This is a lovely combination of punch and finesse that has the underlying structure to amply reward up to a decade of cellaring

Somewhat unusually the mouth feel of the medium-bodied and powerful flavors is almost as sleek as those of the Combottes while delivering excellent length on the overtly stony

serious and muscular flavors that evidence focused power on the robust and built-to-age but not really austere finale

This is aromatically similar if a bit more elegant and certainly more complex and with a touch more floral character as well

Peter and Christina Hall have farmed their beautifully isolated little Sussex plot for half a century

Carre Brut Zero This is a lovely combinationAnother of the fine single vineyard estates from Jonathan Malthus, this property at the entrance to the medieval village of St. Emilion produces a wine that is dominated by Merlot and Cabernet Franc. An absolutely magnificent wine from Malthus, the 2005 Le Carr has sensational concentration, high extract, sweet but abundant tannin, full body, a multi dimensional mouthfeel with loads of plum, black cherry, and cassis fruit, that underlying stony