Lucien Le Moine, Griotte Chambertin

Lucien Le Moine, Griotte ChambertinA wonderfully elegant, pure and ultra complex nose features aromas of red currant, dried flowers, anise, warm earth and sandalwood hints. The supple and equally refined medium weight flavors exhibit a very fine bead of minerality that runs the length of the wine to the precise and energetic finish that exudes a subtle saline character. I very much like the way the lacy flavors manage to convey such flavor authority. In sum, this is a classic Griotte

enough acidity to provide grip

is offering a fine balance of concentrated fruit and mature savoriness

This refinement only adds to the seductive palate feel of the extremely rich yet precisely focused

finishing with slow-building tannins that shape the exuberant red fruit on the extremely long

medium bodied

delineated

but you have to guide yourself by the palate

It has a perfumed bouquet of bilberry and mulberry fruit

At twelve years of age

It is a tour de force

Incredibly rich and concentrated

and in 2021 they are experimenting with a 4