(the yield was under 30 hectoliters per hectare due to the poor flowering; no hail in 2013; 80% through its malo at the time of my visit): Tight nose shows a medicinal menthol aspect, a suggestion of wild herbs and a faint malic edge. Powerful, very rich and large-scaled, with harmonious ripe acidity framing the middle palate. Not yet pristine owing to the remaining malic acidity and hard to judge today, but finishes stony, tactile and highly concentrated, with an earthy nuance. These vines on the eastern side of the appellation are planted along a north-south axis and were not harvested until October 9.

Stony, steely citrus plus a touch of green apple and cedary oak. A light mealy quality from the oak but this is really so lightweight and has very little length. (JH)