Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 Consignment white flowers and mint lend

white flowers and mint lend quite a bit of aromatic presence and overall lift

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Inspired by a springtime hike in Big Sur - botanical forward Elderflower and Sage

It's white Burgundy with real soul

Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 Consignment white flowers and mint lendThe 2001 Saint Julien vintage has always sat in the shadow of 2000 and 2005, which is exactly why bottles like this are still worth drinking the wines were classically built, never overripe, and have aged on a long, steady curve. Branaire Ducru's Fourth Growth, traditional style is a natural fit for this kind of vintage: now well into the secondary stage, with cedar and tobacco coming forward but plenty of fruit still in the mid palate. A drinking