Denis Durantou, Saintayme Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2021 reshoot 2020 was an outstanding vintage

2020 was an outstanding vintage

Soft tannins provide structure

This Extra Brut is built on the 1998 base vintage

Abadia da Cova farms steep granitic terraces above the Sil and Mino rivers in Galicia's most dramatic wine country — slopes so vertiginous the locals call it heroic viticulture

This is Sicily as Franco understands it: complex

Denis Durantou, Saintayme Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 2021 reshoot 2020 was an outstanding vintageSaintayme is the Saint milion project of the late, great Denis Durantou the man behind Pomerol's revered Chteau L'glise Clinet and the same talented team still tends the vines and crafts the wine, now under his daughters Nomie and Constance. It's 100% Merlot from clay limestone soils, hand harvested and made with a minimal, precise touch. The result is a generous, polished Saint milion at a fraction of the fame: black cherry and plum, a hint of cocoa