Jean Grivot, Nuits Saint Georges Pruliers

Jean Grivot, Nuits Saint Georges PruliersThere is lovely complexity to the subtly spiced and distinctly earthy red currant and plum suffused nose. There is plenty of verve and mid palate concentration to the intense and seductively textured flavors that offer both good size and weight, all wrapped in a firm, balanced and persistent finish. This displays enough Nuits character to remain true to the terroir yet there is virtually no rusticity. (90 92) 2019+

This is terrific and should age accordingly as it’s very firm and compact

I have always had a weakness for Roberto Voerzio's 2000 Barolo Cerequio

Not that that should be a problem

underbrush

the 2010 Brunello di Montalcino never feels overdone or too heavy

As with many 2013s

the lowest score any of these lots received was 94-96 (Les Beaumes)

Outstanding Bollinger

Conterno’s Barbera officially carries the Cascina Francia vineyard designation to differentiate it from a new single-vineyard Barbera from the Cerretta vineyard the estate will release beginning with the 2008 vintage

offering powerful citrus

This follows the line of the 2016

then racked into French oak for the malolactic fermentation