Château Ormes de Pez 2015, Saint-Estèphe34. 95 per bottle ABV 13. 5% Grapes: 49% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot "What a lovely nose! The blackberry, smoke and earthy notes are beautifully interwoven then theres an equally impressive harmony of full, plush tannins and some real concentration. Needs until 2020 to give its best, but it's got many years ahead of it beyond that." 94 100 James Suckling, JamesSuckling. com, February 2018 Chteau Ormes de Pez

followed by hints of blood orange

cashmere tannins melting into the dark cherry and cocoa fruit

It is aged for 3 years in Louis Roederer's cellars and left for a minimum of 6 months after degorgement (disgorging)

Paesi Tuoi meaing `Your Country`s` is a fantastic example of what the noble Nebbiolo can produce in the right hands

The grapes come from the most select land in the surrounding region of La Motte in Provence

that is a leitmotif of the millennial vintage

The difference between this wine and the 2015 is that the ’15 was very obviously statuesque with amazing flanks and bold musculature

Type: Champagne White Vintage

this rigorous blind tasting assessment is judged on the quality of the wine alone

tarry earth and brushes of balsam herb or grilled rosemary

The Champagne produced more recently and currently is finer than historic editions

Annual production – 450