Lalande Borie Size:12x750ml malolactic in barrel

malolactic in barrel

A dreadful health crisis from which he is thankfully now slowly recovering put proprietor Eberhard von Kunow entirely out of commission at critical junctures in the evolution of his 2009 crop

exhibiting a dense underpinning of tannins

This delivers very good length though there is a touch of youthful austerity present that will require a few years of bottle age to dissipate

with melting tannins and a lively

Lalande Borie Size:12x750ml malolactic in barrelThe 2015 is not as strong a vintage as the 2016 but there's a lot to enjoy here. Right off the nose it offers clarity of black fruits, with blasts of coffee bean and mocha, spiced olive paste, an exotic edge of cloves and pepper, and slate minerality that gives lovely lift to the finish. More ready to drink than the 2016.