This was an fantastic surprise when I’d just planned on finding a simple yet solid 375ml Burgundy. Beautiful aromatic burst of a spring flower bouquet hits first (red, white, and dark flowers all popping), followed by fresh strawberry, ripe pomegranate, and just a hint of stalk. The 100% new oak here actually balances very well, adding a pixieish perfume of delicately dusted cinnamon and maple. A soft wisp of soft mossy earth finishes off the nose. Lush yet still tart and lively on the palate along with soft tannins to boot; strawberry, light cherry, and pomegranate notes meld with an elegant wave of candied pecans dusted over top, and that slightly nutty element lingers along for a lengthy finish. There’s fantastic structure on this wine and it’s a great to see a year’s worth of new oak not completely drowning out the varietal class underneath, which is ripe enough to handle the usage. It’s more flashy, perhaps, than a more rustically-inclined Bourgogne, but this\u00a0is classy and lovely juice (I went back and bought the remaining half-bottles; sorry folks!). 92+ pts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was an fantastic surprise when I’d just planned on finding a simple yet solid 375ml Burgundy. Beautiful aromatic burst of a spring flower bouquet hits first (red, white, and dark flowers all popping), followed by fresh strawberry, ripe pomegranate, and just a hint of stalk. The 100% new oak here actually balances very well, adding a pixieish perfume of delicately dusted cinnamon and maple. A soft wisp of soft mossy earth finishes.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.winenashville.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}