Tasting note

From Damien’s micro-parcel within this exalted appellation, this was fermented and aged in barrels as for the ‘lesser’ cuvées, before bottling which was in July 2020. The nose is filled with the scents of fine yellow-stone minerality, with a sandy freshness and a fine reductive edge. Polished and elegant on the palate, the style here is rather precise and well formed. In the middle it feels rather smoky with struck flint, yet sweetly focused, with apricot, plum and stone fruits, livened up by notes of intertwined nuances of acacia and honeysuckle. I see incredible energy and focus here, in a cuvée which quite clearly has great potential for the cellar.

Score: 96

Chris Kissack, The Wine Doctor, October 2020