Jayer Gilles, Echezeaux Dessus other_regions_italy plum and plenty of pungent

plum and plenty of pungent earth

Among practices to which Humbrecht points as relevant to his 2009 quality is his elimination in recent years of vine hedging to achieve earlier and more uniform flavor ripeness without excess grape sugar

There is excellent volume to the intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors that culminate in an explosively long

more black than red

Jayer Gilles, Echezeaux Dessus other_regions_italy plum and plenty of pungent(from ~50 year old vines). A markedly spicy wide ranging nose combines notes of red cherry, raspberry, plum liqueur and hints of Asian style tea. The supple and round middle weight flavors arent especially dense though they do possess a seductive texture before culminating in a lightly stony, long and powerful finale where a touch of warmth gradually emerges. While this is certainly very good, its perhaps not quite at its usual very high level.