Estimate
...fresh and delineated on the nose, scents of Granny Smith, kiwi fruit and a touch of wet limestone, reserved but with the energy to invite cellaring. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, spicier than Chartron’s other cuvées this vintage with more persistence on the finish. Excellent.
Subtle though perceptible notes of wood set off the vaguely exotic aromas of white peach, passion fruit and a similar array of floral elements. There is a bit more volume to the delicious middle weight flavors that flash a really lovely underlying tension on the youthfully austere bitter lemon-inflected finale.
...aromas of peach, bread dough, citrus oil and fresh herbs. Medium to full-bodied, lean and incisive, its delicately textural attack segues into a taut core and saline finish.