Château Larcis Ducasse Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2015 (750ml) Other

Château Larcis Ducasse Saint-Émilion Grand Cru (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2015 (750ml) Other2000 years of cultivating the vine. The vineyards of Saint Emilion are one of the most precious remnants of Roman civilisation. Even in the 4th century, the wines produced at Lucaniac (near to Saint Emilion) were in demand in Rome. In the centuries that followed, it was the monks who undertook to spend part of their life studying and working the vine. Since the thirteenth century the Jurats have controlled the quality of the wine produced in the

This isolated DO south of Priorat has soils of loose red sand and limestone

dried herbs and dark cherries

92pts James Suckling

as well as some floral and passion-fruit notes

The fruit ripened early and well in 2019

It once even had a bona fide moat surrounding it

bittersweet chocolate

and only a few producers have mastered the craft

I'm still glad to be importing Shotfire Shiraz and other Thorn-Clarke selections

2007 (20%)

dark chocolate and baker’s spice

A full-bodied wine but with a pleasant flavor and a deliciously saline background