Domaine Leroy, Richebourg Vintage:2011 structured Cristal layered with considerable

structured Cristal layered with considerable fruit

linear and explosive finish where notes of fennel and wood toast surface

The 2016 Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno is powerful

Very cohesive with a gentle grip on the finish

Domaine Leroy, Richebourg Vintage:2011 structured Cristal layered with considerableThis too displays an unbelievably seductive nose of vanilla, extract of pinot and spice though it cant quite match the complexity of the RSV. Sappy, mouth coating, big, robust and very powerful flavors with nary a trace of the rusticity and rough tannins that young Richebourg often displays. This seems to ooze cassis from start to finish and the persistent has to be experienced to be believed though the wine remains backward if not severe. In a word,