and certainly one of the finest of the white Chateauneuf du Papes

This year was rainy until end of August and a wipeout was saved by a good September and October

An exuberantly spicy and floralsuffused nose exhibits notes of black cherry

the 2009 is very elegant

focused and more evidently mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors possess good verve as well as fine intensity on the beautifully well-balanced finale that evidences just a touch of rusticity

Comtes Lafon, Montrachet other_regions and certainly one of the(from two parcels totaling . 33 ha on the Chassagne side, one with 25+ year old vines and the other with 45+ year old vines). The restrained but fantastically complex aromas are ripe, pure and elegant, indeed one can simply smell this and be knocked out. Like the Perrires, there are copious amounts of dry extract, which imparts a wonderfully seductive character to the textured and classy broad shouldered flavors that possess excellent mid palate fat