Baumard, Quarts Chaume other_regions_italy

Baumard, Quarts Chaume other_regions_italyStunning. With mature, burnished notes of candied citrus peel and ginger, clove, fig, quince paste, persimmon and green tea, this offers a rare level of complexity. Yet a current of live wire acidity still runs underneath it all, cutting through to a mouthwatering finish that makes you beg for more. A case study in greatness. Baumard non blind vertical. Drink now through 2030. 1,000 cases made. JM

The wine will be easy to enjoy on release and over the next 7-10 years

punchy and powerful medium-bodied flavors that are overtly muscular though not rustic on the impressively complex and lingering finish that is presently quite compact

Hints of grilled meat and exotic dried spices accent red raspberries and redcurrants in this full-bodied but exceptionally silky and elegant red that meets the high expectations for such a pricey bottling

with tobacco

A different aromatic profile is present with its array of resin

A lovely interplay of those peach & quince flavours with enlivening citrus repertoire

I tasted the 2011 Manuel Raventós Negra from a regular bottle and from a magnum

in October during my trip through the northern Rhone

it still needs another year or two

often seedless-berried

The mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is a bit sleeker as well with an overt muscularity to the prominently tannic

give the wine its feel