Perrin & Fils, Gigondas Tourelles Vintage:2017 An exuberantly spicy nose is

An exuberantly spicy nose is composed almost exclusively of various very ripe dark berries and exotic tea scents

Knez is a new project being headed by proprietor Peter Knez and winemaker Anthony Filiberti of Anthill Farms

This understated effort should be lovely in a few years

The 2012 Valandraud Blanc is Murielle Andraud's more textured white

textural density and general ripeness on display in this wine

Perrin & Fils, Gigondas Tourelles Vintage:2017 An exuberantly spicy nose isOpaque, bright rimmed ruby. Intensely perfumed, mineral accented cherry and dark berry scents are accompanied by suggestions of licorice, candied flowers and exotic spices. Fleshy and broad in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated cherry pastry and blackberry flavors that become more energetic as the wine stretches out. Shows superb energy and mineral lift on an impressively long, subtly tannic finish that leaves behind a suave floral note. Josh