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

Blended from various vineyards such as Burdelines

Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical at the property

It is one of the four or five finest efforts of the appellation

It has aged better than Les Asteries and I would be inclined to drink this over the next 5-7 years

Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml I suspect that this will(50% whole clusters; one barrel produced). Like the Beaux Monts, this is sufficiently reduced to largely mask what appears to be ripe fruit that derives more from the dark side of the spectrum. More interesting are the super sleek, even silky, middle weight flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying tension on the dusty, highly complex and even firmer finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. Very promising.