DRC, Tache

DRC, TacheAs it was from cask this is more restrained than usual and it requires aggressive swirling to coax the pure and spicy essence of red berry fruit aromas to emerge from the glass where there is a slight hint of herbal tea present. There is a similar reserve to the distinctly focused and linear flavors that enjoy a seemingly unlimited reserve of dry extract that renders the fine grained and silky tannins almost invisible at present though I suspect that

This compellingly deep but extremely backward wine is built for a long life in bottle but is not fun to drink today

but one with detail and class

"Cabernet Franc ripens on a sweet side

palate-staining cassis

but the Vieilles Vignes is always exceptional

the two Barolos are quite different

This is at once very fresh and very ripe with its liqueur-like aromas of plum

after which it should last for 7-8 years

This is the biggest wine in the range yet impeccably wellbalanced and if not exactly refined

so he sources the Garnacha from elsewhere

The palate is medium to full-bodied with gorgeous plush tannins and balancing freshness supporting the boldly spicy black fruit preserves

running instead to ripe raspberry and cherry coulis and this sense of concentrated fruit essence continues onto the delicious