Domaine de la Borie Blanche 2022 – Terroirs d’Altitude – La Livinière – AOP La Livinière

Domaine de la Borie Blanche 2022 – Terroirs d’Altitude – La Livinière – AOP La Livinière

The nose is fresh with notes of black cherry as well as fresh rose petals. The second nose opens with a little vanilla roundness and a slight smoky side. The palate is fresh and tangy. We have tannins present, powerful until the finish. We perceive notes of small, crunchy red cherry as well as fresh…

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Domaine de la Borie Blanche 2022 – Minervois-La Livinière – AOP La Livinière

Domaine de la Borie Blanche 2022 – Minervois-La Livinière – AOP La Livinière

The wine is round, fruity and fresh. We have notes of red fruits as well as a surprising hint of minty fennel branch because it recalls the sense of place. The second nose is still fruity with a minty freshness. The palate is fresh with hints of black pepper as well as crunchy cherry. The…

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Barboursville Vineyard – Cabernet Franc 2022 – Virginia

Barboursville Vineyard – Cabernet Franc 2022 – Virginia

The nose is fruity, juicy, fresh and offers intensity as well as a fine concentration. It reveals notes of morello cherry, pulpy blackberry and small notes of bright blue plum associated with touches of lily, star anise and a subtle almost infusion hint. The palate is fruity and offers juiciness, acidity, gourmandize, a tangy frame…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2021 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2021 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

It needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of raspberry, small, quite ripe red berries and small notes of liquorice stick associated with touches of fresh grove, sense of place (local biotope / terroir), graphene as well as hints of infusion, black tea, black olive, with discreet hints of almost sage, coffee and cardamom. The…

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Delaplane Cellars – Rusticity 2020 – Virginia

Delaplane Cellars – Rusticity 2020 – Virginia

The nose is fruity, elegant, precise, delicate in its concentration and offers deepness, a fine velvety as well as a beautiful and precise grain. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, pulpy purple plum and small notes of graphene associated with touches of spices, a subtle hint of blueberry (in the background), cardamom as well as…

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Delaplane Cellars – Adjacency 2021 – Virginia

Delaplane Cellars – Adjacency 2021 – Virginia

Beautiful racy nose, marked by the Cabernet Sauvignon and offers a peppery side. It reveals notes of ripe/pulpy raspberry, bright cassis and small notes of spices associated with touches of pepper as well as fine hints of ripe small wild fruits and discreet hints of tobacco. The palate is nicely juicy, fruity, well-balanced and offers…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2020 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2020 – Grand Morrastrel – AOP Faugères

The wine is worth decanting. The nose is beautifully elegant, precise and offers a lovely precise grain. There are notes of violet, elegant roasted red fruits and blond tobacco associated with touches of vanilla, morello cherry, crushed strawberry as well as fine almost pink and balsamic hints. In a few aspects it “pinotes”. The palate…

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Delaplane Cellars – Rusticity 2021 – Virginia

Delaplane Cellars – Rusticity 2021 – Virginia

Beautiful fruity nose, frank and offers a captivating side, deepness as well as a fine hint of austerity. It reveals notes of blackberry, crushed raspberry and small notes of pulpy red plum associated with touches of tobacco, toasted, discreet almost crushed blueberry hints (in the background), blond tobacco as well as a very discreet hint…

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Delaplane Cellars – Piedmont Station 2021 – Virginia

Delaplane Cellars – Piedmont Station 2021 – Virginia

The nose is fruity, fresh, juicy and offers deepness, gourmandise, a beautiful delicacy, elegance as well as a certain purity. It reveals notes of pulpy blackberry, pulpy strawberry and small notes of crushed redcurrants associated with beautiful touches of small blue fruits, fine hints of star anise as well as a discreet hint of sweet…

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Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Magnoux – AOP Faugères

Domaine Saint-Antonin 2022 – Magnoux – AOP Faugères

The nose is fresh, floral and offers a certain concentration and spiciness. It reveals notes of concentrated red berries, violet and small notes of concentrated blackcurrant associated with touches of fresh olive, hints of strawberry tree fruit, dark chocolate as well as a toasted hint and quite ripe morello cherry. The palate is beautifully fresh,…

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