SB | This has more depth of color than the other wines from this vintage but there's no oxidation or overdevelopment. Ripe but fairly dumb on the nose. Suave and juicy, this is already open and accessible, though there is assertive acidity supporting the fruit. So, it should age well, and the salinity is pronounced and adds complexity. Fine length, and welcome swagger on the finish. 91
AJ | Bright mid- to full lemon-gold. Warm, sweet-edged, earthy, and sappy, with some forest-leaf and twig complexity behind perfumed blood-orange fruits. A quiet almond richness, too. Again, unshowy, but with lots of inner complexity. A generously fruity wine and perhaps with more Manseng in it than its Pacherenc peers, this is big and round, exuberant, packed with South Western intrigue, quietly metamorphosing fruit notes, as lemon slips into passionfruit, and apricot morphs into mango, then everything disappears under a shower of bitter pips and spring leaves. Delicious, dramatic, and so much more interesting than just more Sauvignon Blanc... 91
SR | Intense in its golden-yellow color, this 2021 Pacherenc opens with a generous, ripe, and elegant fruit, with darker toned fruit and honey aromas intertwined with ripe lemon and saline terroir aromas. Full-bodied, rich, and concentrated on the palate, this is a tight and tannic, lemon-fresh and finessed as well as transparent Pacherenc in a more international style, with a fine salinity and some fresher oak and fruit aromas on the finish. 89