Louis Boillot, Gevrey Chambertin Champonnet other_regions_italy

Louis Boillot, Gevrey Chambertin Champonnet other_regions_italy(from a . 19 ha parcel). This is also slightly reduced and its enough to render the nose difficult to assess. The medium bodied flavors are both more powerful and concentrated though at the expense of less refinement and minerality on the driving and impressively persistent finish. This will need to add depth to merit the upper end of my predicted range but the underlying material appears to be present so that this can eventually happen. Patience

bouquet garni

An intensely floral nose also displays notes of various red berry fruit and discreet hints of anise and sandalwood

This seems fresher and more precise than the previous 2015

(from ~50 year old vines)

This is a good Morey villages that should repay 5 to 8 years of keeping

spice cake and chargrill

In describing this bottlings 2016 predecessor I led with the following

from a plot on very poor soils that has very balanced vines that usually give the more complex and deeper wine from the winery

44 ha parcel of 90+ year old vines situated directly across from Chambertin

Lurid ruby

Rich and earthy

all wrapped in a wonderfully long and pure finish