Benjamin Leroux, Clos Vougeot Petit Maupertui other_regions_australia vinified with 50% whole clusters)

vinified with 50% whole clusters)

but I believe that what he calls “fluke” is really intuition

Finishes slightly dry-edged

It is not a complex Pauillac and the finish feels a tad staid

Waves of fruit build toward a huge

Benjamin Leroux, Clos Vougeot Petit Maupertui other_regions_australia vinified with 50% whole clusters)(vinified with 90% whole clusters). Reduction conceals the underlying fruit though there is excellent complexity and vibrancy to the beautifully well delineated middle weight plus flavors that possess outstanding richness on the hugely long and youthfully austere finish. This very firm but well balanced effort is expressly builtto age and is going to need plenty of it. (92 95) 2029+