Michel Gaunoux Pommard Grands Epenots 2005

Michel Gaunoux Pommard Grands Epenots 2005

black-raspberries/currants

earth and a subtle

with a rich

The finish narrows just a bit and it is this aspect that ultimately prevents this otherwise gorgeous effort from meriting a higher overall score

I tend to like more fruit rather than the oxidized and aged characteristics of the very old tawnys

Aged for 20 months in old barrels in Douro

black raspberry and blackberry soar from the glass of this spectacular 2014

a profound opaque purple color and enormous notes of lead pencil shavings intermixed with blackberry liqueur

The freshness continues onto the appealingly energetic medium weight flavors that exude a fine bead of minerality on the more complex and slightly more persistent finale

intense and sleekly powerful flavors simply ooze minerality that continues onto the beautifully long

Here the wood treatment is equally subtle on the restrained nose that displays fresh and cool aromas of red currant

whilst preserving some structure