Once again there is evident ripeness yet an appealingly cool quality to the red berry and dark currant scents that display a mentholated top note. The sleek, intense and delineated medium-bodied flavors possess a certain mid-palate tenderness as well as a bracing salinity on the austere finish that possesses excellent length. This too is a very good villages though one that, like the Chambolle, is clearly in need of extended cellaring. -Burghound