Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2019 070226ROBUST This 2019 comes from seventeen

This 2019 comes from seventeen organically managed plots scattered across Rioja Alta villages including Villalba

blending 90% Marsanne with 10% Roussanne from steep granite and limestone slopes

melted tannins

These special etched holiday-themed bottles began as Nat Komes' way of thanking club members

just outside Macon

Chateau Carbonnieux Pessac-Leognan Rouge 2019 070226ROBUST This 2019 comes from seventeenOne of Graves' great chteaux, with vines planted on the region's famous deep gravels. Carbonnieux Rouge is Cab Sauv led, classically Pessac in profile fine tannins, freshness, integrated oak, and what we'd call luxury without weight. Where the 2018 is dense and powerful, the 2019 is the more classical, balanced sibling of that vintage pair: ripe but lifted, with seamless tannins, fresher aromatics, and a long, elegant finish. The chteau itself