Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Grands Echezeaux Size:3x1.5L 12 ha parcel)

12 ha parcel)

I'm not wild for the oak treatment here

As it was from cask this is more restrained than usual and it requires aggressive swirling to coax the pure and spicy essence of red berry fruit aromas to emerge from the glass where there is a slight hint of herbal tea present

Petits Monts and Au Dessus des Malconsorts)

I very much like the impressive complexity but the balance

Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Grands Echezeaux Size:3x1.5L 12 ha parcel)(from a . 4 ha parcel). Very pure and seductive spiced cassis and black cherry aromas dissolve into delicious, classy and focused medium full flavors that offer good richness and ample finishing punch and power. This is sleekly muscled with a structured but balanced finish that is austere but impressively persistent. A true long distance runner that will require every bit of a decade to reveal its full potential and perhaps longer. The clear class of