aged three years in a mix of barrels
porous chalk that seems to inject wines with both levity and electric snap
Les Clos favors finesse and clarity over power
This highly limited bottling is the culmination of
One boring day at the wine store many years ago
Kobal Blaufrankisch Roots Rose' aged three years in aDark edged and ferrous, this opens with sour black cherry, elderberry skin, and damson, layered with cracked pepper, dried nettle, and a cool note of iron rich clay. The palate is taut and vertical, driven by Blaufrnkischs natural acidity and firm, finely etched tannins that frame the fruit without smoothing its edges. Savory herbal tones and a faint smoky mineral thread run through the mid palate, finishing dry, spicy, and persistent with a stony,