Elegant & Silky Reds

This is another little gem from Domaine Les Yeuses. At this brilliant level it is hard to find such a good and identifiable Syrah. This is good - there is nice lift and spice. The fruit is dark, with blackberry and damso...(read more)

The starting point for the Bott reds, First Flight Syrah in 2021 is an absolute delight, bristling with bright red fruits, soft and very approachable, redcurrant and violets flow nicely with a juicy acidity, very good in...(read more)

Aged for eight months, 24% in French oak barrels (5% new), 41% in concrete tanks and 35% in stainless-steel tanks. Vibrant, very pale strawberry red. Lots of fresh red fruit on the nose, with thyme undertones. Vib...(read more)

75% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 40% new oak. The Merlot was picked in the first week of October. Attractive nose of dark fruit and wood. Lovely smooth entry - the fruit is precise and the tannins b...(read more)

Tasting great now, it has been drinking well for a couple of years - why wouldn't you want this with new season grouse? Grown in very hard-to-manage narrow terraces on a precipitous slope, with each vine on a pole, so ev...(read more)

100-year-old Croatina vines. The darkest of the Le Piane wines so far. Darker-fruited, too, and more savoury. Elegant, restrained, fine-boned. Beautifully structured and long.

Nahikun is Sandra Bravo's "crazy blend", sourced from five tiny parcels in Villabuena. Built on a base of Tempranillo with the remaining 30% made up of Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo, this is refined, complex a...(read more)

4 parcels, two of which (Ronceret and Brouillard) are premiers crus. So silky - juicy fruit, red and blue, a cool fresh expression.

From vines planted in 2000 at 1,000 m (3,500 ft) elevation in the Sierra Madre mountains on a layer of decomposed granite and clay loam. Whole-bunch fermentation. Aged in a mix of old barriques and puncheons. A li...(read more)

A mix of both Arvelets and Hervelets planted up and down the slope by the Fixey church. Fine tannins with higher-toned acidity here but very suave and with extra length. Fine graceful finish. Tasted: August 2020

Nestled just above the famed La Landonne, Les Rochains is a south facing plot on steep schist slopes. Again 100% Syrah, 3 weeks stainless steel before spending 30 months in oak, with about 30% new. Bright purple in colou...(read more)

Deep colour, wonderfully floral nose. The aromatics are totally Chambolle, rose petals, and the touch on the mouth silky with fresh acidity. Little berries, says Stéphane, with lots of millerandage, its very aroma...(read more)