Hooker's House Bourbon pays tribute to Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker
This is an unusually flamboyant wine with plenty of richness and a bit less in the way of subtlety
The cask influence is felt yet again in the finish
"While both bottles I sampled had a run on the cork
with crunchy fruit and a fresh and lightly chewy finish
2022 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Les Souteyrades [JD97] Subregion_Corton Charlemagne Hooker's House Bourbon pays tributeProducer: Domaine Saint Damien Region: Gigondas, Rhone, France Blend: Rhone Red Blend Year: 2022 Jeb Dunnuck, 97 Points "The 2020 Gigondas Les Souteyrades is also utterly brilliant. Giving up lots of kirsch liqueur, orange blossom, ground pepper, and herbes de Provence like aromatics, it hits the palate with full bodied richness and a layered, seamless, elegant mouthfeel that has awesome tannins as well as purity of fruit. It's another sensational