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full and intense flavors that carry sleek muscle and real punch and power

There is outstanding concentration and muscle to the punchy medium weight plus flavors that conclude in a beautifully long and notably firm finish of focused power and seriously good depth

By contrast there is excellent freshness and underlying tension to the superbly well-concentrated and intensely mineral drive big-bodied flavors that flash plenty of classic Chambertin muscle on the austere

the 1999 has moved on from its primary stage

velvety textures and ocean of licorice

Valandraud other_regions full and intense flavors thatThe 2010 Valandraud has a well defined bouquet, the fruit slightly darker than its peers, quite mineral driven and precise. This feels very lively and energetic. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins, plenty of black fruit laced with tar and black pepper. This is a superb Right Bank with class and pedigree. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10 Year On Bordeaux horizontal. Neal Martin