Palate
These grapes added further elegance, richness, and complexity to the finished wine. In the current vintage, I’m struck by the aroma at first, with its combination of cassis and fresh blackberry. The texture is both balanced and mouth-filling. The flavor is the highlight though, and almost from the start there’s complexity with a wide range
of flavors.
Growing Conditions
The idea behind our Neyers Left Bank Red comes from my early days in the wine business, after I was hired as a part-time clerk at Connoisseur Wine Imports. It was a legendary wine store in the warehouse district south of Market Street in San Francisco, and was among the most respected fine wine sources in the country. The owners specialized in red Bordeaux. In our weekly staff tastings, I learned to love these grand wines of France, but those of Saint Julien became especially important to me. Later, I learned that Saint Julien wines owed much of their charm to the high percentage of
