Gerard Raphet, Clos Vougeot other_regions_italy excellent concentration and a chalky

excellent concentration and a chalky finish

the 2012 Pichon Lalande is a wine of pure and total seduction

Pure class and nobility

good underlying energy gives it buns of steel

This is at once fresher and cooler with its airy nose of intensely floral-suffused aromas of red and dark raspberry

Gerard Raphet, Clos Vougeot other_regions_italy excellent concentration and a chalky(from a 1. 5 ha parcel of vines located in Grand Maupertui and two other smaller parcels near the bottom of the slope). Pretty and beautifully layered aromas of various ripe and fresh wild red berries, spice and newly turned earth are trimmed in just enough wood to notice. The solidly dense and intense medium bodied flavors possess a sleek mouthfeel while exhibiting fine length on the overtly austere finale where a touch of warmth slowly emerges. This