Château Lynch-Bages, Echo De Lynch-Bages 2020 vs Santenay Premier Cru 'Clos Rousseau' Rouge, Domaine Benoit Girardin 2022
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Santenay Premier Cru 'Clos Rousseau' Rouge, Domaine Benoit Girardin 2022 currently starts £0.10 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £39.90 | £39.80 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Château Lynch-Bages | Domaine Benoit Girardin |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon | Pinot Noir |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
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Château Lynch-Bages, Echo De Lynch-Bages 2020
Like its big brother, Echo de Lynch-Bages displays the characteristic taste, aromas and length of Pauillac wines. As an echo of the first wine, it receives the same care and attention from the vine to the cellars, the result of a selection of Lynch-Bages' youngest vines and specific plots which represent between 25 to 40 % of the harvest depending on the vintage. The 2020 Echo de Lynch-Bages is round, soft and seductive in its youth with a great potential for bottle age.
Santenay Premier Cru 'Clos Rousseau' Rouge, Domaine Benoit Girardin 2022
An exciting new talent to add to the Honest Grapes roster, who is already making waves in France, and we are thrilled to introduce into the UK: The Girardin family claim thirteen generations of winemakers and Yves Girardin, like his siblings was given 3ha of vines which he subsequently grew to 21ha, purchasing the family property Chateau de de la Charriere in Santenay 2003. His son Benoit created his own domaine in 2020, with 8 hectares of prime vineyards from his father’s holdings, including plots in Savigny-Les-Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet, Meursault and Pommard. He started harvesting on 1st September as prefers balanced rather than too high acidity, and the grapes were 100% destemmed, with fermentations in steel, no pigeage, and the wines subsequently raised in 10-30% new oak. So far, so standard – there is nothing on paper which would make the range stand out… BUT there are some tastings which raise the level of energy in a room – and this was tasting was simply electric – the wines showing a sophistication, and silken elegance quite rare at this level, at once pretty but gourmand, precise and generous at the same time. The whole range comes extremely highly recommended, these are wines to get in the cellar at the beginning of the domaine’s trajectory, whilst prices are attractive and allocations plentiful. "1ha bordering Maranges of ferrous clay soils, giving wines with more power and structure. An open nose, quite rich and velvety, creamy damsons alongside red berry fruit and deeper spice notes and dried flowers. Attack is full of earthy red plums and just ripe hedgerow strawberries with a salty, herbaceous edge to the tannins and bright acidity. Controlled and precise with good focus but a pleasing gentility and generosity." Tom Harrow, Head Wine Guru
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