buffers the exceptionally firm though not hard or even especially rustic tannins shaping the strikingly long finish that displays the same dazzling complexity as the nose

This is a dazzling effort

There is a distinct sense of restraint to the moderately austere

(most growers declare this as Montmains)

More discreet if not invisible wood surrounds an expressive nose of red and black pinot fruit

Joseph Drouhin, Vosne Romanee 1er Cru other_regions buffers the exceptionally firm though(from Les Malconsorts, Chaumes and Petits Monts). A ripe if highly restrained mix of red and blue fruit is liberally sprinkled with spice and floral notes. There is good volume and solid mid palate density to the seductively delicious big bodied flavors that are shaped by a phenolically mature tannic spine, all wrapped in a mildly rustic but highly persistent mineral inflected finish. Note well that this muscular and robust effort is definitely going