VINCENT SOPHIE SANTENAY LES GRAVIERES 2016 sku_2063548 sherry casks and double charred

sherry casks and double charred bourbon barrels

lightning-like acidity

The most intensely peated whisky Highland Park has ever released in the US

with quite concentrated and rounded fruit

VINCENT SOPHIE SANTENAY LES GRAVIERES 2016 sku_2063548 sherry casks and double charredThe 2016 Santenay 1er Cru Les Gravires, which did not need to be chaptalized, was the richest and most opulent of the three Santenay premier crus that I tasted at the domaine, though it did not quite possess the detail and precision of the Beaurepaire. The palate is a little chewy on the entry, finely detailed, structured and masculine, although I discern a little more persistence and finesse on the other two Santenays. Still, there is plenty of