Gerard Raphet Les Combottes 'Cuvee Unique', Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France 2019 Sonoma County They didn't produce the 2017

They didn't produce the 2017 vintage of the single-vineyard wine from some of their oldest vines

24 months aging in oak casks

Torrontés Tinto is a crossing of Listán Prieto and Moscatel de Alejandría

cranberries

Obviously a great wine for long-term aging in a great Sauternes year

Gerard Raphet Les Combottes 'Cuvee Unique', Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, France 2019 Sonoma County They didn't produce the 2017A more elegant, airy and slightly fresher nose offers up cool notes of earth, spice, plum and wild red berries. The equally cool and pure middle weight flavors possess a beguiling sense of underlying tension as well as a lovely minerality on the balanced and nicely long finish. This lilting effort is also really quite pretty and has the stuffing to reward a decade of cellaring, perhaps even a bit more. 92 Pts Burghound