Backfill & Diversify Vol. 1
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We have been gathering together an assortment of
superb wines to help expand your portfolios in an
interesting way. Some of these wines are from
vintages and regions that we have already included in
an offer, but that show such intrinsic
quality/value/excitement that we feel duty bound to
bring them to Bowes Wine clients. Others will be
one-off wines of very high quality from current
vintages, originating from regions that we haven't
yet offered, perhaps won't
offer save for these stellar singletons.
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And we start our Backfill and Diversify series with
one from the former group, a brilliant Grand Cru red
burgundy of the landmark 2005 vintage.
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The Domaine
The wines here used to be rather insipid examples,
which was a shame as the domaine owns a string of
very senior vineyards. The reason for their
underperformance was to do with the estate's US
importers, who insisted that the wines be drinkable
more-or-less at the time of their release.
All this has changed and Florent de Merode is making very high
quality examples now.
The family lives in the Château de Serrigny, situated in the
conjoined twin villages that make up Ladoix-Serrigny. The prince is
married to the sister of Alexandre de Lur-Saluces, erstwhile owner of
Château d'Yquem
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Click on the Notes icon to read Caspar’s tasting note.
Here's the Wine Spectator magazine on this wine:
"This is simply pure fruit and terroir. After a slightly funky
nose, the palate settles into concentrated cherry,
plum, sandalwood and sweet leather notes. Keeps
building on the palate to a fresh finish that goes on
and on. Best from 2015 through 2030. 350 cases made.
94/100."
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