Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond, Dans les Vignes de Mon Pere Vintage:2019 35 ha parcel were planted

35 ha parcel were planted in 1980 and 1988

Kusuda's 2016 Pinot Noir reveals scents of beetroot and sous-bois alongside hints of cherries and cranberries

with espresso and warm cocoa melding into the mulled plum and blackberry fruit

Prominent notes of honeysuckle and passion fruit are laced with a variety of spice and citrus elements

Patrick & Christophe Bonnefond, Dans les Vignes de Mon Pere Vintage:2019 35 ha parcel were plantedViolets, blackberries and crushed stone appear on the nose of the 2019 Cte Rtie Dans les Vignes de Mon Pre, a towering effort that must be the best wine I've ever tasted from Bonnefond. The oak is perfectly judged and wonderfully integrated into the full bodied yet almost weightless wine, adding just a hint of mocha to the gloriously creamy proceedings. Long and lush, it should drink well for at least the next 15 years, perhaps longer. Vinified as