2021 Pinot Noir

A softly floral and earthy nose of both red and dark berries introduces denser and more voluminous medium-bodied flavors that flash focused power on the balanced if firmer finish that makes clear that in contrast to the Chassagne... Read More

Offering up notes of peonies rose petals red berries and spices the 2021 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes is medium-bodied satiny and perfumed with lively acids and a saline finish.

An earthier and more somber nose reluctantly displays its aromas of purple fruit especially plum. There is more volume to the rich velvety and solidly concentrated flavors that are more powerful and less refined on the solidly... Read More

A strikingly pure cool and airy nose is comprised by notes of the essence of red pinot fruit floral and discreet forest floor wisps. There is almost painful intensity to the chiseled and overtly stony medium weight flavors that... Read More

Reduction pushes the fruit to the background but there is both good freshness and verve to the slightly denser if less refined flavors that possess focused power on the robust but not really rustic finale that flashes good minerality.... Read More

An ultra-fresh and again quite cool and airy nose combines notes of just turned earth wild red berries and a hint of forest floor character. There is a beguiling sense of underlying tension to the delineated and punchy medium... Read More

A much more deeply pitched and more floral-suffused nose speaks mostly of blue berries anise and a subtle touch of earth. I very much like the seductive mid-palate texture of the vibrant medium weight flavors that display excellent... Read More

This is compositionally similar to the Chambolle "1er" but the brooding nose only grudgingly displays both notably better complexity and more floral nuances as well a background hint of kirsch. As is always the case there is markedly... Read More

Exhibiting aromas of sweet berries vine smoke and spices the 2021 Beaune 1er Cru Clos de l'Écu Monopole is medium-bodied fleshy and layered with a cool core of fruit and melting tannins. It will offer a broad drinking window... Read More

A background dollop of wood is present on the overtly spicy nose of red and blue pinot fruit along this hints of herbal tea and crushed fennel. The mouthfeel of the slightly bigger flavors is much like that of the Mazis which... Read More