D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2015

D. Faiveley Chambertin Clos de Beze 'les Ouvrees Rodin' Grand Cru 2015Here the wood and menthol influences are a good deal less subtle and while they don't dominate the even spicier and slightly riper liqueur like cassis, plum and herbal tea aromas, they're certainly in the way. Otherwise the succulent and opulent massively scaled flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of dry extract that make the mid palate and finish of this very firmly structured and almost painfully intense effort appear almost pliant.

well-integrated tannin

A model of total class and elegance

black raspberry and blackberry soar from the glass of this spectacular 2014

This is a large-scaled Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

the wine remains graceful and well-balanced

This will live for decades and need at least 10 to 15 to be approachable with pleasure

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a big-time winner

Textbook Suchots

It is difficult for readers who have never tasted Cuvee Madame to imagine a wine of such honeyed richness

This is a tough wine

pure and dense

precise and driving medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a moderately austere and gorgeously sustained finale