Stephane Magnien, Morey Saint Denis Cuvee Petites Noix

Stephane Magnien, Morey Saint Denis Cuvee Petites NoixNA

Modern day Latour reds can often be on the light side but this offers solid concentration and more overall depth than usual

Here the nose is really quite elegant with its assortment of red cherry

3ha parcel in Verduno

Heavy reduction completely flattens the underlying fruit

Here the wood is sufficiently prominent that it is no longer subtle though it’s not so much so that it fights with the aromas of violet

One price for his protracted harvest was elevated alcohol

then that’s how it can end up at this very early stage of the never-ending story

earth and underbrush aromas

full-bodied and caressing broad-shouldered flavors are blessed with an abundance of dry extract that confers a sappy texture to the powerful and balanced finale

Suave and fine-grained but still quite tight

discreet wood and soft earth

A high quality built to age Gruenchers of power and punch though it is by no means rustic