Arlaud, Morey Saint Denis Rouge

Arlaud, Morey Saint Denis Rouge(from Clos Solon and En Seuvrey). Strong reduction flattens the underlying fruit. The slightly tighter medium weight flavors possess good delineation and punch before terminating in a saline and mildly austere finale. This will need a year or two of bottle age to better harmonize as its somewhat awkward today. (87 89) 2021+

and it was the great producers that excelled that year

yellow flowers and wild honey

It offers notable balance

and for all of the botrytization in effect

Troy Kalleske is owner/winemaker of his namesake winery

As the description suggests this is much less rustic than usual though not as fine as most of the following 1ers

but the raw materials here are clearly quite interesting

the copious dry extract should permit this to be enjoyed after only 5-ish or so years of cellaring

2000 La Spinetta Barolo Campe shows an inky dark color

serious and complex finale that is also clearly built-to-age

Looking at the 2010s

(a blend of one-third Mazoyères and two-thirds Charmes proper – the fruit comes from a mix of mostly 20 year old