Jean Grivot, Echezeaux other_regions_italy The best wine from a

The best wine from a difficult decade for Port

Initially sleek

More discreet if not invisible wood surrounds an expressive nose of red and black pinot fruit

The 2012 is neither the biggest nor most complex Pichon Lalande

elegant and seamless of the two

Jean Grivot, Echezeaux other_regions_italy The best wine from a(from Les Cruots which is also known as Vignes Blanches). A background application of wood is sufficiently subtle to allow the notably spicy and ripe yet quite cool aromas of both red and black pinot fruit, herbal tea and floral elements to shine. There is excellent volume to the intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors that culminate in an explosively long, mouth coating and moderately austere finale where a hint of bitter cherry