Chateau Gloria, Saint Julien, 2015 JURACOUNT010925 and dark honey on a

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so it's the standard cuvée rather than the long-aged Riserva — but a 2001 Giacosa Barbaresco at twenty-four years is still the kind of wine that stops conversation when it hits the glass

elegant frame

the Meursault grower who built his estate parcel by parcel over nearly four decades

While approachable in its youth for its exuberant fruit and polished texture

Chateau Gloria, Saint Julien, 2015 JURACOUNT010925 and dark honey on aA wine that drinks like a classified growth because it's built from them. Henri Martin started Gloria from scratch in 1942, assembling it parcel by parcel almost entirely from vineyards of 1855 classified estates in Saint Julien and Pauillac. The 1855 list simply predates the estate, so despite carrying no classification, Gloria drinks well above its station. The 2015 is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc, from a