Roche Bellene, Gevrey Chambertin Lavaut St Jacques Vintage:2012 36% Merlot

36% Merlot

250 cases imported

flowers and wet earth

The wine needs a few more years to get out of this more reticent phase

Roche Bellene, Gevrey Chambertin Lavaut St Jacques Vintage:2012 36% MerlotThis is a bit more aromatically complex than the Champeaux because while the fruit profile is similar there is more of the sauvage like earth, humus and underbrush influences. There is good vibrancy, detail and solid power to the medium bodied and tautly muscular flavors that are shaped by slightly firmer if less refined tannins on the slightly austere but complex finish. Here too there is a hint of warmth but in this case it is much less intrusive if