Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2017 but held back for seven

but held back for seven years in bottle prior to release)

the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr Crane Vineyard offers up a profound and singular nose of loam

67 ha parcel of extremely old vines)

I would not mark it down as a top tier Petrus

an approach that worked beautifully

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2017 but held back for sevenThis is the first wine to display any material amount of reduction and here its enough to overshadow the fruit. Otherwise there is fine freshness to the big bodied and muscular flavors that are at once rich and quite serious, all wrapped in an austere if long finish. This needs to develop more depth but the underlying material appears to be such that it should in time. (90 93) 2029+