The Drink Business
par Colin Hay le 09/05/2023
Crushed fruits of the forest, black cherry, a little ripe plum, so pure and precise, so massively intensetoo; a little spiciness with a touch of cinnamon and a twist of white pepper; cedar; but also thatfabulous slight leafiness that underscore the freshness of the fruit and hints at the sapidity to be foundon the palate; a most subtle hint of brioche; little purple spring flowers as it opens in the glass; analmost velvety soft nose; cool; complex and subtlyevolving as it slowly unfurls. This is both brilliantlybright and fragrant. Another wine that tastes and feels like it comes from a large format, such is theintegrity of the tannins (a double magnum perhaps).Incredibly energetic and explosively expressiveof the fruit. Raspberry, loganberry and bramble, blueberry to darken the fruit profile, a subtle hintoftoasted brioche, green and rose peppercorns. A fabulous wine once again from David Suire, Laroqueis, as ever, so lithe,so crystalline, so energetic and so dynamic on thepalate. There’s a slight butdelicate touch of salinity on the finish. The bestI have tasted from here, which is saying quite a lot!Abrilliant wineas it so often is nowadays with a personality andidentity all of its own, butthat singsso eloquently of its calcaire