TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

The last of the family’s grapes to be harvested, usually in mid-October, this site in Bennet Valley is cool and foggy and pushes the boundaries of ripening, giving fruit with delicate flavours and low alcohol. The blend is 97% Roussanne, with just a touch of Viognier for complexity, given a little skin contact and 10 months in neutral oak with...

TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

From a 0.44ha holding, high up on the slopes above Beaune. This is undeniable evidence of the quality of whites in Beaune when in the right hands. Ample stonefruits on the nose usher in a wine of great amiability, with a solid core of fruit on the palate again reflecting the generosity of the vintage. Then there is a transition...

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Aromas of raspberry with a touch of violet and some black olive and rosemary notes fill the nose. The mouth is elegant and very well structured and balanced.

TASTING NOTES

Utterly delicious and hedonistic. Juicy, rich yet savoury fruit. Spice, smoke and floral lift. Wonderful texture, silky and suave offset by bitter cherry and fresh acidity. This is a spellbinding wine which evokes the earthy complexity of this unique terroir in a delightfully drinkable style. Barbagalli 2011 manages to be at once serious, complex and meaningful and joyful. Enchanting.

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This cuvée¿s primary source is a very steep, terraced vineyard in the Côte Brune above Ampuis. The soil here is notably more limestone schistous, whereas the old-vine source in the Côte Blonde, more acidic and sandy, provides wine of less dense colour. Pure Syrah (Michel adds no Viognier) grown at minuscule yields from 70 year old vines gives this wine power...

TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

The higher sand content in this vineyard encourages a more supple, less structured wine and this extra finesse and fluidity allows it to make friends quickly. On the palate, there is exceptional energy here with complex aromatics lifting off one after the other. The intensity on the finish is initially a surprise after the breeziness of the attack but it...

TASTING NOTES

Light yellow-gold. Ripe peach and poached pear on the deeply perfumed nose, with complicating notes of iodine, truffle and musky flowers. Smells a lot like a Chassagne. Round, chewy and expansive, offering intense orchard fruit flavors and bracing notes of lemon pith and smoky minerals. Plays richness off vivacity and finishes with outstanding clarity and mineral-driven persistence.
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