Aurage

AurageDeep garnet with bricky rim. More lifted than the 2007, deliciously spiced on the nose, a succulent spicy sweetness and just a hint of maturity in those mulched leaf notes. Structure is a little firmer here, both in the tannins and the acidity but even so it is really harmonious and elegant on the long finish. Moreish and mouth watering. Oak now nicely in the background. (JH)

This isn’t especially dense but it’s certainly very pretty and has the structure to repay up to a decade of cellaring

which is the traditional name for Cabernet Franc in this area

There is touch of petrol character to the ultra-fresh and cool aromas of mostly white fleshed fruit and pretty floral nuances

It spent 30 months in 60% new French oak

serious and compact finish

with its smoke

Corvinone and Rondinella (with a smaller percentage of other varieties mixed in for good measure)

This is textbook Tillets

this is deliciously mature and textural

(from Les Grands Champs and Les Famines)

Good stuff for its level that is moderately firm and built for mid-term cellaring

(near the very top of the vineyard and atypically