in the glass, a very satisfying brown red with clarity and weight, a nose both floral and earthy, and a lovely perfumed first flush, strewn with challenging acid. with food and a bit of time there is a striking transparency of flavor, almost jarring, a wine of remarkable parallels and perpendiculars, and we found ourselves steering in two directions....to wash down good food or to pause and make space for contemplation. it is a pleasure, but an intellectual one, not a hedonistic one, which is a conflictingly alluring turn-off: a buzzkill that leaves you smitten. wtf, ultimately it left us wanting more, but also grateful to have reached the end, and left alert, senses intact, sharpened even, joyous, stumped, satisfied, bereft.
in the glass, a very satisfying brown red with clarity and weight, a nose both floral and earthy, and a lovely perfumed first flush, strewn with challenging acid. with food and a bit of time there is a striking transparency of flavor, almost jarring, a wine of remarkable parallels and perpendiculars, and we found ourselves steering in two directions....to wash down good food or to pause and make space for contemplation. it is a pleasure, but an intellectual one, not a hedonistic one, which is a conflictingly alluring turn-off: a buzzkill that leaves you smitten. wtf, ultimately it left us wanting more, but also grateful to have reached the end, and left alert, senses intact, sharpened even, joyous, stumped, satisfied, bereft.
Mar 11th, 2021
Volnay, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
