Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez, Saint-Estephe, 2015 zzSTUCKqIS1 Serafino Rivella’s 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano

Serafino Rivella’s 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano offers a beautiful opportunity to experience Barbaresco in its most elegant

and Côte des Blancs

Clos de la Chapelle is the small Volnay-based domaine that American expat Mark O'Connell launched in 2011 with partners Philippe Remoissenet and Pierre Meurgey

45% Merlot

with vines averaging around 50 years on a famous mix of clay and gravel

Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez, Saint-Estephe, 2015 zzSTUCKqIS1 Serafino Rivella’s 2020 Barbaresco MontestefanoThe same Cazes family Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel from Saint Estphe same vineyard, same hand, very different year. Where 2012 was supple and short cycle, 2015 was one of the warmer, more concentrated recent Bordeaux vintages, producing wines with deeper fruit, more structure, and longer aging arcs. This bottling (Cabernet Sauvignon led with Merlot, Cab Franc, and a splash of Petit Verdot, raised in seasoned Lynch Bages barrels) is currently drinking