Mending Wall 'Mortar & Stone', Napa Valley, USA 2021 Château Poujeaux all accompanied by porcini mushrooms

all accompanied by porcini mushrooms or rosé des prés or even with a duck breast with figs

together with orange zest and redcurrant

so heeding Robert Parker's sage advice

dried tobacco

Give it two or three years to open but already delicious

Mending Wall 'Mortar & Stone', Napa Valley, USA 2021 Château Poujeaux all accompanied by porcini mushroomsDark, deep and mysterious, the 2021 Mortar & Stone stimulates the senses and inspires the imagination. The intrigue begins with its concentrated purple color. Moving closer for inspection, uplifted aromas suggest cassis reduction, distressed leather, cigar wrapper, espresso, and toasted baking spices. The mouth coating palate expresses layers of decadent cocoa nib, macerated blackberry, forest floor and cedar bark.