with an elegantly textural attack and a creamy core of fruit that's underpinned by a bright but nicely integrated spine of acidity

This delivers way better fruit complexity than the monolith Napa Cabernet cliché

Finishes with chalky tannins and a continuing element of greenness

with the result that the wine is not at all overly oaky

layers of nuance and resonance that will emerge more fully in time

Tardieu-Laurent, Cote Rotie other_regions_australia with an elegantly textural attackMedium pale garnet. Smoky oak, slightly reduced and a little bit spirity suggesting insufficient fruit concentration for the weight of oak influence. Perfumed mid palate and a little drying on the finish. Unnecessarily heavy bottle. (JH)