D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2016

D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2016This is aromatically similar to the regular cuve save for being even spicier and displaying a bit more wood influence. There is almost painful intensity to the super sleek big bodied flavors that possess a positively gorgeous mouthfeel due to a mid palate that brims with sappy dry extract that coats the mouth on the hugely long and impeccably well balanced finale. While this may change given that these are barrel samples but based on the two that I

the larger-scaled flavors possess more size and weight if not the same refinement or minerality as the Latricières where the supporting tannins coat the palate on the grippy

Foremost a mineral wine

A pretty and well-layered blend of both red and black pinot fruit is liberally laced with earth

The Château Coutet 2001 Cuvée Madame was picked on October 10 and contains 208 grams per liter of residual sugar

delicious and very complex mouth coating flavors of superb depth and length

It is an amazing effort and a great achievement from this incredible terroir

The wine is rich

cedar wood and a rich

along with the French oak (about 100% new)

with good underlying acidity

high-class tobacco

floral and really attractive with intense fruit