Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes other_regions_australia chocolate-covered cherries and a waft

chocolate-covered cherries and a waft of cinnamon stick

forest floor

round and admirably pure tautly muscled flavors that possess reasonably good flesh but the finish exhibits a mildly dry tanginess that may round out but makes me cautious nevertheless

with the bitter structure and the exaggerated phenolic ripeness of the growing season

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes other_regions_australia chocolate-covered cherries and a waftThis is the first wine to display any material amount of reduction and here its enough to overshadow the fruit. Otherwise there is fine freshness to the big bodied and muscular flavors that are at once rich and quite serious, all wrapped in an austere if long finish. This needs to develop more depth but the underlying material appears to be such that it should in time. (90 93) 2029+