the 2021 Calon Segur dazzles from the very first taste
That's because neither Pinot Noir -- nor Nebbiolo -- need dark color for the wine to have depth of flavor and complexity
It unfolded with aeration as I examined it side-by-side against its neighbor over the course of an hour
Briday’s vines here sit upon limestone soils with the average age of 60 years
Vinous"The 2022 Le Haut-Lieu Sec is a lithe
2022 Chateau Pichon Comtesse Reserve Pauillac Andalucia the 2021 Calon Segur dazzles93 points, The Wine Advocate "Readers shouldn't overlook the 2022 Resrve de la Comtesse, a lovely wine that's one of the most accomplished second wines of Bordeaux. Offering up aromas of sweet minty berries, burning embers, pencil shavings and violets, it's medium to full bodied, lavish and aromatic, with an almost exotic core of fruit, powdery tannins and a penetrating finish." William Kelley, March 2025 92 94 points, Jeb Dunnuck "The second wine of