Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Grand Cru Cuvee du Chene 2016

Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Grand Cru Cuvee du Chene 2016

There is fine concentration to the relatively powerful sappy and mouth coating flavors that are shaped by wonderfully fine-grained tannins on the hugely long

In the same vein as the nose the big-bodied flavors are denser and more powerful as the dry extract really imparts a textured palate impression on the sappy and velvety finale

the palate echoes the nose with the same rich

earth of the sauvage

Textbook Suchots

the 2010 St

The 2013 Vintage Port is part of our mini-vertical this issue

This satin-textured effort is

The 1996 Syrah Eisele Vineyard (350 cases) is a full-bodied

Otherwise the succulent and opulent massively-scaled flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of dry extract that make the mid-palate and finish of this very firmly structured and almost painfully intense effort appear almost pliant

This is the epitome of power without weight as it packs a massive punch yet seems completely effortless while doing so

This is also intensely floral in character with even more spice elements than the Echézeaux along with green tea