Chateau Croix de Labrie, Saint-Emilion, 2006 champagne-club Riccardo Baldi started the winery

Riccardo Baldi started the winery at 19 and has built an international reputation for crystalline

and a hint of nuttiness

It would have been good with roasted fish too

on a single plot of yellow schist at 450 meters up in the cool Douro

This is a bottle for Burgundy lovers

Chateau Croix de Labrie, Saint-Emilion, 2006 champagne-club Riccardo Baldi started the wineryA small Saint milion estate from one of Bordeaux's last true 'garagiste' moments. Croix de Labrie sits on the Right Bank with under six hectares of vines, Merlot led with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The 2006 was made under the Puzio Lesage family, when the estate was effectively the poster child for the garage wine movement production small enough to age in a living room, focus relentless. 2006 was a more classical, structured