(from 50+ year old vines). There is a touch of mineral reduction present on the equally elegant nose that features notes of spice, lilac, white orchard fruit and plenty of floral elements. There is superb richness yet no lack of detail to the almost painfully intense full-bodied flavors that coat the mouth with dry extract before concluding in a stony, complex and irreproachably well-balanced finish. This is stony to the point that the word rocky could reasonably describe it and like the Champs Canet, this is definitely a ‘wow’ wine though note well that patience will be required.
June 2015