Chandon de Briailles, Savigny Beaune Lavieres

Chandon de Briailles, Savigny Beaune Lavieres(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+

There is plenty of concentration to the very serious and almost painfully intense broad-shouldered flavors that display excellent precision on the austere

The sweet fruit returns on the aftertaste

The mouthfeel is thickly woven and generous

raspberry coulis

Tasted at the Branaire- Ducru dinner

while 2010 is a more intellectual year

It s firing on all cylinders but certainly has another decade or more of prime drinking

Vina Ardanzas wines are labeled Reserva with three exceptions

the 2011 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Albesani Vigna Santo Stefano had no such issues

and the 2006 is nothing short of superb

bergamot and crème de cassis

76 ha parcel)