This is classic Clos du Roi with the hallmark intense sauvage character that suffuses this wine from head to toe

but it is unrealistic to place too high an expectation on a wine that was frankly made with pretty rustic means

I very much like the texture of the medium-bodied flavors that also conclude in a bitter pit fruit-inflected finish that is notably firmer

subtle decay

Pierre Girardin other_regions_italy This is classic Clos du(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is