Bright magenta. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits, candied flowers and baking spices. Smoky mineral notes build in the glass. Concentrated but lively as well, offering alluringly sweet black raspberry, blueberry and spicecake flavors t...
Inky, bright-rimmed ruby. Sexy, mineral-accented aromas of ripe black and blue fruits, candied flowers, olive paste and exotic spices show outstanding clarity and lift. Sweet, pliant and energetic on the palate, offering deeply concentrated raspberry, che...
The 1998 Hermitage is also gorgeous, yet has more concentration and depth. Described as a ?granite year? by Jean-Louis, this puppy has searing, liquid rock-like qualities to go with ample dark fruit, gunpowder and flint. Structured, firm and backward, yet...
Inky magenta. Highly expressive aromas of red and blue fruits, violet, incense, olive and baking spices, along with a smoky mineral top note. Stains the palate with vibrant, sharply etched black raspberry, blueberry, bitter cherry and floral pastille flav...
The 2022 Condrieu Vernillon is terrific, and I continue to love this release from Jamet. Brought up in jars and concrete eggs, it has wonderful purity in its white peach, subtle tangerine, and honeyed flower-like aromatics, and it hits the palate with med...