Winery - Cote Bonneville
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This estate-grown Chardonnay opens with lots of new oak aromas, excellent fruit material, with Meyer lemon, yellow apple, hints of white peach. The phenolics give the wine some excellent texture, and it has a long and smooth finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is definitely showing the tight, tart, almost steely side of Syrah. It focuses on minerality, a rarely seen rocky aspect to the grape, without the earthy funk or jammy fruit of Walla Walla Syrahs. Sleek and elegant and very well-crafted.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Graceful and aromatic, this 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot is the top end wine from the estate-grown DuBrul vineyard. It has both elegance and intensity, and expresses power without falling prey to over-ripeness, excessive oak or other tricks of the trade. It captures the fruit and earth and herb of the Bordeaux grapes, tossing in hints of graphite and cedar and smoke. A wine that demands your attention, and warrants your applause.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Firm and compact, it mixes wild berry, plum and cassis fruits, giving this Cab-dominated blend the sleek appeal of a good St. Emilion, but without the aggressive herbaceousness. There is no obvious new oak here, but lovely suggestions of barrel that never override the superb fruit.
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