Pretty purple dress. First superb nose both fresh and peppery on small black blueberry, blackcurrant, violet flower; then more surprising notes on mountain climates and stink in Switzerland for me. It evokes more southern notes of syrah, such as Cornas, St-Joseph, bacon and smoke without the graphite charcoal side. Really a beautiful cuvée that connects two types of syrah usually tasted. The mouth is fluid. Cuvée full of charm with certainly cold extraction to infuse the fruit to the maximum without excess alcohol. Congratulations Switzerland once again! 🙏🇨🇭
Jolie robe pourpre. Premier nez ouvert à la fois frais et poivré, petits fruits noirs myrtille, cassis, violette; puis des notes plus surprenantes sur les climats de montagnes évoquant les syrah plus sudistes (Cornas, St-Joseph): lard, fumée sans le côté charbon graphite. Une belle cuvée faisant la jonction entre deux types de syrah habituellement goûtées. La bouche est fluide et salivante. Cuvée pleine de charme avec certainement une extraction à froid pour infuser le fruit au maximum sans excès d’alcool. Bravo la Suisse encore une fois ! 🙏🇨🇭 — a month ago
Been a while and wow has this changed. Unreal nose of woodsmoke, cherry flower, mid to early season cherries. Some bittersweet cocoa and also wonderful earthiness. Just beautiful. Awesome florality. Palate is so silky and seductive. Sweet sweet fruit and so juicy. Man this just glides on your palate. Salty and mineral finish and such energy. Wow the length here is crazy. Stunning. Wow this is ethereal. This was always great but now it is profound. Concentrated and so refined. Amazing finish and such ripe and elegant tannins. Masterful. — a month ago
Nose is oak.
Palate is very precise cherries. Oak overlay.
As this opens laser cherries. Sweet wood. Hint of elegant cherry licorice. Cherry spice.
As this opens gorgeous sweet cherry liquor. — a month ago
Light mineral, fruit, very drinkable, would buy again. — 2 days ago
Gilbert Van Hassel
Not only the best Swiss Chardonnay but worldwide. Smokey, chalky, long burn wonderful. Too little available and even less to get your hands on. Puts many burgundies to shame. — 3 days ago