dried rose and minerals

with a nicely firm finish

Vertus and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ

there is very good balance and harmony

muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors exude a bracing salinity on the mouth coating

Michele et Patrice Rion, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2017 dried rose and minerals(from a purchase of fruit and vinified by the domaine). More moderate though hardly invisible wood serves as a less than neutral backdrop for the very pretty red currant, dark cherry aromas spiked with earth and a whiff of leather. There is fine volume and richness to the solidly dense full bodied flavors that possess an attractive texture, all wrapped in a powerful, very firm and lingering finish. This is an excellent effort and its relatively rare