David Duband Clos de la Roche

Small friends gathering (Q by Peter Chang - Bethesda, Maryland) : Expressive nose displaying concentrated sweet red and black fruit, raspberry, blackberry, a hint of black cherry, grilled cep, caramel, a hint of oak/vanilla, rose, sweet spices and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated sweet red and black fruit, rich and dense, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, fine tannins and a log concentrated red and black fruit driven finish with sap and grilled cep at the end. …

Expressive nose displaying ripe black fruit with a hint of red, blackberry, raspberry jam, mushroom. sap, caramel, tree bark, dark spices and earth. There is a hint of stem Excellent concentration, nicely layered concentrated black fruit, good balance and detail, perfect amount of acidity, medium mineral, stem tannins, and a long ripe black fruit driven finish with stem and mushroom at the end. It clearly displays the GC complexity in the nose and the palate. It will start to drink …