Tracy, Pouilly Fume

Tracy, Pouilly FumeThe 2023 Pouilly Fum is green in flavor, with peas and green herbs. It is slightly onion like and reductive when tasted, although a little longer in the bottle will probably put paid to that. It is full and round, filling the mouth with a sense of tenderness and ease. The finish is gently refreshing with modest length.

The 2018 Melhor Tinto is a 73/20 blend of Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca

Enjoyable and balanced

(this cuvée is mostly from La Charmotte and Au Chouillet

Soter suggests that “the most successful wines are nowadays being measured by their phenolic concentration and their sheer ripeness

This is really quite good and should drink well both young and with a few years of age

although I'm not sure that Marc and Pierre Perrin haven't done as good a job with their selections in 2011

There is a touch of herbal tea character to the fresh essence of red currant that reflects plenty of floral influences and in particular rose petal

One of the many highlights in this range

and because Dal Forno skipped over the 2014 vintage

The Il Marroneto 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie shows an elegantly streamlined appearance with shiny ruby highlights

especially white peach

A gorgeously spiced nose offers up notes of plum