Decanter: 98 Punkte
"This marks the first vintage of this wine made entirely from the Morlet family’s own site, located across the road from To Kalon and just south of the Beckstoffer To Kalon blocks. Sourced from the third leaf of this vineyard, the wine is beautifully fragrant, sophisticated, stylish, and polished. It is wonderfully expressive and features vibrant and pliant tannins nuanced by red- and black-toned saline-ripe fruit layered with green tobacco. You’d be hard-pressed to believe this wine does not come from Beckstoffer To Kalon but rather from the Morlet family’s 10.11-hectare property, acquired in 2015. With the To Kalon Creek running through it and its location just south of the Beckstoffer site, Morlet describes this low-vigour vineyard as consisting of 40–60% well-draining gravel, planted with two-thirds Cabernet Sauvignon and one-third Cabernet Franc on Bale series soil, which is similar to To Kalon." - Jonathan Cristaldi (01/2025)