Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2012 This is not as big

This is not as big and robust as the Bonnes Mares but it’s finer and has that extra dimension of depth and class that a great example of Musigny intrinsically possesses

La Joie is another winner from Vérité

(from an enormous 7

the Gavarini Chiniera exudes richness from the get-go

Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2012 This is not as big(to be bottled only in magnum). A moderately toasty nose offers up aromas of cassis, plum and forest floor along with a hint of smoke. The wood treatment extends to the palate as well as on the velvety but muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a lightly stony, austere and very serious finish where a hint of bitter pit fruit surfaces. This is on the woody side today but since it will be 20 years before this reaches its full maturity, it should