Cecile Tremblay, Bourgogne Croix Blanche

Cecile Tremblay, Bourgogne Croix BlancheNA

I doubt that the silky quality will last as I expect that this will shut down fairly hard for a few years before blossoming in a decade

there is a great balance of structure

32 ha parcel of vines just below those of Château de la Tour in the lower middle of the slope

An exotically perfumed bouquet presents candied dark berries and cherry-cola

with subtle rather than overwhelming evidence of American oak

with lovely energy and tension underpinning the fruit

a generous sprinkling of white pepper and a hint of fennel

Second wine of Valandraud

If you tasted this 2011 next to the 2008

with up to 10% made of American oak looking to (in their own words) give more sucrosity and sweetness to the wine

and there is a pebble-sucking finish

weight and volume to the succulent