Perrin & Fils, Vinsobres Hauts Julien

Perrin & Fils, Vinsobres Hauts JulienAlready bottled, the super concentrated, superb 2010 Vinsobres Les Hauts Julien Vieilles Vignes has off the charts richness. Floral notes intermixed with blueberry, blackberry, boysenberry, licorice, truffle and camphor are all present in this superb wine, which is inky bluish purple to the rim, extremely full bodied, with great acid and sweet but abundant tannin. This is a wine for patient connoisseurs partisans of southern Rhone wines. Forget it for

Initially a bit brooding

This could very well be the highlight of the 2022 vintage

serious and youthfully austere finish makes clear that this is definitely built-to- age

indeed the word Zen describes the gorgeously well-balanced finish

(89-91)/2025+

mushrooms and tobacco

this medium-bodied Brunello has refined tannins

complemented by hints of fresh walnuts and almond paste

Bringing in the team of Alfred Tesseron has really upped the game for Senejac

Moderate oak influence combines with brooding but more elegant and refined as well as exceptionally pretty and very spicy dark berry and plum aromas that dissolve into the rich

white peaches and fresh limes

For a bortrytis Auslese this has very pronounced minerality that pushes the honeyed and tropical fruit aspects of the wine into the background