Gilette Vintage:1983 silky tannins provide the backdrop

silky tannins provide the backdrop as the 2001 opens up in the glass

The 2016 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is co-fermented with 4% Viognier in a Côte-Rôtie style that delivers a red and black-fruited nose with a floral grip and rustic rockiness

62 ha parcel)

(Bitouzet has 2 parcels

The rounder yet still quite energetic and detailed flavors exude a more subtle bead of minerality on the sappy and sneaky long finale

Gilette Vintage:1983 silky tannins provide the backdropRipe, sweet and with searing acidity, the candied apricot, pineapple, mango and tangerine fruits coated with all that delicious honey hit the spot. This is a very specific, full bodied, concentrated, bright style of Sauternes, as the wine is not aged in oak. So, while you get the sweetness, there is no vanilla, caramel or fat from oak. Instead you find more purity of fruit and higher levels of acidity, with an orange peel leaning. This is a good thing