2017 French Pinot Noir Wine Over $100

The Seysses have owned 0.16ha of Romanée-St-Vivant since 2005 so this doesn’t yet have the track record of its grand cru parcels in Morey-St-Denis. But what a brilliant wine this is fermented with 100% stems and aged in two-thirds... Read More

A mildly toasty nose surrounds the cool red currant cherry and raspberry-scented aromas. There is good minerality and excellent punch to the nicely detailed and delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess a bit better mid-palate... Read More

The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is showing beautifully from bottle offering up a deep bouquet of ripe berry fruit plums and cherries mingled with soil tones and hints of blood orange. Medium to full-bodied with fine... Read More

The 2017 Clos St. Jacques was also still a bit grumpy about being tasted but all of the pieces are in place here for a great wine down the road. The bouquet was spot on at the time of my visit and truly beautiful offering up scents... Read More

Here too discreet but not invisible wood frames spicy aromas of dark cherry plum tea and pretty floral wisps. There is good intensity to the sleek delicious and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that possess the best mid-palate... Read More