Inspire Napa Valley dinner. Table with Cyril Chapellet and all wines from magnums.
Roasted beet heirloom salad
Unraveled paella
Bavarian cream puffs
Brion cab 2016
Chappellet Fredrick 2017 vineyard pinot
Keplinger 2016 el Dorado
Mayacamus 1989 750 bottle
Chappelellet 2012 Pritchard Hill cab
Larkin 2016 cab franc — 4 years ago
Choisi par Cyril — 3 years ago
2022 vintage. The back label sends you to the website of Producta Vignobles, a huge coopérative négociant company, the owners seem to be Marie Guyonnaud et Cyril Frémy. 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. Lead pencil and cassis. Medium-bodied, with a pronounced minerality, somewhat hiding the fruit. Good value Saint-Estèphe ( 13 euros in a supermarket ), if a little lean at this stage. Abv. 13,5%. Suffers from the comparison with the 2023 Lilian Ladouys tasted alongside. Better the next day. — 13 days ago
Strange and fantastic. Smoky, meaty, quite tart and delicious. — a year ago
At the Henschke weekend at Spicers Maryvale. Brief notes. 100% Semillon grown on the Henschke Eden Valley vineyard. From 50 year old vines planted by Stephen’s father, Cyril. Very pale in colour. Aromatics of ripe grapefruit. Granny Smith apple on palate with a slightly soapy texture. Different to Hunter Valley Semillon and more approachable at a young age. — a year ago
Ron Siegel
A producer to know! Super rare showing rich dark berry fruit, baking spices, earth, violets that stood up to the competition & kept building in the glass. Would love to try this with another 5 yrs of age — 16 days ago