--’95/’96 Bordeaux retrospective

honeysuckle and dried apricot

(90-92)/2012+

red roses and lavender over a core of plum preserves

the vineyards limestone soils manage to impart the requisite acidity

Taupenot Merme, Gevrey Chambertin Size:12x750ml --’95/’96 Bordeaux retrospective(from Craite Paille, Les Seuvres, Belair and La Justice). This is also relatively elegant and cool with its combination of wild red cherry, sauvage and discreet spice whiffs. The precise and almost lilting middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of tension while displaying fine length on the youthfully austere and balanced finale. This could arguably use a bit better depth, but more should develop with a few years of keeping.