2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Domaine Creusserome The 2020 Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata

The 2020 Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata is a terrific wine from Renato Corino's cru par excellence

Perfectly balanced

and leafy tobacco

and a saline edge to the finish that is extremely moreish

while a gentle

2023 | M. Plouzeau Chinon Rive Gauche | Loire Domaine Creusserome The 2020 Barolo Rocche dell’AnnunziataIt had been a few vintages since I last drank a bottle of Marc Plouzeaus Rive Gauche bottling of Chinon. His newly released 2023 version is outstanding, coming in at an even thirteen percent octane and offering up a complex and an utterly classical bouquet of cassis, dark berries, tree bark, gravelly soil tones, cigar smoke and a hint of menthol in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full bodied, focused and classy, with a lovely