Dugat-PY Gevrey-Chambertin "Vieilles Vignes" 2009This is very ripe yet fresh with the stems contributing a distinct floral influence to the pure black pinot fruit, earth and wet stone aromas. There is excellent richness to the dense and very serious medium bodied flavors where the underlying structural elements are notably ripe. One aspect of this that I very much like is that despite the high level of ripeness, there is good energy and freshness. A fine villages that could be drunk young. Country

A beautifully layered nose offers up notes of liqueur-like red and dark cherry

The intense flavors of ripe raspberries and peaches are combined with a zest of candied lemon that ends in a juicy and pleasant acidity resulting in a lip-smacking finish

The refined and intense flavors possess a gorgeously textured mid-palate while displaying outstanding length on the balanced and sneaky long finale

It consists of eaux-de-vie

peony) evident from the start

the elegantly crafted palate is completely packed with intense floral

12% Mourvedre

again with plenty of black fruit laced with cedar and tobacco

the acidity beautifully poised and imparting the palpable sense of energy from start to finish

Haut Brion has an inch

soft tannins and compelling restraint on the finish

powerful and subtle