Outstanding. This too is high-toned, elegant and pure with anise and lovely red pinot fruit aromas of impressive complexity followed by round, rich and powerful flavors that are clearly very concentrated and very firmly structured with a chewy and robust texture plus excellent intensity on the very long finish. Drink: 2018+
-Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, Issue 22. Tasted: Apr 01, 2006

Bright, full red. Reticent nose hints at surmaturite, but less expressive and confectionery than the Clos des Epenots. Less extreme on the palate too-more subdued today-but still impressively rich and deep, with a strong spice component. Finishes with substantial ripe, fine-grained tannins; superb breadth; and mounting, spicy persistence. Does this have slightly less verve than the Grand Clos des Epenots or is it simply less open to inspection today?