Gerard Raphet Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Cote de Nuits, France 2020 Pym-Rae Tesseron and notes of wildflowers

and notes of wildflowers

Tasted twice (once blind)

but then wafts through the peach and honey suckle

dried flowers and anise add layers of nuance

They are typically crisply acidic

Gerard Raphet Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Cote de Nuits, France 2020 Pym-Rae Tesseron and notes of wildflowersFresh, ripe and beautifully layered aromas of dark berries are laced with ample amounts of newly turned earth and that pungent forest floor character. The old vines are very much in evidence on the wonderfully textured broad shouldered flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while terminating in a dense, powerful and very serious finale.