Disgorged in November 2022 with two grams per liter dosage, the NV Extra-Brut Cuvée No. 746 is based on the 2018 vintage. The grapes were sourced from Avize and Oiry (32%) and Hauvillers (68%). Showing nicely, it offers up a delicate, ripe bouquet with ar...
From holdings just across the border from Pomerol characterized by predominantly sandy-clay soils, the 2019 Grand Corbin-Despagne offers up aromas of plums, sweet berries and cherries mingled with raw cocoa, cigar wrapper, licorice, violets and spices. Me...
A lush and ripe-tasting but also bright and balanced wine that's mouthwatering to sip. It offers sour cherry and red cherry aromas followed by good baked cherries, red currants and dried cranberries on the palate. Moderate tannins and tangy acidity give i...
Fruit for the 2022 Chardonnay La Combe Verte comes from five premier vineyards in the Willamette Valley planted on both volcanic and marine sedimentary soils: Freedom Hill, Hyland, Koosah, Sojeau and Witness Tree. It was blended with 2% Aligoté and mature...
100% Riesling from the monopole Clos des Capucins vineyard. Brimming with peach and apricot fruit, but also delicate notes of mandarin orange, persimmon, jasmine and chamomile. What a stunning interplay of ripe fruit, vibrant acidity and intensely salty minerality. So much drive at the finish. Still very young! 93 points - James Suckling 13.1% alcohol and 0.8 g/l residual sugar
The 2022 Pinot Gris Les Caracoles is shy, advancing just gentle lemon overtones. The palate is surprisingly linear and imbued with a lovely coolness and a streamlined body with a little oaky smoke. The 2022 is unusually linear, cool and bone dry. It's mos...
So many pink rose, jasmine and orchid aromas that you can’t resist falling into the super-sensual embrace of this dreamy gewurz that makes you feel you have been transported back to Versailles in the period of Louis XIV and Madame de Pompadour. Dangerousl...
100% Pinot Gris from the monopole Clos des Capucins vineyard. Shows delicate fruity notes such as pear and peach with smoky and buttery aromas. This light- to medium-bodied Pinot Gris expresses a pure balance between sweetness and acidity, which leads to a long-lasting finish and a mouth-watering sensation. 13.9% alcohol and 3.5 g/l residual sugar
The nose is shy with a faint note of lemon. The palate then presents a cool, lemon-edged sense of juicy pear but remains streamlined and bright, giving the merest edge of almond skin bitterness. The finish is bone dry and mouth-watering. (bone dry)
The 2021 Riesling Cuvee Theo is harvested in the granitic sand of the Clos des Capucins. The palate has the taut, bright citrus wonder we know. A light bodied, vivid and dry Rieslng shining with ripe lemon and subtle tangerine. The finish is bone dry an...