Jean Fillioux 1989 GC 43% 700ml 2008 From a single granite-rich vineyard

From a single granite-rich vineyard near Gallura

Vintage 2018 in the Yarra Valley proved to be one of the strongest in the last 25 years

with palate weight that is long

this is one of the last releases of a piece of Napa Valley history

with a serious lick of dried herbs and amaro bitters from the Carignan

Jean Fillioux 1989 GC 43% 700ml 2008 From a single granite-rich vineyardOne of a series in Fillioux's vintage selections, harvested and distilled in 1989. Brilliant amber gold, this offers lots of fig and ripe yellow fruits on the nose with a honeyed core. Deliciously rich and rounded while maintaining a fine balancing act between oak, stone fruit and sweet spices, the finish is briefly fleshy and succulent, then sweetly oaky with lingering pipe tobacco and rancio. Matured in French loose grain oak. 43% Alc. Vol.