Les Champs Libres other_regions_australia and 3% Cabernet Franc --

and 3% Cabernet Franc -- in the blend

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the 2021 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese is based on highly ripe Riesling berries and opens with a clear

this single-vineyard wine emerges from 80-year-old vines on limestone that survived the devastating frost of 1956

the 2018 Ontogeny Proprietary Red Wine comes barreling out of the glass with intensely fruity notes of crème de cassis

Les Champs Libres other_regions_australia and 3% Cabernet Franc --The 2018 Les Champs Libres is more backward than the 2017, deprived the same delineation and mineralit by that summer's warmth. The palate is better with welcome flintiness on the entry, more energy and generosity coming through. A peppery touch on the close ensures this finishes on a high. Tasted from ex chteau magnum at Kate & Kon's 40 Year vertical in Austria.