Philippe Jambon Leynes

Delicious. High acid with dense and brooding red fruit that almost suggests a black fruit profile. This needed some air and only got better with air. Really hit its stride after 1 hour. Incredibly fragrant and perfumed. Beautiful stuff.

Very fragrant with a lot of VA right after opening the bottle. This wine really needed a decant, after about an hour or so, the VA settled down and what emerged was a beautiful, complex, and elegant wine. Red cherries, underwood, alpine strawberries, barnyard, and a rustic brett note on the nose. Nicely balanced with quite high acidity on the palate, tart red fruit, forest notes, a grippy tannins. Long finish. I was expecting some volatility given the producer, but …

13% ABV. Detail on label roughly translated: "Blend of the Balmont, Batailles and Ganivets parcels. The black frost of February 2012 has strongly impacted the wood of our vines. Harvested late on October 3rd 2012. The yield was very low, giving this wine an amazing energy. Bottled in 10/2017 - we are patient it is obvious that bottle ageing will improve its expression. No additives or any other adjuvants. No added sulfites." PNP into Jancis Robinson universal glass (“Fruit” day): …