Chandon de Briailles, Savigny Beaune Lavieres Vintage:2018

Chandon de Briailles, Savigny Beaune Lavieres Vintage:2018(from a parcel just under Talmettes). Discreet wood and menthol notes frame the very ripe aromas of cassis, violet, earth and spice. There is once again excellent richness, volume and sappy dry extract to the middle weight plus flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the refined and impressively long finish. This is certainly quite ripe but there is good tension and this should amply repay extended cellaring. 92 2025+

dark and packed with smoldering black and red fruits

most of which can also be found on the rich

Just very slightly austere

This is a superb Right Bank with class and pedigree

roasted coffee bean and graphite notes lead to a rich palate of toasted brioche

In that sense

it was nuanced

with a kirsch

(from Ez Folatières near Truffières)

crushed flowers and graphite give the 2016 an element of exoticism that is impossible to miss

cassis and blueberry aromas

The velvety