Bonotto 2018 – Malanotte del Piave DOCG

Bonotto 2018 – Malanotte del Piave DOCG

Luminous violet ruby. A delicate and austere bouquet of red berries, herbal hints, and soft spices. The palate is vibrant, taut, and tannic, with citrusy and spicy notes that lend dynamism. A wine of energy and vertical structure.

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Château de Laubade 1975 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Laubade 1975 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is elegant, delicate and offers fullness as well as a beautiful grain, a floral side and brightness. Beautifully elegant, precise, and delicate. It reveals notes of orange peel, jammy yellow plum and small notes of dried lemon associated with touches of Timut pepper, peach blossoms, rancio as well as a…

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Delord – Récolte 1995 – Bas-Armagnac

Delord – Récolte 1995 – Bas-Armagnac

(bottled in April 2025) 40% The nose is elegant, racy, deep and offers a fine elegant austerity, a toasted side, complexity as well as a good definition. There are notes of marmalade, dried orange and small notes of dried plum associated with touches of pâtisseries, toasted almond as well as a hint of pepper and…

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Château de Laubade 1995 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Laubade 1995 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is elegant, racy, frank, precise, taut, and clean. It reveals notes of sweet tobacco, rancio, and dried orange zest combined with hints of cubeb pepper and a hint of dried lemon, along with subtle hints of vine peach and small fruits. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, precise, franc and offers…

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Château de Laubade 2005 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Laubade 2005 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is elegant, airy, and offers pulpy fruit and a certain gourmandise. It reveals notes of quenette, dried orange and small notes of bright yellow peach associated with touches of crushed pear as well as fine hints of sweet kumquat, discreet hints of tobacco, gray pepper and a subtle hint of…

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Château de Lacquy 2005 – Bas-Armagnac

Château de Lacquy 2005 – Bas-Armagnac

(Cask No. 429, Colombard 60%, Folle Blanche 40%. Bottle No. 150/519) 48% The nose is elegant, racé, and offers precision, depth, a fine enveloping/captivating side, as well as a lovely, distinguished and frank texture. It reveals notes of cinnamon, dried orange peel, and small notes of bright kumquat combined with touches of candied lemon, currants,…

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Domaine de Pignan 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Domaine de Pignan 2024 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Beautiful, elegant, fresh and complex nose that offers delicacy in its intensity. A wine that needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of pulpy peach, fresh apricot and small notes of fresh flowers (acacia, orange blossom, apricot blossom) associated with touches of pulpy/fresh pear, as well as hints of quenette, fresh physalis, a subtle hint…

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Château Fortia – Cuvée du Baron 2022 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château Fortia – Cuvée du Baron 2022 – Châteauneuf-du-Pape

A lovely, elegant, racy, concentrated, deep nose, all delicacy and subtlety in its definition. It reveals notes of brilliant wild cassis, crushed cherry and small notes of small concentrated/fleshy red fruits, associated with touches of lavender, a hint of local garrigue, fresh flowers, as well as fine hints of redcurrant jelly, violet and Sichuan pepper….

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Terre Stregate – Caracara 2019 – Falanghina IGP Beneventano

Terre Stregate – Caracara 2019 – Falanghina IGP Beneventano

The nose is fruity, elegant, deep, textured and offers a lovely fullness, depth and a gastronomic side. There are notes of juicy yellow peach, small crushed white fruits and fine, almost vinous hints, associated with touches of yellow flowers, fresh beeswax and discreet hints of toasted almond. The palate is well-built, fruity, finely sappy, elegant,…

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Tenuta Fontana – Oro Re 2021, Pallagrello nero – IGP Terre del Volturno

Tenuta Fontana – Oro Re 2021, Pallagrello nero – IGP Terre del Volturno

A lovely, elegant nose offering concentration, a certain richness in accuracy, creaminess in finesse, as well as a fine, chiselled side. There are notes of creamy cassis, fleshy boysenberry and small notes of fleshy black plum, associated with touches of creamy strawberry, a hint of blueberry, fine hints of sweet spices, a hint of nutmeg,…

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