Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Grands Echezeaux Size:3x1.5L This is textbook Rugiens that

This is textbook Rugiens that is also very clearly built-toage so patience required

this remains a seriously lovely effort that is classy and stylish if not perfectly balanced

a bit more saturated than the Secundum

I'm not wild for the oak treatment here

but its day will come

Albert Bichot (Clos Frantin), Grands Echezeaux Size:3x1.5L This is textbook Rugiens that(from a . 4 ha parcel). Very pure and seductive spiced cassis and black cherry aromas dissolve into delicious, classy and focused medium full flavors that offer good richness and ample finishing punch and power. This is sleekly muscled with a structured but balanced finish that is austere but impressively persistent. A true long distance runner that will require every bit of a decade to reveal its full potential and perhaps longer. The clear class of