Hearts & Bones Angeli Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 vs Mercurey Rouge Vieilles Vignes, Domaine François Raquillet 2022
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Hearts & Bones Angeli Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 currently starts £0.01 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £28.99 | £29.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Stuart Pym | Domaine François Raquillet |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon | Pinot Noir |
| Region | Margaret River | — |
| Country | Australia | — |
| ABV | 14% | — |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Hearts & Bones Angeli Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Appearance: deep and dense red with crimson hues Aroma: the glass fills with aromas of red and blue berries, blackcurrants, with mocha nuances. There are seductive spicy and dusty overtones from the oak, and a subtle sage base note, that tells you it is from Margaret River. The depth and dimension to these aromas suggest that this is something serious, and long living. Sophisticated and seductive now, and it will only get better. Palate: - the fruit notes of the nose carry through to the palate, with beautifully textural proportion. A lush mid-palate, full of mulberries and black currants, progresses with fantastic length, and finishes with abundant fine grained tannins, and heady retro-nasal floral aromatics. The fine grained French oak contributes some spicy and nutty notes, and keeps to keep the concentrated fruit flavours defined. This is a stunningly complex, and engaging wine. In some ways brooding and introspective, and in others bursting with vibrance, aromatics, and fruit flavours -- the rare combination of a wine that drinks beautifully now, and will age for over a decade with ease.
Mercurey Rouge Vieilles Vignes, Domaine François Raquillet 2022
Who is the greatest, under-the-radar producer in Burgundy? There are a handful of growers in the Côte-d'Or who might deserve that title, but looking further south to Mercurey, one Domaine that is crafting incredible, thought-provoking wines is Francois Raquillet. With scores that rank alongside a top producer's Côte-d'Or 1er Crus, these are wines that merit a place in any serious Burgundy lover's cellar. Features as one of the Top 10 Côte Chalonnaise Producers in Tim Atkin's Burgundy 2022 Special Report. Widely considered the best producer of the village (and among the leaders of the region), Francois has been harvesting his 12ha (8 planted to red and 4 to white) of increasingly old vines, some 70 years+, at the end of August for the last six years so is far less concerned by climate change than many Côte d’Or growers to the north. In fact the Chalonnais has been a beneficiary of the hotter, drier weather as it has helped reduce yields, and increase concentration and ripeness in the grapes, ultimately leading to richer, more gourmand, and frankly much better wines.
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