Jonata Wines La Sangre de Jonata Ballard Canyon Syrah
LES FORTS DE LATOUR Second wine of Chateau Latour
Château Pichon-Longueville Comtesse-de-Lalande Pauillac
Domaine Clape
Artadi El Carretil, Rioja
Joseph Faiveley 1er Cru Les Charmes
Bouchard Pere & Fils Vigne de L'enfant Jesus 1er cru
R rostaing Ampodium
M chapoutier, Neve, Côte-Rôtie
First made commercially available for the 2016 vintage, the Neve is a young wine with character and bite. Named for the lieu-dit on which its reasonably young vines are grown, it is stylishly racy with savoury elements that mingle seductively with bay leaf and lavender. A dry style, it is taut and pretty on the palate, with that long finish so characteristic of Chapoutier.