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...reveals gorgeous dark cherries, red plum, mineral and spice aromas, all gently unfurling. The palate is astonishingly fine. Here it fulfills its promise, a Grand Cru of intensity and finesse. It is blessed with a silky smooth texture but underneath that is exquisite balance and mineralité. It offers the sensuality of Clos de la Roche but with a rarefied level of refinement. You will be hard pressed to find a better Clos-de-la-Roche better than this.
...scents of boysenberry, mocha, brown spices, violet and underbrush. Densely packed, taut and powerful, conveying a saline, soil-driven character to the flavors of blackberry, boysenberry and violet. This very intense but tightly wound wine may be in the process of shutting down in the bottle. Finishes with a building whiplash of stony minerality, the firm tannins covered by the wine's impression of extract... (March 2015)