Meaty and dark, with a pure, focused black fruit nose. On the palate this is deep, rich, and very profound Grand Cru Burgundy. This has completely exceeded my expectations for how this wine would develop. (Keith Wollenberg, K&L Burgundy Buyer, 11/05) Allen Meadows writes: "Quite deeply colored with earthy, black pepper and black cherry fruit notes and dense and intense flavors of excellent character and length. Impressively mouth filling with real volume and this manages to come across as both stylish and substantial with a firm, relatively austere finish." (Burghound, 01/03)