Pierre Amiot, Clos Roche

Pierre Amiot, Clos Roche(from 5 separate parcels that total 1. 2 ha located in Monts Luisants, Fremires, Chabiots and Mochamps). This is the first wine to display any appreciable reduction and here its enough to mask the fruit though not the supporting oak. Otherwise there is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the bigger bodied flavors that flash focused power on the firm, austere and serious finale. This relatively refined CdlR should amply reward extended keeping and

spice and sandalwood nuances

This is every bit as elegant as the Fontenys but quite firm like the VV

(91-94)/2027+

especially for near and medium-term drinking

according to the estate

tight and not revealing much aromatically beyond pure white flower and spice aromas though the rich

with some lingering sweetness on the close

as the 2003 spent a good six years in cask

A mixture of red and black fruit here laced with tobacco

black raspberry liqueur and equally potent earth and game nuances

Peter Sisseck compared it to other vintages finished in seven

The depth here is nothing short of mind blowing and this is clearly a notch up from the 2000 if not quite as promising as either the ’98 or the ’99