Generous wood all but dominates the red currant, herbal tea and forest floor scents. The relatively refined and well-detailed middle weight flavors ooze a subtle minerality on the lilting, focused and sneaky long finish. This should drink well young though note that my predicted range offers the benefit of the doubt that the wood will ultimately be successfully integrated.

Here the reduction is milder though it's still enough to hinder a proper assessment of the nose though it seems clear that there is an ample amount of earth influence present. Not surprisingly, this earthiness also suffuses the detailed and vibrant middle weight flavors that possess a refined mouthfeel, all wrapped in a sappy, balanced and lingering finish. This too is worth your interest.

Firm reduction renders the nose impossible to read today. Otherwise the racy, intense and elegant middle weight flavors possess an almost Chambolle-like delicacy while offering plenty of minerality on the delicious, focused and well-balanced finale. Textbook Arvelets that should improve over the mid-term. This too is recommended.

Very mild reduction shaves the top notes off of the otherwise very fresh and ripe earthy and gamy dark currant aromas. This is almost pungently mineral in character with a lovely sense of vibrancy to the delicious and delineated medium weight flavors that deliver beautiful depth and length on the well-balanced finale. This is also really quite a lovely effort and worth checking out.