Hudelot Baillet, Bonnes Mares Vintage:2018 This is quite simply terrific

This is quite simply terrific but at the risk of sounding like a broken record

12% Cabernet Franc

here too there is an initial note of bourgeon de cassis though considerable eventually coaxes the intensely floral-suffused aromas of spicy jasmine tea

" This was the first year the estate used its new optical sorter

and then secure long term contracts for their fruit

Hudelot Baillet, Bonnes Mares Vintage:2018 This is quite simply terrific(from a . 123 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches; about 600 bottles are produced each year). This is the only wine in the range to exhibit any reduction and here its enough to dominate the fruit. There is excellent punch, power, size and weight to the big bodied and muscular flavors that terminate in a balanced and impressively long finale that could again use better depth.