A ripe yet cool nose features an abundance of spice elements along with notes of poached plum, warm earth and a whiff of crushed anise. The larger-scaled, concentrated and intensely mineral-driven flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that helps to buffer the very firm tannic spine shaping the hugely long finale. This beauty of a Clos des Chênes should age effortlessly for years, indeed it should see its 20th birthday in fine form.
the parcel is more to the south by Monthélie side than by Taillepieds
Allen Meadows' Burghound
93