Benjamin Leroux, Bonnes Mares other_regions as the 2013 really needs

as the 2013 really needs a number of years to be at its very best

Juxtaposed against the 1996 Haut-Batailley I find more energy in this

long and serious vintage of Clos des Lambrays is built for the medium plus term

Very pure Cabernet fruit on the nose

This is even bigger and more powerful with its mouth coating broad-shouldered flavors that possess plenty of muscle before culminating in an explosive but tightly wound finish that just goes on and on

Benjamin Leroux, Bonnes Mares other_regions as the 2013 really needs(from the northern part of the Chambolle side where the soil is referred to as terres blanches; here too Leroux indicated that this would be bottled only in magnum). A subtle application of wood sets off the layered and appealing aromas of plum, cassis, red currant liqueur and plenty of floral nuances. There is really lovely detail to the intense big bodied flavors that possess that highly attractive sense of underlying tension that continues onto the