Yves Beck
Wine rated (2021 guide) 91/100
About the wine:
The bouquet first reveals its breeding through notes of caramel. These give way to dark berry notes after a little aeration. The wine is elegant, creamy and perfectly balanced thanks to smooth, well-integrated tannins. A full-bodied, fresh and charming wine that deserves a little ageing to develop its full potential. 2024-2034
Vert de Vin
Wine rated (2022 guide) 89-90/100 (Jonathan Choukroun Chicheportiche)
About the wine:
The nose is quite aromatic. There are notes of creamy blackberry, pulpy/fresh strawberry and, more lightly, flowers, combined with hints of nutmeg, toastiness and fine hints of fleshy/crushed blackcurrant. The palate is mineral, fruity, very tightly wound, with juiciness, stretch and minerality. On the palate, this wine expresses juicy/fresh blackberry, fresh raspberry and, more lightly, small red berry notes, combined with touches of iris, fresh rose, fine points of racy minerality and a subtle hint of toastiness and almond. Good length.
Challenge International du Vin
Wine rated (guide 2022) Gold Medal