(91-93 points) An exuberantly floral-suffused nose speaks mainly of spicy red and dark pinot fruit scents. The middleweight flavors are not especially dense but they possess a positively gorgeous texture that is at once punchy but lilting, all wrapped in a refined, balanced and impressively long finale. This is lovely with the potential to match.

(90-91 points) A fine fresh ruby purple. The bouquet clearly indicates the whole bunches, with fresh roses and fresh red fruit raspberry and cherry. More elegance and less Santenots weight, as far as the bouquet is concerned, with more of the expected density on the palate. Feels well balanced from the point of view of acidity and has good persistence. At this stage vinification is a little more apparent than terroir.