Pierre Peters, Les Montjolys Blanc de Blancs

Pierre Peters, Les Montjolys Blanc de BlancsThe 2013 Brut Blanc de Blancs Cuve Spciale Les Montjolys is lovely, unwinding in the glass with aromas of citrus oil, walnuts, green apple, crisp stone fruit and fresh bread. Full bodied, layered and structured, it's more gourmand and less austere than Les Chtillons but is still a taut, chiseled and notably structural wine that will really repay extended bottle age. As readers will remember, Les Montjolys is a lieu dit that sits in a small depression

A hint of toasted oak

The Fèlsina 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Colonia is true

Sweet Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics

The fruit should eventually fill in the available space

Here is a straight shooting and enjoyable expression of Sangiovese

dry October

60 ha parcel in a vineyard that is rarely seen as it’s quite small)

Spice- and mineral-tinged cherry

Embryonic but deeply promising

The chalky spine is buried on the finish

smoke and leather are some of the nuances that flow from this brooding

cedar wood