Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml cherry cough drop and sweet

cherry cough drop and sweet maple syrup

It's in a quiet place now but will open up again over time

This is very “Chambollesque” in style and should drink well young as well as reward 8 to 10 years of cellaring

A darker amber here

Forget it for another decade and drink it over the following 25-30 years

Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml cherry cough drop and sweet(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is