Stephane Magnien, Morey St Denis Premier Cru Les Faconnieres 2016 Paarl

Stephane Magnien, Morey St Denis Premier Cru Les Faconnieres 2016 PaarlSmoky coffee aroma with much more openness than their Grains Fins, giving a more graceful and refined structure. Well defined cherry fruit, savoury but not austere on the finish. Richard Hemming MW, Jancis Robinson. com (17)

The Coquerie is from a new plot of schist and quartz

with apricot

and sun drenched black currant

intense almost inky in colour

Rich and full in the mouth with juniper and fresh ruby red grapefruit on the fore followed by layers of warming citrus spice from English coriander seed and cubeb

silky tannins and beautifully supple fruit make it deceptively easy to drink right from release

Complete and satisfying

fresh and fruity wine which has notes of redcurrant and raspberry with soft tannins

Considering the skin contact fermentation here it takes a great deal of skill to produce a wine with such clarity and brightness

it has real intensity and a broad mouth filling structure

The palate is smoothly balanced and lush

Palomino and Riesling