2023, Domaine de Villaine, RULLY, 'Les Saint-Jacques', BIODomaine notes: The nose is very expressive with white fleshed fruits. We perceive a good maturity of the Chardonnay. The palate follows the same path, offering an elegant structure and a beautiful texture, alternating between roundness and tension to reach an intense but balanced finish. We perceive more than we taste a certain vibration around this wine, certainly due to the low yields to preserve the fruit maturity. To drink now or wait two to three

Appealing Pomerol character and style with a long life ahead

with an almost unbearably seductive bouquet with a rich with an incredibly rich raspberry flavour

which is usually the case with les Champs Libres but not with Grand Village Blanc

The tannins are certainly present but not dominant

This is the third vintage using Marquis d'Alesme's handsome new cellar

A Mouton-Rothschild determined to make a statement and it certainly does that

one where the wines are not as extracted as in the past

Great potential

There’s a bit more Merlot in this year’s blend

This is a wine dotted with bright fruit with a pulpy palate

Refined and serious but also there’s such a delicious juicy undercurrent giving life and energy

93/100 Josh Raynolds