Tonight, with grilled quail, this was a Wow wine. The nose was a beguiling mixture of baking spices, pencil lead and tart raspberry fruit. On its own, it was a bit too tart to appreciate, but with the food the richness of fruit was evident and the acidity in perfect balance. Tasting blind, I would almost certainly have placed this wine in the Cote de Nuits. Certainly this wine has years of life left, but it can be enjoyed with great pleasure now.
Mark Lipton