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Don't have any in the house at present, Stuart, but we do have some stock in bond, so will get some delivered. Watch this space! How was it??

@@BowesWineLtd v fruity...poss leave for a bit?! 22 was hot...maybe why....

Perhaps not their finest vintage, but a delight nevertheless. I drink their Bourgogne Blanc and white Maranges regularly and absolutely love them. Their BBs last for 6 to 8 years generally without issue. More than half Folatières now owned by a Hong Kong investment vehicle allied to Ficofi...

I am sure it'll be delicious, Steven: riper than the 2013, but will be ready to drink quite soon, whereas the '13 took a long time to come 'round. Caspar

I could only find the 2011 for sale in Portugal where it's £300 to £400. Other vintages are cheaper, but even recent vintages are north of £100, alas...

Ha ha. The Thatchers is the tipple of my currant bun...and the Trévallon is a double magnum, I'll have you know. I had a bottle of the CSJ with J Morgan at 67 c. five or 6 years ago and it was the stuff of dreams. Hoping my remnants have more life to them...Is the 1993 Faiveley Maris one of the rare bottles they made from their grand cru potato crop?

Just a stunning white burgundy...

They are rather "under the radar" for most collectors/consumers, perhaps because their wines tend to take a long time to come 'round. I remember drinking their 1952 Clos de Bèze in about 1993. It was spectacular. I'd bought a few bottles at auction and it must have been cheap as I couldn't afford top-priced bottles back then.

Thanks for the comment, Benoit. It's always fascinating to go back to vintages that one has tasted from barrel during primeurs week, not least these '09s. I had some doubts about the vintage from the start: so much ripeness and so much tannin; it was a combination that had never really been seen before. My concern has always been that the fruit was too tender-ripe to keep pace with the tannin and that the wines might eventually end up a bit stringy (like '89, but with riper (and higher) tannin). I have suspicions about Merlot on gravel as, it seems to many Bordelais proprietors. It is too warm a soil for the variety in these times of climatic change. As i said in the video, if I have called this wrong, I will be very happy to hold my hands up and say mea culpa!

I buy them every year...and the whites, too. Great producer...

Yes! Perfect for summer drinking...

And for us wine lovers, too!

I was rather put out. I have had the wine professionally stored since I bought the wine en primeur and opened my first bottle with some anticipation. Perhaps it was a bad bottle: certainly not corked but deffo out of sorts. I will post another video note of the next one. Five more to go!

Stainless steel tanks, I believe. The wine then spends a year in INOX before being racked into botti, where it stays for two years before bottling. It then spends a further year at the winery.

Thank you very much. It is a delicious wine. However 2 things prevent me from buying again: 1. The tannins kick my face. 2. There’s a mushroom/funky taste that I don’t enjoy. Sometimes it reminds me of the smell of clay or play-doh.

@@philonew Yes, Sagrantino is one of the most tannic grape varieties and needs careful handling...and a lot of time in a decanter...following a lot of time in bottle. Deffo one for future pleasure...

@@philonew You can see a much more recent video of me tasting the same wine here: ua-cam.com/video/0OUhXFJIBbI/v-deo.html

Hello Rick. No, I've not tried the Cerrete, but I see that you can buy the 2010 vintage in the UK for a little over £110 a bottle inc tax. They are stunning wines. I wish I had more!

By the way, I have recorded a much more recent note on this wine. You can view that here if interested: ua-cam.com/video/0OUhXFJIBbI/v-deo.html

Thanks, Ralph. The 2005 is fully mature and, IMO, won't improve with further bottle age. Must drink my last couple of bottles soon! Thanks for the reminder...C

Just had a quick look on Wine Searcher and it looks as though you can find it in Rare Specialty Wine Collection and Old & Rare Specialty. Do you know either, Byron?

I love the Pearl Morisette wines, especially the Cab Franc. A friend was importing them, but no longer does. Not sure why he stopped. Thanks for the message...

Thank you for your kind words! I absolutely love Verdicchio...and Lugana, which has been shown via DNA analysis to be the same grape. Cheers!