Drouhin Laroze, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2022 The supple but tautly muscular

The supple but tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors possess a suave mouth feel thanks to the abundant dry extract that both coats the palate and buffers the very firm tannic spine on the highly persistent and imposingly powerful finish

menthol and mocha overtones give the 2016 beguiling aromatic presence to match its layered

All of the Trapet 2016s are obviously extremely young wines but I cannot recommend buying it as it’s difficult to like at present and I cannot recommend aging it for fear that it will dry out

along with suggestions of fresh mushroom and white truffle

a warm year in Piedmont

Drouhin Laroze, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2022 The supple but tautly muscular(from a superbly situated 1 ha parcel high on the hill). Firm reduction overshadows the fruit at present. More positively, there is excellent energy and density to the powerful and muscular broad shouldered flavors that possess a healthy level of the same on the austere, rustic and bitter cherry inflected finish that is a bit clipped. Like the Bonnes Mares, this is somewhat awkward and while it may harmonize, Im less certain that this will come