(2025) Eight months maturation in new oak barriques for this white Merlot, apparently winemaker Guido Brivi setting out to make a Burgundian-style white wine. Made from gently pressing Merlot, it has a tinge of pink to the colour. From quartz and granite soils, it is fermented and matured in new French oak barriques for eight months. It certainly wears the oak quite lightly, adding an earthy nuttiness to fairly neutral, apple fruit. On the palate it is balanced and really quite concentrated, the oak showing up as a light spice and vanilla edge. It's a nice wine, but the price is problematic.
(2025) From vineyards on clay, shale, and moraine deposits fruit is soft pressed and fermented and aged for 10 months in stainless steel. A perfumed, talcum element on the nose gives way to real fruit juiciness on the palate: peach, pink grapefruit and a zingy burst of orange. Quite long, this does have that fruitiness, but with an overall pure and sheer character.
(2025) From extremely steep slops in the Lavaux AOC of the Vaud region, this Chasselas is aged for a year in bottle before release to develop the creamier side of the variety. Aged 10 months in steel tanks, with full malolactic fermentation. The producer suggests a drinking window of up to 20 years. This 2022 is a pale yellow colour. The nose is nutty and appley, a subtle green herb or floral nuance is there, and a hint of honey. The palate is full and rich - almost feeling sweet on the mid-palate, but the powerful acidity and a hint of almost a tannic quality, certainly a broad leesiness, gives this an intensity. A very substantial white wine.
(2025) This highly aromatic but supple and polished Syrah cones from soils of schist and glacial moraine in the 'Rhône Supérieur', the upper Rhône above Lake Geneva. Maturation for 24 months in French barriques, 50% new, has given a sumptuous depth of mocha and cocoa, a spike of white pepper, and taut glossy black fruit, floral highlights illuminating the rich and darker character. Sweet and supple fruit on the palate is dark, spicy and so suave, buffed by the oak and creamy tannins, acid perfectly balancing into a long spicy and fruity finish.
