Rijckaert – En Crêches 2017, Vieilles Vignes – Saint-Véran

The nose is fruity, elegant, well-built and offers a fine concentration / richness as well as a small intensity. It reveals notes of butter, mirabelle plum and small notes of small yellow fruits associated with a touch of white fruit and very discreet oaky hints / beeswax. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, elegant, precise, racy and offers a good definition, juiciness, finesse, a slightly acidulous frame as well as gourmandise. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crushed mirabelle plum, beeswax and small notes of yellow fruits combined with slight hints of crushed nectarine / apple as well as very discreet hints of butter / brioche. Good length. Beautiful, gourmande and slightly acidulous persistence.