2016 Il Etait Une Fois Ventoux rouge Fondreche Likör Ultimately

Ultimately

It's one of the finest classical cuvées I can remember

Chiara Boschis

Age of the vines: 50 to 100 years

When I was tasting Bollinger's brilliant Grande Année in this vintage

2016 Il Etait Une Fois Ventoux rouge Fondreche Likör Ultimately95 Jeb Dunnuck: The flagship is the 2016 Ventoux Il Etais Une Fois, which is mostly Grenache with tiny amounts of Syrah and Mourvdre brought up all in foudre. Violets, red and black fruits, spice, and dried earth limestone minerality all give way to an elegant, medium to full bodied Grenache that gains depth, freshness, and purity with time in the glass. It has fine, building tannin, a seamless texture, and a great, beautiful finish. Over the previous