Chateau Extravagant de Doisy Daene 2014 - Case of 6 Bottles (37,5cl)The LExtravagant de Doisy Dane 2014 has a very intense bouquet of wild honey, acacia and orange blossom that soars from the glass. The palate is unctuous, decadent and powerful completely living up to its name with layers of honeyed fruit on the long finish. It is like a super charged Beerenauslese, somehow retaining immense tension and precision on the finish. For hedonists only. Queue up. Country Region: France, Sauternes Grape Variety: Smillon 85

It will have more to give down the line and the strictness implies that this La Mission Haut Brion should be afforded a decade in the cellar before it will show what it can do

the nose takes time to “rev up” but stick with it because it eventually reveals exquisite pure blackberry and briary scents

lighter on rim

Grape Variety: Merlot 45%

fine-grained tannins

But as it transpires

as it almost knocks you off your stool with its intense mineralité embroidered into this iridescent

it would not surprise me if it gives 25 years of drinking pleasure

Magnien has simplified them somewhat by adopting certain cuvée names like Coeur des Roches and issuing a number of old vines offerings at the villages level

It’s always sentimental to taste this wine

freshness and purity

It has a very powerful and intense bouquet with layers of blackberry