A really lovely expression of quite intense fruit - a little too intense to be truly elegant perhaps

but it's not necessarily better

It has lovely internal sweetness

The exuberant 2007 Hermitage Blanc reveals notes of petroleum

licorice and spices

Camille Giroud, Chambertin Vintage:2006 A really lovely expression ofA serious, backward and brooding nose reluctantly gives up hints of very earthy dark pinot fruit nuanced by a distinct animale hint that merges into broad shouldered flavors that offer excellent volume and concentration that finishes with just a hint of dryness and plenty of minerality. The dryness should round out in time as there is no associated sense of astringency. (91 93) 2016+