Armand Rousseau, Chambertin other_regions_italy

Armand Rousseau, Chambertin other_regions_italyIt's as though the Clos de Bze and Chambertin have switched places in 2006 as here the nose is positively kaleidoscopic with a huge range of aromas and spice elements along with a hint of menthol. There is excellent freshness and vibrancy to the pure, round, rich and focused full bodied flavors that carry obvious muscle and minerality on the deep, powerful and hugely long finish. This is an extremely impressive effort and one of the finest wines of

here you find lush

intense and tension-filled full-bodied flavors that possess excellent power and drive on the seductively textured

but it also has the pedigree and beautiful inner structure for long cellar aging

Give this 5-8 years of time before popping a cork and enjoy it for the next 20 years after that

and the wine shows that precision

The impressively rich and full-bodied flavors possess excellent muscularity while delivering plenty of minerality on the well-balanced and beautifully complex finale

and certainly one of the finest of the white Chateauneuf du Papes

but the wine's aromas also veer toward crushed stone

age it a few more years for additional nuance

refined and airy gives way to equally refined and extremely intense medium weight plus flavors that possess ample amounts of dry extract that buffers the firm tannins on the austere

indeed even racy red fruit aromas and pungent wet earth notes lead to linear

(from 70+ year old vines)