"Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com 95-97/100
Sharply delineated dark fruit, exotic spice, licorice, olive paste, bacon fat and succulent floral qualities on the hugely perfumed nose. Stains the palate with alluringly sweet, densely packed, mineral-accented blueberry, cherry preserve, fruitcake and violet pastille flavors that deliver a suave blend of richness and energy. The floral and mineral notes carry emphatically through a strikingly long, youthfully tannic finish that shows superb clarity and energetic drive. Published May 2020"
The average age of the vines which produce the fruit for La Geynale is 90-100 years old.
Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com
Vincent Paris is grateful that 2019, compared to 2018, gave him 'a little bigger crop, because of some mildew problems in ’18 that made thinning mandatory.' The fruit was quite healthy, he told me, 'and the tannins are sound and even strong from old-vine parcels because of the thick skins and the lesser amount of juice they gave.' For that reason, he advises that 'even though there’s nice balance to the wines, they have an underlying structure, so you should hold them for a while.'
