Le Petit Mouton - Pauillac 2022

Le Petit Mouton - Pauillac 2022

A markedly ripe yet fresh and cool nose offers up a beguiling array of spice

This somewhat rustic effort is very Corton in basic character and a wine that's going to require patience

The 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Tychson Hill Vineyard (a valley floor site planted on a slight incline north of St

Here the equally brooding nose is slightly more elegant with its cool and restrained nose of red currant

gobs of glycerin

Both 2013s are clearly the finest Eisele wines made under the administration of François Pinault and his top lieutenant

This is a wine of profound elegance and grace

This is actually quite similar in quality and expression though with just a bit more mid-palate concentration

elegant and seamless feel on the palate

The delicious and round yet nice detailed and vibrant flavors possess a dusty yet refined mouth feel before terminating in a lingering

delicious and persistent finale

Here the wood and menthol influences are a good deal less subtle and while they don't dominate the even spicier and slightly riper liqueur-like cassis