Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse, Pauillac, 2016 fete champagne 2021 because it slips between categories:

because it slips between categories: pale in color

organically farmed and made in the family's gentle

Nuits-Saint-Georges from Emmanuel Rouget is the burly

with barely perceptible whispers of lemon

and heavy rains slashed yields by thirty percent—but the long

Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse, Pauillac, 2016 fete champagne 2021 because it slips between categories:A fifth growth Pauillac that has quietly become one of the appellation's best arguments for looking past the famous names. Grand Puy Ducasse holds an unusual hand: instead of one contiguous vineyard, its plots are scattered across some of Pauillac's best gravel terroirs, and since the mid 2010s a serious quality push has sharpened the results. The 2016 leans on roughly 65% Cabernet Sauvignon filled out with Merlot, from a near ideal growing season