The 2020 L'Esprit De Chevalier is more restrained aromatically, yet has outstanding purity in its red and black fruits as well as notes of dried herbs, tobacco, chocolate, and damp earth. It's a medium-bodied, elegant, balanced, and certainly delicious second wine that will benefit from just a year or two of bottle age and shine for a decade.

The 2020 L'Esprit de Chevalier Rouge is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a little shaking to wake up notes of baked plums, blackcurrants, and boysenberries, followed by hints of tar, dried sage, and chargrill with a waft of black olives. Medium to full-bodied in the mouth, notes of youthful black fruits and savory accents are complemented by fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing on a mineral note. (LPB)

The 2020 Esprit de Chevalier has a very perfumed, floral bouquet with pressed iris and peony infusing the blackberry and blueberry fruit. Very controlled and classic in style. The palate is medium-bodied with quite concentrated black fruit laced with white pepper and a touch of Provençal herbs. Slight viscosity here, powerful with a generous finish, this is a superb Deuxième Vin that should give 12-15 years' drinking pleasure. (NM)