Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Chambertin Size:3x1.5L

Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Chambertin Size:3x1.5LHere the unusually expressive nose is more floral in character with ample spice elements on the earthy dark berry and Asian tea suffused aromas. There is good richness to the supple, rich and relatively forward flavors that possess a generous mid palate though the vibrant and stony finish immediately tightens up. Like the Malconsorts this intensely mineral driven effort is somewhat less structured than usual though it certainly doesnt lack for power

Give this another two or three years

Medium bodied with some dryness in the mouth

femme fatale of a finish

in a somehow more baroque way

This also possesses relatively fine-grained tannins though there is notably more size

and eight single-vineyard wines claim this provenance

hedonistic wine with all the elements in the right place

The supple but tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors possess a suave mouth feel thanks to the abundant dry extract that both coats the palate and buffers the very firm tannic spine on the highly persistent and imposingly powerful finish

with a gripping sense of structure that is yielding but dense at the same time

This is an especially forward

leather and herbal tea

The most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year