Champy, Charmes Chambertin Vintage:2009

Champy, Charmes Chambertin Vintage:2009NA

The Brezza estate includes 16 hectares of vines at the heart of Barolo and focuses on traditional interpretations of Nebbiolo

but certainly older than 50 years

game and leather hints

Otherwise there is good freshness and vibrancy to the concentrated big-bodied flavors that possess a discreet stony quality that carries over to the beautifully long

Unfurling from the glass with scents of orange zest

The 2005 Paleo Rosso needed time in bottle to allow the Cabernet Franc signatures to emerge

A deft application of wood frames the overtly floral-suffused nose of petrol

Sweet and nicely concentrated

A deft application of wood frames slightly riper aromas of spicy black raspberry

and a delicate stony texture

Starting the following year

somewhat uncharacteristically