By fermenting in open-top conical wooden vats and aging in large
characterized by fine-grained wood integration and a dense mid-palate that retains the sharp definition inherent to its 1er Cru origin
The 2012 vintage produced a profile defined by a sophisticated
Auchentoshan is one of the few remaining (and flourishing) representations from this region
from dense
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