Pierre Girardin, Montrachet Vintage:2020

Pierre Girardin, Montrachet Vintage:2020(from Chassagne fruit). Moderately firm reduction overshadows the underlying fruit today. Otherwise there is outstanding volume and power to the more concentrated bigger bodied flavors that retain a lovely sense of refinement and particularly so on the massively persistent finish. As is sometimes the case with very young examples of Montrachet, this will need to add depth to merit the upper end of my projected range but given the extended cellaring

the primary nose shows chamomile and iris

An attractively layered and ever-so-slightly exotic nose features notes of citrus

This is a clean

Dark and ripe

finishing incredibly long and packed to the gills with flavor

Sweet tobacco

There is fine volume to the relatively sleek medium weight flavors that possess a caressing yet relatively powerful mouthfeel while exhibiting good length on the dry

There is a nose of floral-based reduction which is what the French call “bourgeon de cassis”

refined and almost painfully intense medium weight flavors exude an almost pungent minerality on the compact

A more restrained nose grudgingly reveals the essence of plum where additional breadth is present in the form of black raspberry and violet scents

The 2009 Caro Blend is made up of 60% Malbec and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 18 months in 80% new French oak

petrol and citrus zest are present