Floral pastille flavors flesh out steadily on the back half

This wine shows the best aspects of the vintage

-- Ian D'Agata

I suspect that this will flesh out with a few years of bottle age and it will probably need it to become approachable as the citrus character is borderline bitter

sticky and sweet as to be almost inscrutable at first meeting (and especially following on the heels of their amazing 2010 S

Denis Mortet, Chambolle Musigny Beaux Bruns other_regions Floral pastille flavors flesh out(from vines planted in 1984; 60% new wood). Evident but not dominant wood influence is present on the overtly spicy liqueur like aromas of plum and dark cherry. The rich and quite generously proportioned medium bodied flavors exude a subtle minerality on the bitter cherry pit inflected finish. This well made effort is sufficiently firmly structured that it will need at least 5 years of cellaring first.