生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名エシェゾーEchezeauxヴィンテージ2015容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 93点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2050After the more restrained Corton, the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2015 Échézeaux Grand Cru bursts from the glass with a flamboyant bouquet of mulberry, black cherry, wood smoke and a lavish framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and intense, with a classically firm chassis of tannin and a lovely core of sappy, succulent fruit. This was the last of DRC's vineyards to be harvested, but despite its overtly ripe aromas and flavors, it retains superb acidity and focus and should amply reward cellaring. Cropped at 26 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 12 and 14.(The Wine Advocate, Mar 01, 2018)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名エシェゾーEchezeauxヴィンテージ2009容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2051The 2009 Échézeaux Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with a deep-pitched bouquet of wild berries and plums mingled with peonies, exotic spices and hints of wood smoke. Full-bodied, deep and complete, with velvety tannins and an enveloping core of fruit, it's sumptuous but serious, with lively acids and a long, resonant finish. This is a concentrated, youthfully muscular Échézeaux that is still a few years away from showing all its cards.(The Wine Advocate, Sep 17, 2021)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2006容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 92点予想される飲み頃：2013 - 2025The Domaine's 2006 Grands-Echezeaux is altogether less charming and flattering than its ostensibly lesser sibling, leading as it does with fresh red meat and pronouncedly saline, marine mineral notes even in the nose. In the mouth, this is relatively spare but formidably-concentrated and finely-tannic, with cedar, tartly-edged though ripe black fruits, and alkaline mineral notes that carry into a striking, bloodily carnal and almost briny finish. Here is Pinot Noir in its role as a mirror for human flesh and bone. What I see sends shivers down my spine and excites my imagination, but the wine seems to have no intention of flattering me. I didn't encounter another Pinot at all like this in the vintage, and it should be fascinating to follow for a dozen or more years, but unlike the Echezeaux, I would not plan to open any bottles for at least another 3-4.(The Wine Advocate, Dec 22, 2009)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名エシェゾーEchezeauxヴィンテージ2015容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 93点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2050After the more restrained Corton, the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2015 Échézeaux Grand Cru bursts from the glass with a flamboyant bouquet of mulberry, black cherry, wood smoke and a lavish framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and intense, with a classically firm chassis of tannin and a lovely core of sappy, succulent fruit. This was the last of DRC's vineyards to be harvested, but despite its overtly ripe aromas and flavors, it retains superb acidity and focus and should amply reward cellaring. Cropped at 26 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 12 and 14.(The Wine Advocate, Mar 01, 2018)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2007容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 92点予想される飲み頃：2010 - 2022The Domaine de La Romanee-Conti 2007 Grands-Echezeaux exhibits a rich, roasted meat dimension to parallel its sweetness of ripe red raspberry and cherry, with hints of vanilla and caramel adding a confectionary hint, and a flatteringly plush, creamy texture. Cardamom, soy, and ginger add pungency and savor to a long, layered finishing melange. Follow it for at least 10-12 years.(The Wine Advocate, Jun 29, 2010)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2006容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 92点予想される飲み頃：2013 - 2025The Domaine's 2006 Grands-Echezeaux is altogether less charming and flattering than its ostensibly lesser sibling, leading as it does with fresh red meat and pronouncedly saline, marine mineral notes even in the nose. In the mouth, this is relatively spare but formidably-concentrated and finely-tannic, with cedar, tartly-edged though ripe black fruits, and alkaline mineral notes that carry into a striking, bloodily carnal and almost briny finish. Here is Pinot Noir in its role as a mirror for human flesh and bone. What I see sends shivers down my spine and excites my imagination, but the wine seems to have no intention of flattering me. I didn't encounter another Pinot at all like this in the vintage, and it should be fascinating to follow for a dozen or more years, but unlike the Echezeaux, I would not plan to open any bottles for at least another 3-4.(The Wine Advocate, Dec 22, 2009)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2008容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2023 - 2038The 2008 Grands-Echezeaux is a stunningly beautiful wine. Exotic notes of star anise, fennel, hard candy and orange peel meld into a deep core of expressive fruit. The 2008 Grands-Echezeaux is powerful from start to finish, with endless layers of flavor that grow in the glass. It is a spherical, multi-dimensional Burgundy in need of at least a few years in the cellar, perhaps quite a few. Anticipated maturity: 2023-2038.(The Wine Advocate, Sep 30, 2011)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2007容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 92点予想される飲み頃：2010 - 2022The Domaine de La Romanee-Conti 2007 Grands-Echezeaux exhibits a rich, roasted meat dimension to parallel its sweetness of ripe red raspberry and cherry, with hints of vanilla and caramel adding a confectionary hint, and a flatteringly plush, creamy texture. Cardamom, soy, and ginger add pungency and savor to a long, layered finishing melange. Follow it for at least 10-12 years.(The Wine Advocate, Jun 29, 2010)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2018容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2028 - 2058The 2018 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is a rich, muscular wine, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, sweet berries, red fruit compote and plums mingled with subtle hints of exotic spices and peonies. Full-bodied, fleshy and broad-shouldered, with an ample core of fruit, powdery tannins, ripe acids and a long, heady finish. Out of the gates, the 2018 is something of a fruit bomb, but with time it should metabolize that puppy fat to become something special.(The Wine Advocate, Nov 11, 2022)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2008容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2023 - 2038The 2008 Grands-Echezeaux is a stunningly beautiful wine. Exotic notes of star anise, fennel, hard candy and orange peel meld into a deep core of expressive fruit. The 2008 Grands-Echezeaux is powerful from start to finish, with endless layers of flavor that grow in the glass. It is a spherical, multi-dimensional Burgundy in need of at least a few years in the cellar, perhaps quite a few. Anticipated maturity: 2023-2038.(The Wine Advocate, Sep 30, 2011)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2020容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 97点予想される飲み頃：2030 - 2065The 2020 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is a striking young wine, offering up aromas of mulberries and cassis mingled with orange zest, exotic spices and rose petals. Full-bodied, seamless and complete, with an immensely layered, fleshy palate, it concludes with a long, penetrating, saline finish. Such is its fruit concentration that its rich, powdery tannins are almost imperceptible. Over the last decade, the Grands-Échézeaux has tended to take a back seat to the Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, but that certainly isn't the case in 2020.(The Wine Advocate, Feb 01, 2023)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2018容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2028 - 2058The 2018 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is a rich, muscular wine, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, sweet berries, red fruit compote and plums mingled with subtle hints of exotic spices and peonies. Full-bodied, fleshy and broad-shouldered, with an ample core of fruit, powdery tannins, ripe acids and a long, heady finish. Out of the gates, the 2018 is something of a fruit bomb, but with time it should metabolize that puppy fat to become something special.(The Wine Advocate, Nov 11, 2022)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2003容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2009 - 2018Perhaps the biggest Romanee-St.-Vivant produced at this domaine, the 2003 offers aromatics as well as flavors reminiscent of black fruits drenched in dark chocolate. Full-bodied, velvety-textured, as well as concentrated, it is immensely ripe, crammed with tannin, and vaunts an amazingly long finish. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2018.(The Wine Advocate, Aug 29, 2005)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2004容量750ml解説ヴィノス: 92点予想される飲み頃：N/AMedium red. Aromas of red cherry and Oriental spices, with a liqueur-like aspect. Sweet, aromatic and penetrating, with lovely acidity giving shape and life to the silky, slowly mounting flavors. In a distinctly feminine style, and more expressive in the mouth today than the Grands-Echezeaux. A supple, suave, sappy wine with a light touch. Finishes long, with dusty tannins.(Vinous, Mar 2007)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2006容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2009 - 2029The Domaine de La Romanee-Conti's 2006 Romanee-St.-Vivant charts its own mysterious path, dissimilar to that of their Grands-Echezeaux, as well as reflecting the strides in quality that have manifestly been achieved in recent years in this site, more than at any other at this domaine. Iris, buddleia, and musky narcissus-like floral perfume; ripe purple plum and blackberry; sassafras and licorice; along with smoked meat and a hoisin-like amalgam of spices and soy all waft alluringly from the glass. The tannins here are ultra-refined and there is a vintage-typical sense of levity, despite all of the dark intrigue of enveloping black fruits, forest floor, fungal, and carnal flavors that persist on the palate. Here is an uncanny alliance of the sensual and thought-provoking such as only great red Burgundy among the world's red wines can engender, and if this wine doesn't stimulate in you cravings and wonder at once, the fault is doubtless in yourself and not the glass. It seems to marry the brightness and finesse of the 2002 with the texturally richness of the (unexpectedly fine) 2000, two standouts in recent tasting of Romanee-St.-Vivant that I was privileged to attend. But there is much more depth here, and I expect that this wine's beauty will be worth pondering and savoring for at least two decades.(The Wine Advocate, Dec 22, 2009)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2007容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 93点予想される飲み頃：2010 - 2025The Domaine’s 2007 Romanee-St.-Vivant predictably inhabits a different world - not to mention being in a different league of complexity and intrigue - from their Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, or Richebourg of that vintage. Peat, leather, humus, forest floor, and decadent floral perfume are joined by an oceanic saline, alkaline, kelp-tinged aspect, and these surf-and-turf aspects follow on a polished palate that - despite only the slightest nod in the direction of overt fruitiness by way of dark berries - nevertheless displays a mouth-watering juiciness to accompany its myriad mineral and organic complexities. A persistently satisfying and thought-provoking finish points to the likelihood of 12-15 years continuance.(The Wine Advocate, Jun 29, 2010)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2008容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2018 - 2028The 2008 Romanee St. Vivant is pure seduction. The aromatics alone are breathtaking, but the RSV is truly firing on all cylinders. Curiously, today the RSV is quite a bit rounder and suppler than the Echezeaux and Grands-Echezeaux. It shows remarkable silkiness, inner perfume and nobility. A seamless finish rounds things out in style. My instincts tell me this will firm up in bottle, but frankly I am a bit mystified that hasn’t happened yet. Today, this doesn’t look like a super long-term ager within the context of the domaine’s very finest wines. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2028.(The Wine Advocate, Sep 30, 2011)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名グラン エシェゾーGrands Echezeauxヴィンテージ2020容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 97点予想される飲み頃：2030 - 2065The 2020 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is a striking young wine, offering up aromas of mulberries and cassis mingled with orange zest, exotic spices and rose petals. Full-bodied, seamless and complete, with an immensely layered, fleshy palate, it concludes with a long, penetrating, saline finish. Such is its fruit concentration that its rich, powdery tannins are almost imperceptible. Over the last decade, the Grands-Échézeaux has tended to take a back seat to the Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, but that certainly isn't the case in 2020.(The Wine Advocate, Feb 01, 2023)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2009容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2055This bottle of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2009 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru was quite reserved, opening in the glass with notes of raspberries and cherries complemented by hints of rose petal, cinnamon and coniferous forest floor. Medium to full-bodied and fleshy but a little introverted, it's girdled by juicy acids and underpinned by powdery tannins, concluding with a long and fragrant finish. Compared to the sheer expressiveness of the 2009 La Tâche, this was surprisingly introverted, though of course that may well have been simply the particular bottle or the day on which I encountered it.(The Wine Advocate, Jul 17, 2020)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2003容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2009 - 2018Perhaps the biggest Romanee-St.-Vivant produced at this domaine, the 2003 offers aromatics as well as flavors reminiscent of black fruits drenched in dark chocolate. Full-bodied, velvety-textured, as well as concentrated, it is immensely ripe, crammed with tannin, and vaunts an amazingly long finish. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2018.(The Wine Advocate, Aug 29, 2005)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2012容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 96点予想される飲み頃：2017 - 2045The 2012 Romanée St Vivant, incidentally served before Richebourg rather than afterwards unlike previous years, was picked on September 28 and 29 at 24 hectoliters per hectare. There is a wondrous, ethereal purity to this 2012, a little more sumptuous than I recall it from barrel, with kirsch and freshly picked strawberries. As it opens, it gains more and more sensuality. The palate is rounded, almost curvaceous in the mouth, clearly more concentrated than the 2011 with a sense of authority and purpose, a bit of daring-do on the long finish. It leaves a slightly ferrous residue on the aftertaste, completing what is a marvelous and sensual Grand Cru. 1,148 cases produced.(The Wine Advocate, Feb 28, 2015)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2004容量750ml解説ヴィノス: 92点予想される飲み頃：N/AMedium red. Aromas of red cherry and Oriental spices, with a liqueur-like aspect. Sweet, aromatic and penetrating, with lovely acidity giving shape and life to the silky, slowly mounting flavors. In a distinctly feminine style, and more expressive in the mouth today than the Grands-Echezeaux. A supple, suave, sappy wine with a light touch. Finishes long, with dusty tannins.(Vinous, Mar 2007)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2014容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2019 - 2035The 2014 Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru was picked on 21, 22 and 23 September cropped at 31.6 hectoliters per hectare. Now this has a distinctly earthy bouquet, one that leads you into the dark woods. Yes, there is plenty of vivacious red berry fruit, here augmented with something autumnal, brown leaves on an October morning, moss and tree bark. Then with continued aeration, these shift away and are replaced by pure floral aromas. The palate is very precise on the entry with a touch of orange rind and mandarin complementing the crushed strawberry and raspberry fruit; there is a touch of spiciness towards the finish that exerts a gentle, yet insistent grip à la Richebourg. The persistence here is very impressive and it just seems to blossom in the glass until you have utterly succumbed to its charms. 1,756 cases produced. Tasted February 2017.(The Wine Advocate, Mar 02, 2017)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2006容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2009 - 2029The Domaine de La Romanee-Conti's 2006 Romanee-St.-Vivant charts its own mysterious path, dissimilar to that of their Grands-Echezeaux, as well as reflecting the strides in quality that have manifestly been achieved in recent years in this site, more than at any other at this domaine. Iris, buddleia, and musky narcissus-like floral perfume; ripe purple plum and blackberry; sassafras and licorice; along with smoked meat and a hoisin-like amalgam of spices and soy all waft alluringly from the glass. The tannins here are ultra-refined and there is a vintage-typical sense of levity, despite all of the dark intrigue of enveloping black fruits, forest floor, fungal, and carnal flavors that persist on the palate. Here is an uncanny alliance of the sensual and thought-provoking such as only great red Burgundy among the world's red wines can engender, and if this wine doesn't stimulate in you cravings and wonder at once, the fault is doubtless in yourself and not the glass. It seems to marry the brightness and finesse of the 2002 with the texturally richness of the (unexpectedly fine) 2000, two standouts in recent tasting of Romanee-St.-Vivant that I was privileged to attend. But there is much more depth here, and I expect that this wine's beauty will be worth pondering and savoring for at least two decades.(The Wine Advocate, Dec 22, 2009)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2016容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2026 - 2060The 2016 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru is super, bursting from the glass with a kaleidoscopic bouquet of potpourri, red berries, cassis, peony and rose petal. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and fine-boned, with tangy acids, superb concentration and an ample chassis of powdery structuring tannins, concluding with a long, fragrant finish. This is a Romanée-St-Vivant that exemplifies the intensity without the weight that distinguishes the Domaine's best wines, and it equals the fabulous 2015 rendition.(The Wine Advocate, Jan 05, 2019)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2007容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 93点予想される飲み頃：2010 - 2025The Domaine’s 2007 Romanee-St.-Vivant predictably inhabits a different world - not to mention being in a different league of complexity and intrigue - from their Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, or Richebourg of that vintage. Peat, leather, humus, forest floor, and decadent floral perfume are joined by an oceanic saline, alkaline, kelp-tinged aspect, and these surf-and-turf aspects follow on a polished palate that - despite only the slightest nod in the direction of overt fruitiness by way of dark berries - nevertheless displays a mouth-watering juiciness to accompany its myriad mineral and organic complexities. A persistently satisfying and thought-provoking finish points to the likelihood of 12-15 years continuance.(The Wine Advocate, Jun 29, 2010)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2017容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 95点予想される飲み頃：2023 - 2055The 2017 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru was also showing very well indeed, soaring from the glass with scents of cassis, violets, blood orange, cinnamon and espresso roast that are complemented by carnal nuances of smoked duck and musk. On the palate, it's full-bodied, multidimensional and enveloping, with terrific concentration, rich and powdery structuring tannins and a long, saline finish. This is a dramatic, head-turning Romanée-St-Vivant in the making, and it is showing even better in bottle than it did from barrel.(The Wine Advocate, Jan 10, 2020)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2008容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2018 - 2028The 2008 Romanee St. Vivant is pure seduction. The aromatics alone are breathtaking, but the RSV is truly firing on all cylinders. Curiously, today the RSV is quite a bit rounder and suppler than the Echezeaux and Grands-Echezeaux. It shows remarkable silkiness, inner perfume and nobility. A seamless finish rounds things out in style. My instincts tell me this will firm up in bottle, but frankly I am a bit mystified that hasn’t happened yet. Today, this doesn’t look like a super long-term ager within the context of the domaine’s very finest wines. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2028.(The Wine Advocate, Sep 30, 2011)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名リシュブールRichebourgヴィンテージ2006容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 93点予想される飲み頃：2009 - 2024The Domaine's 2006 Richebourg leads with ripe, bright red fruits and smoked meat; fills the palate with sweet fruit concentrates and abundant, fine tannin, while tart notes of fruit skin, bitterness of cherry pit, and bittersweet vanilla lend counterpoint and invigoration; and finishes with striking suggestions of smoked and roasted meat as well as crushed stone and iodine. What starts out suggestive of sweetness and light, turns dark and brooding. If you don't find that too depressing a metaphor to contemplate, and if you have patience (and, naturally, the requisite budget), this should be seriously worth revisiting from around 8-15 or more years of age.(The Wine Advocate, Dec 22, 2009)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2009容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2055This bottle of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2009 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru was quite reserved, opening in the glass with notes of raspberries and cherries complemented by hints of rose petal, cinnamon and coniferous forest floor. Medium to full-bodied and fleshy but a little introverted, it's girdled by juicy acids and underpinned by powdery tannins, concluding with a long and fragrant finish. Compared to the sheer expressiveness of the 2009 La Tâche, this was surprisingly introverted, though of course that may well have been simply the particular bottle or the day on which I encountered it.(The Wine Advocate, Jul 17, 2020)

生産者ドメーヌ ド ラ ロマネ コンティDRCワイン名ロマネ サン ヴィヴァンRomanee St.Vivantヴィンテージ2009容量750ml解説パーカーポイント: 94点予想される飲み頃：2025 - 2055This bottle of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2009 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru was quite reserved, opening in the glass with notes of raspberries and cherries complemented by hints of rose petal, cinnamon and coniferous forest floor. Medium to full-bodied and fleshy but a little introverted, it's girdled by juicy acids and underpinned by powdery tannins, concluding with a long and fragrant finish. Compared to the sheer expressiveness of the 2009 La Tâche, this was surprisingly introverted, though of course that may well have been simply the particular bottle or the day on which I encountered it.(The Wine Advocate, Jul 17, 2020)