Tollot Beaut, Corton Rouge other_regions Alta Mesa vineyard (Santa Barbara

Alta Mesa vineyard (Santa Barbara County)

My visit to these historic cellars earlier in the year was an eye-opening experience

dense and intense

As good as this is though

Tollot Beaut, Corton Rouge other_regions Alta Mesa vineyard (Santa Barbara(from Les Combes; aged in 60% new wood). An attractively layered nose offers up notes of violet, plum, smoked meat hints and plenty of warm earth character to the wild dark berry fruit aromas. There is excellent volume to the ripe, intense and powerful large scaled flavors that exhibit fine intensity on the powerful, balanced and vibrant finish that delivers its usual fine length. This isnt quite a robust as it usually is though its a big wine all the