Patrice Arnaud
Clos Puy Arnaud
Grand Vin Côtes de Castillon Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
Medium deep ruby , pink rim , quite intense , with coloured tears noticeable . Quite closed but deep dark fruited , serious but compact nose , with touch of dark chocolate , grafite , blackberry , dark plum, cherry . On the palate more dark fruits , blackberry , dark plum , cherry , quite rich with dark chocolate, grafite nuances . Balanced acidity with quite gritty tannins . Slightly mineral and saline tinged on the medium length finish , with just a slight warmth from the alcohol noticeable . Certainly ambitious for a Castillion Cotes de Bordeaux , though unsurprisingly makes no mention of this on the front label ! This shows quite young , will improve over another 5 - 7 years and last a further 5-10. — 4 months ago
Domaine Michèle et Patrice Rion
Clos St. Marc Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2013
PnP. Initial taste of bright red cherries and a hint of herbs, fantastic. Then after 15 min the acid and tannin just dominated the fruit. That transformation tarnished what I thought was to be one enjoyable Pinot. Maybe time will help just not sure how the acid and tannin grew with air. Hope someone can explain this for me. — 9 months ago
Domaine Arnaud Lambert
Clos Moleton Lieu-dit Saint-Cyr-En-Bourg Cabernet Franc 2018
Singing now but plenty of stuffing to go the distance — 15 days ago
Domaine Michèle et Patrice Rion
Les Bons Batons Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2018
Densely knit cherry fruit with some spice and burgundy funk. The vintage shows its weight without being over the top.. Small mineral driven finish. Lovely. — 7 months ago
Domaine Arnaud Lambert
Brézé Clos Mazurique Saumur Cabernet Franc 2020
Beautiful bright savoury expression of Cabernet Franc — a year ago
Domaine Arnaud Lambert
Brézé Clos de Midi Lieu-Dit Saumur Chenin Blanc 2022
Nose: some funk. Blows off. White flowers.
Palate: sweet fruit. Mineral. Good. Well made. Not too wooly.
Source — a month ago
Domaine Chaume Arnaud
Côtes du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2003
Old bottle left over, drinking very nicely with that aged balanced complex profile. All that primary fruits resolved nicely, if I recall correctly. Glad to have left it alone. — 6 months ago
Clos Puy Arnaud
Côtes de Castillon Red Bordeaux Blend
An oldie left from Gordon’s and the little Bordeaux is drinking so nicely, even on day three in Eto and the earthiness of day one is not as prominent but the ripe fruit mineral nose and balance and complex palate the same. Deal! Last one! — 8 months ago
Izek Jasper
Epic Aligote. The best vintage of this I’ve had. Perfect balance of reduction, texture and nutty, umami goodness. — 17 days ago