Le Puy - Bordeaux 'Barthelemy' Red 2021

Le Puy - Bordeaux 'Barthelemy' Red 2021Grape Merlot (85%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%) Tasting notes 2021 was not an easy year in Bordeaux, and Chteau le Puy, farming biodynamically, adding nothing, removing nothing, had nowhere to hide. The result, from the single limestone plot of "Les Rocs," is a wine that wears the vintage's difficulty as a virtue. Deep purple in the glass, almost ink dark, it opens with an aromatic profile that feels more Burgundian than Bordelais: blood orange, ripe

Since 1806

Based in Morgon

Crushed gravel and banana make themselves present on the palate along with vibrant acidity

96 Points James Suckling

framed by very firm

1 × Domaine Valentin Zusslin – Gewurztraminer Bollenberg 2021A beautifully aromatic Alsatian white with notes of rose petals

structure over immediacy

95 points Jeb Dunnuck

It can be drunk now or in about fifteen years when it will have acquired complex aromas of toast and brioche

these wines favour restraint and structure

Complex and well-structured

Under the stewardship of Claude Geoffray and his son Claude-Edouard