Chateauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau de Ma Mere 2019Hand picked harvest in 20 kg crates to limit crushing of the berries, sorting by hand in the plot and in the cellar, crushing and destemming, vatting by gravity, co fermentation according to maturity, fermentation duration between 25 and 30 days in 100 hectoliter concrete vats, controlled temperature, extraction by delestage and pumping over, indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation. A wine full of pleasure and refinement, with aromas of red and

Terroirs: Les Bressandes 0

Indian spices and dried herbs nuances plus a touch of licorice

candied citrus

fleshed out by other ripe stone fruits

Gourmand nose of black fruits

There is excellent volume and richness to the utterly delicious and seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that possess a velvety and caressing mouth feel while delivering fine depth and length on the well-balanced finish

The 2021 Nuits-Saint-Georges "Aux Argillas" Premier Cru from Philippe Pacalet reflects both the cooler nature of the vintage and the distinctive character of this site through his minimal intervention approach

multilayered finish

The mid-palate is relatively supple and round

Drink 2020 - 2050

A more elegant and complex array of markedly floral aromas exhibit nuances of black raspberry and cherry where there is once again a hint of pomegranate in evidence

there is a Pauillac-like sense of authority and aristocracy