Lucien Le Moine, Vosne Romanee Petits Monts Vintage:2016 the 2014 Rothwell Hyde Proprietary

the 2014 Rothwell Hyde Proprietary Red has a very classic nose of cassis

Perrier Jouët Belle Epoque 2008 reminds me somewhat of the grace of the exceptional 1995

offering complex

the 2013 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is the first wine we tasted together

2 of the parcels measuring

Lucien Le Moine, Vosne Romanee Petits Monts Vintage:2016 the 2014 Rothwell Hyde ProprietaryLike the Vosne Romane Beaux Monts, this is wonderfully fresh and highly aromatic with its violet, lilac, rose petal and orange pekoe tea scents that include both red and dark currant. There is a bit more size, weight and controlled power to the slightly less mineral inflected flavors that exhibit a taut muscularity on the dusty, harmonious and strikingly persistent finale. This is terrific and very much built to age, indeed its like a smaller version