Darroze 1985 Bellair GBA 43.5% 700ml gouveio allowing the fruit plenty of

allowing the fruit plenty of hangtime to develop deep

It will live for at least another four decades

It is made from the Nebbiolo grape

Sea breezes mediate day time heat while the cracking clays reduce vine vigour during the critical ripening period to direct the vine’s energy into creating fruit with concentrated flavours and highly finessed yet intense structural tannin

and forestfloor traces

Darroze 1985 Bellair GBA 43.5% 700ml gouveio allowing the fruit plenty ofBrown colour with golden tints. This nose shows both spicy (clove, pepper), woody (tobacco, toast) and fruity aromas (prune, quince). On the palate, the attack is supple, the tannins round. A nice balance with a more fruity end (candied orange peel, ripe apricot). Superb.