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95 AM. "Drouhin owns 0.91 ha in two parcels that are rarely blended as the lower portion is typically sold; 40% whole clusters. A very ripe nose features notes of plum, cassis, humus, forest floor and violet. The velvet-textured, concentrated and very serious big-bodied flavors possess seemingly endless reserves of sappy dry extract which helps to buffer the very firm tannic spine on the mocha-infused finish. This beautifully complex effort is less austere than it usually is at this point though the structure makes it pointedly clear that this is going to age for a very long time." Burghound.com, Apr 15, 2017 |