Château Bellevue 2018 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Bellevue 2018 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Nice elegant nose which offers a beautiful, powerful and intense grain. We find notes of quite ripe cassis, morello cherry and small notes of licorice stick associated with touches of menthol/eucalyptus, cornflower/violet as well as fine hints of clove and a subtle hint of undergrowth. A very discreet almost cinnamon hint in the background. The…

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Château Bellevue 2019 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Bellevue 2019 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Beautiful aromatic and slightly spicy nose. We find notes of wild blackberry, pepper, menthol and small notes of quite ripe wild black berries associated with fine sappy hints, small blue fruits, a hint of black tea as well as discreet hints of camphor, cloves and subtle hints of spices. The palate is nicely mineral, well-balanced…

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Château Bellevue 2020 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Bellevue 2020 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Beautiful elegant, racy, precise nose and offers a nice aromatic palette, a fine power as well as a certain intensity. A beautiful fine and discreetly tight grain. We find notes of boysenberry, licorice stick and small notes of roasted small fruits associated with touches of racy minerality, saffron (on its flowery side), discreet hints of…

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Château Bellevue 2022 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

Château Bellevue 2022 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is structured, precise and offers lovely fruit, creaminess as well as lovely definition. It reveals notes of creamy blackberry, Bigarreau cherry and small notes of roasted small fruits associated with touches of vanilla as well as hints of small pulpy blue fruits and a discreet hint of licorice stick. The palate is nicely…

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Castello Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva Montesodi 2020

Castello Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva Montesodi 2020

The nose is fruity, intense and offers a floral side as well as concentration, precision and control. We find notes of blueberry, cherry and small notes of candied orange associated with almost aromatic herbal touches and rosemary flowers. The palate is fruity and offers precision, tension, control as well as an airy and elegant side….

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Castello Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva Vecchie Viti 2020

Castello Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva Vecchie Viti 2020

The nose is fruity, fresh and offers a certain minerality. We find notes of bright red cherry, bright strawberry and small notes of cornflower, blueberry associated with touches of nutmeg, olive tree as well as a hint of Timut pepper and a delicate almost infusion/candied orange hint. The palate is nicely fresh, mineral and offers…

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Castello Pomino, Pomino Benefizio 2021

Castello Pomino, Pomino Benefizio 2021

The nose is fruity and offers a certain intensity as well as a certain deepness. We find notes of mirabelle plum, butter and small notes of small yellow fruits associated with touches of crushed apple, peach blossoms, a fine almost verbena/lime blossom hint as well as discreet hints of sweet spices, nutmeg and beeswax. The…

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Tenuta CastelGiocondo, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Ripe al Convento 2017

Tenuta CastelGiocondo, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Ripe al Convento 2017

The nose is gourmand and offers a beautiful elegance/delicacy in its richness as well as in its concentration. It reveals notes of crushed blackberry, pulpy cassis and small notes of crushed/jammed cherry associated with touches of small roasted red fruits as well as fine hints of cornflower, cardamom, black tea, anise and a hint of…

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Tenuta CastelGiocondo, Brunello di Montalcino 2015

Tenuta CastelGiocondo, Brunello di Montalcino 2015

The nose is mineral, racy and elegant. There are notes of sage, local grove and small notes of Bigarreau cherry associated with touches of small jammy red fruits as well as a subtle floral hint (almost lavender). The palate is beautifully mineral, fresh, elegant, supple, delicate and offers roundness, suppleness as well as unctuosity in…

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Tenuta Perano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Rialzi 2019

Tenuta Perano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Rialzi 2019

The nose offers intensity, a fine, powerful, frank and racy grain. It reveals notes of small black berries, spices and small notes of black cherry associated with touches of small crushed red fruits, vanilla, rosemary/sage, pepper as well as a hint of jammy black fruits and black olive. The palate is fruity, balanced and offers…

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