Fonsalette, Cotes du Rhone Rouge other_regions_australia The 2018 Pinot Noir Horseshoe

The 2018 Pinot Noir Horseshoe Vineyard Ungrafted Vines emerges from a steep parcel on the property planted with a very dense 17

A brooding and inexpressive nose features a very fresh and impressively complex mélange of wild dark berries

pepper and licorice

An admirably pure nose offers up aromas of various white-fleshed fruit

Fonsalette, Cotes du Rhone Rouge other_regions_australia The 2018 Pinot Noir HorseshoeThis was the red wine we chose from the wine list in Fontjoncouse to follow the Leroy 2000 Bourgogne Blanc which, if anything, was even less evolved than this rich red, the most famous wine of its appellation. The 2001 vintage was of course very successful in the southern Rhne and this was luscious and spicy but the tannins were completely resolved and the fruity impact was in retreat. Nothing heavy or grating. At 187, it was certainly not given away