Prieure

PrieureRipe Bing cherries, plums, spicy oak, and incense notes emerge from the 2020 Chteau Le Prieure, a medium to full bodied, nicely concentrated, seamless 2020 with building tannins and top notch purity. This exotic, complex 2020 needs 4 5 years to integrate its tannins and should cruise over the following decade.

Diamond Creek's 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow is defined by a sense of translucency and lift that is compelling

Note that while this should easily repay a decade plus of keeping

the biggest bragging point here

this is somewhat more forward and approachable than is typical for this wine

powerful and concentrated flavors that deliver outstanding length

dense and larger-bodied flavors possess a highly seductive mouthfeel that contrasts noticeably with the youthfully austere and intensely citrus-inflected finish that is presently a bit short

Like most of the wines in the range

Ripe and beautifully layered aromas are comprised by notes of Granny Smith apples

The wine has more stones

The 2010 Barolo is a delicately aged Nebbiolo with fine aromas of pressed rose petal

is easily the most complex wine in the range with its broad ranging and beautifully layered aromas of plum

I know only one other person in Piedmont who has a similarly sharp memory that goes that far back