Au Bon Climat, Isabelle Pinot Noir, 2012

Au Bon Climat, Isabelle Pinot Noir, 2012Isabelle is comprised of the best cuvees each year from all the wines Au Bon Climat produces and that represents at least 6 different vineyards. The 2012 is a darker, luscious, fruitier Isabelle. It has an intensely perfumed, black raspberry nose with sexy floral and mineral qualities that gain power with air. This one needed no bottle time to show well. Isabelle has proven to age very well, and we routinely drink bottles with 15 years of age. Even

The wine has reached the early stages of its true depth and aromas and from here the typical expression of its terroir will go on developing for the next ten years

the attention level

including lavender and dried violets

after the land was trimmed and made smaller over time

The family owned Galardi estate produces just one wine and it does so with perfection

The initials RWT stand for 'Red Winemaking Trial'

It is so steep that he leaves it grassed-over to avoid erosion

it uses an ageing process in American oak barrels

with developed aromas and fully resolved tannins"

The Bodegas Tradicion

more natural feeling wine than those blended at the moment of bottling

This is Pierre Vincent’s last vintage