Although the wine feels sticky and chewy in the mouth with an evidently mature quality of fruit

An exceptionally fresh and cool nose of red raspberry

cherry and dark chocolate flavors

As classic examples of Clos des Chênes always are

There is flat out superb intensity to the mineral-driven and sleekly muscular middle weight plus flavors that possess a more sophisticated mouthfeel before concluding in a dusty

Alexandrins (Nicolas Perrin), Hermitage other_regions Although the wine feels stickyVery sleek, with wonderfully pure damson plum, blackberry and black currant fruit stitched with singed fennel seed, alder and black tea notes. Not as dense as the best, but with nice cut and persistence. Drink now through 2022. 300 cases imported. JM