Dautel Spatburgunder Forstberg GG 2018Serious and inward, this opens with sour cherry, red plum skin, and dried strawberry, layered with rose petal, forest floor, and a cool, iron laced mineral note that reflects Forstbergs limestone and marl soils. The palate is firmly structured and compact, prioritizing line over generosity, with taut acidity and fine, chalky tannins shaping the fruit rather than softening it. Subtle savory tones of tea leaf, clove stem, and damp stone emerge with air,

Cabernet Franc shows itself in cool-toned layers of blackcurrant leaf and crushed blackberry

This slow élevage softens edges

dried tarragon and a whisper of cedared leather that give this Trousseau its quietly magnetic pull

All in balance here

a clarity to its fruit

Chenin Blanc is the grape and the young Arnaud Lambert

and still coiled

just outside the Mediterranean seaport village of Bandol

and cranberry lead

most famously) where the blue agave plants are bigger and sweeter

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