and Austria
Don’t think about their modest price
And those wines – rightfully – get more and more expensive
Pascal’s wines are beautiful and unique
After we drank that first bottle of Charlemagne
Clos Rougeard “Le Bourg” 2018 Italy Fest 2025 and AustriaBroad and resonant, this opens with dark plum skin, black cherry, and cassis bud, layered with cigar box, loamy earth, and a warm, iron tinged depth that immediately signals scale. The palate is expansive and slow moving, built around dense, savory fruit and polished but authoritative tannins, with acidity integrated rather than leading. Notes of leather, black tea, and damp soil unfurl gradually, carrying into a long, enveloping finish that feels