Elegant and restrained in style
the bottled 2014 La Poza de Ballesteros was quite faithful to the sample I tasted before it was bottled
a vineyard with a more southerly exposure
which many consider to be the greatest vineyard on Hermitage Hill
exotic spices and plums
Taittinger, Comtes Champagne other_regions Elegant and restrained in styleLemon to gold ingot, bright and welcoming, an impression enhanced by a fabulous nose of sherbet, brioche, lemon posset and Mirabelle plum. All things nice. The palate is gently luxurious, its sophistication rippling with nuance rather than sheer vulgar power, yellow fruits, the gentlest hints of honey, crushed chalk and then a silky citric grip. In these rather claustrophobic times, the wine carries us along the Corniche in an open top car, vintage