Michel Magnien, Clos Saint Denis Vintage:2013 thick white Hermitage will not

thick white Hermitage will not be as long lived as the 2009

The 2021 Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec was released just earlier this year in 2025

expressive character

Starts out better than it finishes

the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Piedlong is 90% Grenache (from the Piedlong lieu-dit) and 10% Mourvèdre

Michel Magnien, Clos Saint Denis Vintage:2013 thick white Hermitage will not(from Les Chaffots). Noticeable but not dominant wood frames the ripe plum, menthol, black cherry and spice suffused nose. There is excellent volume but also fine detail to the extract rich medium weight flavors that possess an attractive sense of underlying tension on the very firm and complex finish that delivers good but not better length. Its of course possible that this will continue to improve before its bottled but at present its not really