Bourgueil "Le Haut de la Butte"

Score

93

Score

94

Score

93

"The 2021 le Haut de la Butte bottling of Bourgueil from Jean-Philippe and Jacky Blot is crafted from thirty-five year-old vines. The wine does not see any new oak during the ,levage, as it is raised in one to three year-old casks. The 2021 comes in at 12.5 percent octane and delivers a superb bouquet of sweet dark berries, black cherries, menthol, cigar wrapper, flinty soil tones, a nice framing of oak, currant leaf and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and nicely elegant in profile, with a fine core of fruit, lovely soil signature, fine-grained tannins and a long, complex and very promising finish. Like all of the Blot family,s Bourgueil bottlings, the 2021 le Haut de la Butte will demand some hibernation time in the cellar before it starts to drink with generosity, but once it is ready to go, it will be outstanding juice. 2030-2065+."