This is also quite spicy with a pretty and broad-ranging array of black cherry

(this vineyard is worked by horse and plow because there is no path for a tractor)

cherry and violet pastille flavors that are complicated by salty olive and cracked pepper nuances

earth and underbrush

(90-92)/2025+

Michel Niellon, Chevalier Montrachet Blanc Vintage:2010 This is also quite spicy(from a . 23 ha parcel of vines planted in 62 and 68). This too was quite heavily reduced and again I strongly recommend allowing this 30 minutes or so in a decanter first if youre going to crack a bottle young. The powerful and impressively concentrated broad shouldered flavors brim with both sappy dry extract as well as plenty of minerality that suffuses the wonderfully complex and persistent finish. I wouldnt describe this as a typical Niellon