Opened the night before and brought half of the bottle for dinner. Better on second day as it came across as rather disjointed on the first day. Ripe, tropical fruit as usual for this producer, but I felt this lacked energy and acidity compared to the Butteaux I had before. Based on my previous experiences this was slightly advanced in my book, but others seemed to like this a lot more than I did for the floral nose and round texture.

Orange with a tinge of bronze in colour. Exactly what I look for in a sweet - tropical fruit of peaches and apricot, orange peel, but with structure and acidity. Great balance despite the unctuous texture, has the stuffing to go on forever.

Completely oxidised.

Was between Piedmont and southern Rhône for this, plumped for the latter in the end. Thought this didn’t have the tannic bite of Nebbiolo, but the sweet dark cherry fruit of Grenache. Not the most complex wine but drinking very well for its age, could have passed off as a late 90s or early 2000s wine. Became a little pruney after a couple of hours and lost its structure.

I was quite confused about this showing as I liked this wine a lot the previous time I had it. Went through a few previous notes and Nicka's note on 3/9/2022 mirrored my experience. Didn’t place this as a traditionally made claret at all, heavily extracted with dark fruits with powdery tannins. Guessed a more modern producer like Poyferre, similar to the 2011 I had last month. Dense and monolithic.

Surprisingly I preferred this to the Barton. Clearly a modern producer but had more elegance than the Barton. Not too concentrated or oaky despite the plum fruit being predominant, think the vintage helped here to restrain the modernist tendencies.

Wanted to share this since I loved it a couple of years ago. Unfortunately this bottle was much less integrated. Still had that silky texture but the oak stuck out here. Fruit wasn’t fully expressive and felt muddled. Shame because the one I had previously felt at peak, so probably some bottle variation going on here.