Issue: 69
Tasting note: This is the most restrained of the three grands crus and it takes aggressive swirling to reveal the reluctant aromas of black cherry, plum, rose petal and beautiful range of spice wisps. The big-bodied, powerful and incredibly rich flavors are tighter and less forthcoming with strikingly good underlying material while displaying stunningly fine depth on the mineral-inflected and wonderfully persistent finish. This too is blessed with seemingly unending reserves of dry extract that do an excellent job of buffering the very firm tannic spine. Patience, and lots of it, is absolutely essential here. In a word, brilliant.
