and tropical nuances

Clos La Gaffelière 2020 is an elegant and charming red wine from Saint-Émilion

The aroma is complex and seductive with notes of honey

is more chiseled and sharp with mineral shadings of campfire ash and graphite at the rim of its dark fruit

age-worthy expression

Château Montrose, Saint-Estephe, 2019, 75cl 2-set and tropical nuancesAs I wrote last year, the 2019 Montrose is performing very well, wafting from the glass with a dramatic, perfumed bouquet of wild berries and cassis mingled with notions of lilac, violets, pencil shavings and licorice, framed by nicely integrated new oak. Full bodied, layered and seamless, it's deep and multidimensional, with lively acids, beautifully refined tannins and a long, resonant finish. While analytically it's almost as powerful as the 2018,