Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard 2018 Malbec

Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard 2018 MalbecThe 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill is composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot. It was aged in 100% new French oak for 22 months. The alcohol weighed in at 14. 5%. Deep garnet purple in color, it charges out of the gate with bold expressions of warm cassis, wild blueberries and black raspberries, plus hints of chocolate box, menthol, tapenade, smoked meats and pencil lead. Medium to full bodied, the palate is bursting with

The Domaine Gerovassiliou 2023 Malagousia is a cheerful wine with an upfront character and lots of pretty fruit intensity

A slightly more restrained nose grudgingly offers up its aromas of red currant

5% alcohol

Bright and juicy

Boréal comes from his north-facing vineyards of Pinot Noir in the commune of Buxières-sur-Acre

Made from merlot 60%

with notes of crushed stone

and truly genuine

The fruit is mostly subdued by the umami aspects

rose petal

Like everything at Clandestin

and the stellar fruit quality appears with more primary elegance compared to the more expensive Cerretalto that is released with an extra year of aging