Domaine La Barroche, Chateauneuf du Pape 2018 Manzanilla Iliana Malihin’s Old Vine Vidiano

Iliana Malihin’s Old Vine Vidiano - Amygdalos is a full-bodied white with a buttery taste and beautifully balanced acidity

You can taste the good health of the grapes thanks to those very direct aromas of black cherry

Some charry sweetness as well as the blackest of fruits

Nom stands for nombulelo (gratitude in “Xhosa”) and Nomkhubulwane a somewhat forgotten African goddess of agriculture

and delicate

Domaine La Barroche, Chateauneuf du Pape 2018 Manzanilla Iliana Malihin’s Old Vine VidianoBright magenta. Heady, spice accented boysenberry and cherry aromas are complicated by suave lavender and Asian spice nuances. Seamless, deep and appealingly sweet, offering intense, mineral laced red and blue fruit liqueur, spicecake and floral pastille flavors underscored by a vein of juicy acidity. Finishes smooth and impressively long, displaying harmonious tannins and persistent florality.