The 2014 Clos de la Roche is bright, focused and finely cut. Translucent and wiry in style, the 2014 speaks to precision above all else. The flavors and textures are wonderfully chiseled throughout. Red-toned fruits, chalk and floral notes abound. Today, the 2014 is fabulous. It won’t be ready to drink anytime soon, but it is terrific just the same. This is a textbook expression of Clos de la Roche.

Good full medium red, the densest color of the range in 2014, as there was a lot of millerandage and thick skins here. Sexy scents of strawberry, cassis, damson plum, red licorice, spices and pepper. Red and darker fruit flavors are enlivened by spices and minerals and accented by a peppery element. Conveys a tiny-berry intensity of flavor, not to mention superb energy and lift. I love the combination of ripeness and mineral tension here, not to mention the contribution of 25% whole clusters to the structure of the wine. Should evolve very slowly.