2022 Domaine de l'A
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The dense purple-hued 2022 Domaine De L'A clocks in as 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. It's concentrated and up-front, with full-bodied aromas and flavors of blackberries, smoky black cherries, chalky minerality, and graphite. With an undeniable sense of minerality, ripe, velvet tannins, and a great finish, it's a no-brainer purchase. It's going to round into form with just a few years of bottle age and have two decades or more of overall longevity.
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The 2022 Domaine de l'A derives from vines planted on a superb calcareous plateau and clay-limestone slopes. Exhibiting aromas of juicy cherries, cassis, spices, graphite and licorice, it’s medium to full-bodied, deep and tensile, with a concentrated core of fruit, racy acids and a long, penetratingly saline finish. This is a terrific effort from Christine and Stéphane Derenoncourt and their team.
Stephane Derenoncourt's home estate, on limestone soils that transate here to chalky tannins, fresh red cherry fruits and sage spice, As is Derencourt's signature with his clients alos, there is a lot of emphasis on soil management through the growing season, ensuring cover crops, and reactive viticulture. Deep plum colour, plenty of spice and freshness. Harvest September 14 to 27. 30% new oak.