The wine is fresh and fruity with notes of black berry and black cherry. With aeration, we feel a little darkness. The tasting is fresh and fruity with some spices like black pepper. There are strong tannins, but the wine is young, and it can definitely age in the bottle thanks to its nice acidity….
The first nose is refined with nice varietal notes of passion fruit, peach and pear. The second nose is still on freshness and fruits. During the tasting, the attack is fresh with a soft texture, almost creamy. We find more lime fruits notes such as lemon and grapefruit. There is also a little touch of…
The wine is fresh with nice fine bubbles. We do have a good acidity and discreet notes of apple and almond. We do feel a touch of toast. It is light and fresh, dynamic and quite salivating with a hint of salt at the end of the tasting. It is a nice sparkling wine with…
Michael Shaps Raisin d’Être White (100% Petit Manseng) – Monticello – 2017 The first nose is very nice with purity. There are notes of cooked apple, pineapple and mango. The second nose with aeration is also very clean and clear. The tasting is sweet and delicious. We can feel the nice acidity balancing the fruitiness…
The nose is nice and fresh with black fruits and a darkness, deepness. We can also feel thanks to aeration the oaky notes which are present and well-integrated. The tasting is powerful and tannic with a nice acidity. There is a little vegetal note quite appreciable which adds to the complexity of this very (too)…
The first nose is fresh and fruity with exotic perfumes like juicy mango and pineapple. The second nose opens with more fruits. The tasting is fresh with a nice vibrant acidity. There is also a little creaminess with roundness. We feel some butter, lemon, apricot and a nice oak well integrated and balanced. The mouth…
Beautiful elegant nose, fruity, fresh, complex and beautifully delicate. A great multi-layered side. It reveals notes of dried apricot, dried peach and small almost orange paste notes associated with fine hints of pineapple in syrup as well as fine hints of spices and almost dried fruit cake hints. The palate is beautifully gourmand, elegant, racy,…
The nose is elegant, aromatic and offers a very fine grain, slightly powdered and elegant. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of boysenberry , crushed blackcurrant and small almost roasted-juicy small fruits notes associated with fine hints of cornflowers. The palate is nicely built, fresh, well-balanced, mineral and offers an acidulous frame…
Beautiful, fruity, concentrated and precise nose that offers a certain intensity/deepness as well as a nice complexity. It reveals notes of pulpy Bigarreau cherry and small notes of red plum associated with almost rose hints, pulpy small fruits, discreet hints of blond tobacco, nutmeg as well as a subtle almost undergrowth hint and vanilla. The…
The nose is elegant, complex and offers a multi-layered side as well as a discreet powdery side. It reveals notes of violet, rhubarb and small notes of camphor associated with touches of small black fruits as well as fine almost smoky hints of anise and Madagascar pepper. The palate is nicely built, fruity, well-balanced, harmonious…