Henri Prudhon & Fils Bourgogne Les Charmeaux

3/10; 513 days lapse. SCENT: aroma is popped out, in contrast with the last bottle I drank. Perched on a fence line between ripe raspberry bushes and beds of black tartarian cherries. The foundation is fit with aromatic twig, stone, lilac, and tonic. TEXTURE: animated, soulful, mouthwatering, transparent. Acidity leads tannin. Perfect springtime reception item. 91+ ________ the last ⅓ of the bottle elaborates—saline glycerin, bittersweet marsh perennial herbs, translucent breezy frame governs sticky meats and sweet oils. Fun to …

2/10; 253 days lapse. NOSE: reluctant and determined. The first gasp from the bottle announces iron and iodine herbs before granting access to currants and other briar fruit; ribes/rubus. Edged and adhesive. MOUTH: tumbling action, chaotic and balanced, permissive of resilient chewable texture, berry perfume, bitter structural sap, and passively kilned stone. This is the picture of action and soul that represents "bourgogne rouge," in a way that must overwhelm any honest skeptic of terroir ideology (presuming there is such …

1/10. EYE: darker than the 2019, but still pale, magenta/crimson. NOSE: aromas are mute at first; or is it subtle? Very reluctantly, over an hour of aeration, a stirring image emerges—mouthwatering cracked earth yields truffle and violet diluted in a passive breeze. MOUTH: bold and bright action, saturated with flavor—sheer intonations of bing cherry, raspberry, and framboise; white prune; bitter basil stem. Acidity substantiates the structure, a core of irrigated stone. Vain objectivity might score this only 90. I like …