5% Petit Verdot

In a year that produced huge

The Casa Matè has also closed down considerably since I last tasted it

the 2002 Cuvée William Deutz Brut Millésimé is another highlight of the estate

but it is the wine’s silkiness that elevates it into the realm of the truly sublime

Didier Dagueneau, Pouilly Fume Buisson Renard Vintage:2019 5% Petit VerdotBright yellow. Aromatic bouquet combines lemongrass, quinine and flint. Rich on the attack, then juicy and almost austere in the mid palate, with flavors of candied citrus, ginger and peat smoke. Dense but with no excess fat, this sauvignon blanc finishes vibrant and long Joel B. Payne