Francois Lamarche, Grande Rue Vintage:2020 This is over 14% alcohol

This is over 14% alcohol with no chaptalization

saline and well-defined

this wine may stain your stemware as well as your palate with its caliginous hue

Fruit thrives from 220 to 280 meters above sea level with full southern exposures facing La Morra

Francois Lamarche, Grande Rue Vintage:2020 This is over 14% alcohol(harvested on September 20th). This has gone from strength to strength and only seems to get better with each passing year. A lightly menthol infused nose that is exceptionally ripe yet stops short of being surmature remains almost 100% primary with ample black fruit and spice aromas seamlessly merging into the rich, full and intense flavors brimming with power and muscle yet this by no means lacks for grace or elegance on the reserved but driving