A restrained but elegant and very floral nose also speaks of red currant

long and well-balanced finale

This offers fine potential though note that it’s going to require at least a decade of keeping to arrive at its apogee

Ideal with canapés

Domaine, Latour Giraud other_regions_italy A restrained but elegant and(from 35+ year old vines in Charmes Dessus). Pungent aromas of wood, reduction and a hint of phenolic character render the nose unreadable today. More interesting are the dense, powerful and almost painfully intense larger scaled flavors that also soak the palate with sappy dry extract that does an excellent job of buffering the firm acid spine shaping the bone dry, moderately austere and impressively long finale. This is extremely promising.