Berthaut-Gerbet, Fixin Crais Size:12x750ml exotic tea and cinnamon hints

exotic tea and cinnamon hints along with a ripe but cool array of both red and black pinot fruit scents

toasted oak

Larner vineyard (Ballard Canyon)

This is perhaps the richest wine among these 1ers with good volume and punch on the austere and markedly firm but not aggressive finish

Luciano Sandrone and his daughter Barbara tell me that the 2014 harvest needs explaining

Berthaut-Gerbet, Fixin Crais Size:12x750ml exotic tea and cinnamon hintsAll but invisible wood sets off the very ripe nose of spiced plum and black raspberry along with hints of violet, earth and anise. The slightly bigger and richer medium bodied flavors possess a seductive mouthfeel before concluding in a palate coating and lightly mineral inflected finish that is better balanced.