The knockout nose

Note that my rating assumes that the nose will clean up as the sulfur and wood are absorbed

there is very good balance and harmony

muscular and powerful big-bodied flavors exude a bracing salinity on the mouth coating

Michele et Patrice Rion, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2017 The knockout nose(from a purchase of fruit and vinified by the domaine). More moderate though hardly invisible wood serves as a less than neutral backdrop for the very pretty red currant, dark cherry aromas spiked with earth and a whiff of leather. There is fine volume and richness to the solidly dense full bodied flavors that possess an attractive texture, all wrapped in a powerful, very firm and lingering finish. This is an excellent effort and its relatively rare