the purity and flavor make this rise above the crowd

There is a wonderfully refined mouth feel to the seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that are finer but less obviously mineral-inflected than the Sentiers on the impressively persistent finish

This too will need a few years of cellar time first

Here the nose is really quite elegant with its assortment of red cherry

(from an enormous 4

Perrot Minot, Gevrey Chambertin other_regions_italy the purity and flavor make(from La Justice and Les Seuvres). There is enough reduction to mask the underlying fruit at present. The palate impression of the tautly muscular middle weight flavors is completely different as this is quite firm and robust with good power that carries over to the balanced and impressively persistent finish. This is certainly Gevrey in character but thanks to the relatively fine grained tannins it avoids any sense of rusticity. Recommended. (89 92)