2024 Belle Brise

The 2024 vintage is the second-smallest for Belle-Brise, after 1991, with just 6,000 bottles produced. It offers a delicately perfumed nose, dominated by little red berries and white flowers. As you swirl and reveal the wine to air, the nose becomes more and more intense, with a wide array of florals, from lilac to lily of the valley – this is one of the most elegantly perfumed Belle-Brises I can remember. On the palate, the profiles shifts to darker fruit, with supple and generous tannins that are laced with acidity and freshness. The purity of fruit – as is often the case in cooler vintages here – is impressive, with a long, sapid, elegant finish. This is a very promising Belle-Brise that should be approachable relatively young yet evolve beautifully. Aged, as normal, in a third new oak. 12.5% alcohol.