(from a .70 ha total of the 1ers La Riotte, Clos Sorbé and Le Village plus a small proportion of young vines Clos des Lambrays; 50% whole cluster). A ripe and deeply pitched nose offers up notes of plum, dark cherry and prominent floral elements. There is both very good volume and richness to the delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess impressive intensity on the dusty, youthfully austere and solidly long finale. This fine effort is sufficiently firm to repay mid- to even longer-term cellaring.