and this might've been better

reserved and intensely floral nose is gorgeously spiced with ripe red berry fruit aromas that offer up attractive notes of red cherry liqueur

tobacco and wet chalk

menthol and mocha overtones give the 2016 beguiling aromatic presence to match its layered

the palate grows in austerity

Jean Grivot, Echezeaux Vintage:2023 and this might've been better(from Les Cruots which is also known as Vignes Blanches). A background application of wood is sufficiently subtle to allow the notably spicy and ripe yet quite cool aromas of both red and black pinot fruit, herbal tea and floral elements to shine. There is excellent volume to the intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors that culminate in an explosively long, mouth coating and moderately austere finale where a hint of bitter cherry