Arnoux Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 2011

Arnoux Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots 2011An exuberantly spicy nose features additional aromas of black cherry, plum and sandalwood. There is a velvety and highly seductive character to the wonderfully rich and generous middle weight flavors that also brim with palate coating dry extract before culminating in a seriously long anise infused finish. Textbook Suchots.

There is fine volume to the exceptionally rich medium weight flavors that possess a seductive mid-palate that delivers fine depth and length on the balanced finish

concentrated and generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors that are blessed with plenty of dry extract that simultaneously coats the palate and buffers the moderately firm tannic spine

hugely long and impeccably well-balanced finish

youthfully austere finish

exotic spices

pure and airy red berry fruit scents along with a profusion of floral elements that are also trimmed in a discreet application of wood

The wine is full-bodied

yet retains its sense of balance and symmetry

This lightly austere and beautifully well-balanced effort is an obvious wine of class and grace

lavender and sandalwood hints

Both 2013s are clearly the finest Eisele wines made under the administration of François Pinault and his top lieutenant

spice and floral elements