This is a wonderfully impressive wine that has the touch of youthful austerity that Champans always seems to display

savory aromatics add to an impression of polish

The is both excellent volume and richness to the round and fleshy yet solidly powerful flavors that conclude in a lengthy finish where nuances of youthful austerity and warmth slowly emerge

mineral-accented aromas of fresh pear

As the description confirms

Domaine, Henri Magnien other_regions This is a wonderfully impressive(from a . 31 ha holding of 60+ year old vines). Generous wood is sufficiently prominent to all but overshadow the very ripe aromas of mocha, plum liqueur and warm earth. There is excellent richness and volume to the dense and powerful broad shouldered flavors where the abundant dry extract imparts a sappy texture as well as buffers the very firm tannic spine shaping the impressively long and well balanced finale. This clearly needs to more fully