Michele et Patrice Rion, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2017 dark and red berry fruit

dark and red berry fruit

earning 100-point scores in both 2007 and 2009 and 99 points in its latest appearance

This well-made effort will definitely need time to unwind

Coming in at more than 70% Cabernet Franc—and aged in 50% new French oak—the 2019 Cerro Sur Red Wine is vaguely herbal

Michele et Patrice Rion, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2017 dark and red berry fruit(from a purchase of fruit and vinified by the domaine). More moderate though hardly invisible wood serves as a less than neutral backdrop for the very pretty red currant, dark cherry aromas spiked with earth and a whiff of leather. There is fine volume and richness to the solidly dense full bodied flavors that possess an attractive texture, all wrapped in a powerful, very firm and lingering finish. This is an excellent effort and its relatively rare