Readers can check out notes on those wines in my recent feature on the estate posted on www

All the classic Monfortino signatures come through in an epic

and a second year in French oak barrels

Tight tannins help to stitch it together into a comprehensive whole

floral notes and cassis nuances

Vougeraie, Charmes Chambertin Mazoyeres Vintage:2012 Readers can check out notesThis is quite aromatically similar to the Corton with perhaps just a bit less sauvage character. There is outstanding volume and intensity to the imposingly scaled flavors that possess first rate midpalate concentration along with an abundance of dry extract that imparts a velvety texture to the firmly structured and beautifully persistent finish. This well balanced effort is classic Mazoyres and very much built to age. (92 94) 2031+