but very much at its sweet spot for drinking

concentrated yet impressively refined wine with plenty of inner mouth perfume as well as an abundance of palate coating old vine sap that serves to cushion the still quite firm tannic spine on the strikingly persistent finish

Sweet floral and minty notes add freshness on the finish

dazzling intensity and remarkable richness

The bouquet shows infinite layering and a steady evolution in the glass with tones of red cherry

de Montille, Pommard Rugiens Bas other_regions_italy but very much at its(66% whole clusters). Once again, the wood influence is subtle though not imperceptible on the slightly cooler aromas of lavender, violet, rose petal, red and dark cherry and a whiff of plum liqueur. There is excellent volume to the solidly concentrated and intensely mineral driven flavors that possess evident muscle and power on the firm, serious and complex finale that is also clearly built to age. In a word, impressive.