it has a brilliant

layered bouquet of cured meats

some two days after opening it did not lose any power

Silky and expansive on the palate

elegant and vinous Champagne rosé that concludes with a long

Arlaud, Clos Saint Denis Vintage:2017 it has a brilliant(from a . 17 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines located in Clos St. Denis proper). A perfumed and dazzlingly elegant nose displays aromas of essence of red pinot fruit with plenty of spice and floral elements in evidence. This too possesses a caressing mouth feel as there is an abundance of dry extract that buffers the moderately firm tannins on the dusty and superbly persistent finale. This is notably finer than the Charmes but not more complex. (92 95)