Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2012 the Gavarini Chiniera exudes richness

the Gavarini Chiniera exudes richness from the get-go

La Joie is another winner from Vérité

flowers and cocoa that ride along perfectly with all its sweet

This is not as big and robust as the Bonnes Mares but it’s finer and has that extra dimension of depth and class that a great example of Musigny intrinsically possesses

don’t plan on drinking a bottle for at least another 5-8 years

Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2012 the Gavarini Chiniera exudes richness(to be bottled only in magnum). A moderately toasty nose offers up aromas of cassis, plum and forest floor along with a hint of smoke. The wood treatment extends to the palate as well as on the velvety but muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a lightly stony, austere and very serious finish where a hint of bitter pit fruit surfaces. This is on the woody side today but since it will be 20 years before this reaches its full maturity, it should