Malescot St Exupery

Malescot St ExuperyStill deeply colored, the wine instantly pops with smoke, blackberry, boysenberry, espresso bean, licorice and black cherry notes. Dense, full and plush, the mid palate and finish is packed with the layers of dense, opulently textured, juicy, black fruits and cherry liqueur. The wine was made from a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon and 37% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.

I thought long and hard about this

spice and a very linear mineral tone at the back

La Joie is another winner from Vérité

super concentrated and wonderfully powerful

Giovanni Manetti says that 2011 resulted in some dried berries on the clusters that had to be removed by hand on the sorting table

flowers and cocoa that ride along perfectly with all its sweet

smoked meat

the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is sheer perfection in a glass

(86% tempranillo and 14% garnacha)

but the Vieilles Vignes is always exceptional

The 2018 Pavie was picked from 1 to 10 October

It was aged for 20 months in wood and comes in with 102 grams of residual sugar