2023 | Daniel Chotard Sancerre Lieu dit Les Coutones | Loire Colli Berici green olive and cherry pipe

green olive and cherry pipe tobacco

Lively acidity

zesty edge to the flavors of glazed apple

Good freshness and some complex flavours starting to show

The 2023 Tignanello is a classy

2023 | Daniel Chotard Sancerre Lieu dit Les Coutones | Loire Colli Berici green olive and cherry pipeLes Coutones comes from a steep parcel where the soil is so rich in clay that after the rain, it affixes itself to ones boots. That clay keeps cool a site that otherwise faces abundant sun, a balance that allows its fruit a longer ripening phase. The result is full of finesse, the nose exuberant, yet restrained; unripened pineapple, clover, tangerinefull of zest that hints at summer, but remains fresh and green.