Chateau Barde-Haut Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1998 PET-NAT slightly sweet stone-fruit driven sparkler

slightly sweet stone-fruit driven sparkler

and it earns the slot

On the nose expects elderberry

and the wine is still youthful — give it another five or six years to fully open

this Riesling captures the mineral intensity of slate and flint with ripe stone fruit precision

Chateau Barde-Haut Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 1998 PET-NAT slightly sweet stone-fruit driven sparklerA piece of mature Saint milion at a moment when these wines really sing. Chteau Barde Haut sits on the limestone plateau in the eastern part of the appellation; the 1998 was made before the property changed hands to the Garcin Cathiard family in 2000, but the vineyard heavy on Merlot has always been the constant. At nearly three decades old, this is fully resolved Bordeaux: secondary aromas of cedar, leather, tobacco, and forest floor have taken the