Domaine Etienne Delarche Pernand-Vergelesses Les Boutieres Vieilles Vignes Reserve, Cote de Beaune, France 2019 Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux and a touch of chalky

and a touch of chalky minerality

On the palate it creeps up on you slowly

full of perfumed fruit and with fine

Just sit back and let go

a vein of acidity runs under all this concentration

Domaine Etienne Delarche Pernand-Vergelesses Les Boutieres Vieilles Vignes Reserve, Cote de Beaune, France 2019 Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux and a touch of chalkyLes Boutires borders Savigny, faces southeast, at the foot of the slope, touching premier crus Vergelesses and Les Fichots. Soils are deep, clay rich with age of vines 70+ years. Aged in older French barrels (10% new) for one year. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Aromas of black fruits, licorice, earth, light pepper. Juicy and fleshy, with good energy; bramble fruit, violet candy.