Deliciously ripe and inviting with a mix of blueberry fig and plum fruit that bounces along supported by light toast and tobacco shadings. Fruit and spice meld nicely on the lively finish where a nice streak of chalk is well-embedded. Drink now through 2017. -JM

The best wine under this moniker that Jean-Luc Thunevin has yet produced his homage to himself (or is it me?) is a delicious fruit-forward sleeper of the vintage. Oodles of black currants kirsch licorice and spice jump from the glass of this medium-bodied surprisingly concentrated wine that leaves a substantial tactile impression on the palate. Drink it over the next several years. Bravo!