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"The 2015 Bourgueil “les Quartiers” from the Amirault family is a superb example of the vintage that is still on the young side, but already is quite expressive and its ultimate quality is very, very easy to see. The superb bouquet delivers a constellation of sweet dark berries, cassis, cigar ash, espresso, dark soil tones, a touch of cola and a gentle topnote of eucalyptus. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, focused and sappy at the core, with excellent soil signature, ripe, seamless tannins and a very long, nascently complex and utterly classic finish. This is a great bottle of Bourgueil in the making, and though it is approachable already at three years of age, it is still a puppy and really should be left alone in a cool corner of the cellar for at least three or four more years and allow its secondary layers of complexity to start to emerge. Fine, fine juice." |