A perfumed, ripe and cool nose features notes of red currant, black raspberry, violet and a hint of sandalwood. There is very fine mid-palate density with an abundance of sappy dry extract to the velvety and mouth coating flavors that flash good mineralit...
Discreet but not imperceptible wood frames a ripe combination of red and dark currant, raspberry and plenty of earth and spice nuances. Here too there is a suave texture to the medium weight flavors that possess more evident refinement on the velvety, sap...
L'Empreinte is a cuvee name for a wine that combines four different 1ers. A moderately woody nose fights a bit with the ripe aromas of various purple fruit scents while trimmed in hints of earth, spice and exotic tea. There is terrific intensity and overt...
Perfumed and very pretty aromas speak of elegant dark pinot fruit that is cut with interesting hints of spiced tea, blood orange and whiff of humus character. There is both good volume and intensity to the tautly muscular, dusty and impressively complex f...
Here too the nose is completely dominated by pungent oak and reduction. The delicious and vibrant medium weight flavors possess a beguilingly supple, even velvety, texture that contrasts moderately with the dusty, firm, and youthfully austere bitter pit f...
This is also pretty aromatically raw with a similar nose of firm reduction and wood toast. On the palate though there is again good verve and freshness to the less dense but finer middle weight flavors that exude more evident minerality on the equally fir...
A similar aromatic profile to the Clos de la Servoisine adds a touch of poached plum to the blend. On the palate, the medium-bodied flavors are even more refined with a prominent bead of minerality adding a sense of lift to the youthfully austere, compact...
A markedly more floral-suffused nose features notes of black pinot fruit, exotic tea and a whiff of oak toast. Once again I very much like the texture of the sleeker and finer medium weight flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the firm but refined fi...