Puy Blanquet

Puy BlanquetCurrants, sliced chilis, dried flowers and orange peel on the nose. Its creamy and nicely integrated with a medium body and fine, medium firm tannins. Silky and pretty. Try from 2024.

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The finish here is formidably long and polished

This is one of the rare 2010s that could actually be approached young if it was decanted for an hour or so first

42% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Cabernet Franc

there is the same knockout complexity that the nose displays on the intensely mineral-driven finish and overall

Its inky black color is followed by classic notes of smoked meats

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firm and ever-so-mildly austere finale

it is an extraordinarily well-delineated Syrah that should hit its prime in 10-12 years

Ceylon tea and sandalwood notions with tar

This possesses superb elegance and is perhaps the most transparent wine in this entire flight