(91-94)/2023+

and a tight acid spine and serious but polished tannins nicely extending and framing the brooding fruit notes and peppery flintiness on the long

and smoked meats emerge from the 2022 Côte Rôtie Lieu-Dit La Brocarde

cherry cordial and blackcurrant jelly notes with suggestions of Chinese five spice

acidity and alcohol

Denis Pommier, Chablis Croix Moines Size:12x750ml (91-94)/2023+(from 50+ year old vines). Discreet though easily perceptible wood influence can be found on the slightly riper and more petrol suffused aromas of white peach, shellfish and iodine. The old vines are clearly in evidence as there is fine mid palate density to the caressing and generously proportioned medium weight flavors that brim with dry extract that also buffers the moderately firm acid spine shaping the lingering stony and balanced finale. This is