spice and pear

plum and flinty mineral aromas and flavors are very clean and vibrant

luxuriously textured wine that's packed with ripe fruit and finely textured tannins

an incisive spine of acidity and a long

this wine totally resets the benchmark for 100 points

Les Vins de Vienne, Hermitage Chirats Saint Christophe other_regions_australia spice and pearVivid ruby. Blackberry, cassis, cola and vanilla on the nose and in the mouth. Broad and seamless, offering intense, focused dark fruit preserve flavors that pick up a spicy quality with air. Smoke and licorice note carry through a long, sappy, gently tannic finish. This wine is surprisingly approachable but has the depth to suggest that it will age nicely as well. Josh Raynolds