Lucien Le Moine Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru 2018

Lucien Le Moine Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru 2018

The mid-palate of the broad-shouldered flavors is pliant yet intense and muscular while the driving finish possesses breathtakingly good depth and persistence on the imposingly structured but not really rigid or unduly austere finale

jammy blackberries and cassis

but the tannin is integrated and silky

spice and pure red and dark berries

The 2012s from Diamond Creek represent an homage to founder Al Brounstein and the winery’s 40th anniversary

chocolate and espresso

This is a more Rhône-ish style

Here the ripe and attractively fresh nose displays a dense blend of earth

balanced and exquisitely persistent finish where a hint of bitter cherry pit surfaces

cedar wood and a rich

Mugnier made first-rate '98s and the Amoureuses is one of the clear successes of the vintage with its higly expressive and wonderfully complex nose that has gone secondary yet remains quite fresh

intensity and tension