Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru 2012 Vieilles Vignes - Case of 6 Bottles (75cl)A brooding but gorgeously spicy nose is comprised of liqueur like dark berry fruit scents that also display plenty of floral influence that includes notes of lavender, violet and, somewhat curiously, honeysuckle. There is outstanding concentration and punch to the seductively textured and marvelously intense big bodied flavors that are borderline robust as the supporting tannins are dense but refined. I really like the Zen like sense of harmony to the

The palate is crisp and fresh

spice and subtle earth-scented nose

more modest than some of its Sauternes peers and 4

35% concrete and 15% one-year-old barrels

roasted quail and freshwater fish

plenty of raspberry and blackcurrant fruit

Fine bright pale lemon colour

supple and mouth coating big-bodied flavors possess very good phenolic maturity as the firm tannins are pushed to the background by the abundant dry extract

As I reported when it was released

There is exceptionally good volume and richness to the palate coating and velvet-textured big-bodied flavors that display outstanding power

with a persistent red fruit aromas and flavours of light wood and spices

a palpable sense of energy and frisson from start to finish that delivers plenty of tobacco-infused fruit