Jean Chartron, Batard Montrachet other_regions With classic finesse and dried

With classic finesse and dried forest strawberry on the long

it finishes long and not at all cloying

the 2005 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Etienne Gonnet comes mostly from the La Crau lieu-dit and was aged 18 months in 1-year-old barrels

delicious and velvet-textured middle weight plus flavors manage to retain a lovely sense of both detail and energy

Lots there with quite a bit of toast

Jean Chartron, Batard Montrachet other_regions With classic finesse and dried(from a . 13 ha parcel on the Puligny side). Slightly riper aromas include those of both yellow and white peach, poached pear and a broad array of spice nuances, all of which is again trimmed in just enough wood to notice. There is fine intensity to the larger scaled, if not especially dense, flavors that still flash ample power on the clean and dry finale that is sufficiently tightly wound to repay a decade, perhaps even a bit longer, of aging.