Tablas Creek, Paso Robles, Esprit de Beaucastel Red 2008 Barolo some brooding underlying fruit

some brooding underlying fruit

With his wife Cécile

If you buy the sort of wines we stock at Chap 4

More fat and meat was present than usual

spice and tea leaf complexity to its compressed core of sappy red fruits

Tablas Creek, Paso Robles, Esprit de Beaucastel Red 2008 Barolo some brooding underlying fruitThe Tablas Creek Vineyard Esprit de Tablas is a blend of four estate grown varietals, propagated from budwood cuttings from the Chteau de Beaucastel estate. The wine is based on the dark red fruit, earth, spice and mid palate richness of Mourvdre, with additions of Grenache for forward fruit, approachability and lushness, Syrah for mineral, aromatics, and back palate tannins, and Counoise for brambly spice and acidity. 2008 Esprit de Beaucastel (38%