SF | Deep ruby with a gently viscous rim; the nose dignified, its seduction technique discreet at the very least; aeration betrays dark fruit, herbs and hints of spice and wood tannin. Such thoughts, hardly iconoclastic, are confirmed on tasting, when one is impressed by both the weight and the quality of the fruit. chalky tannins, a strong line of acidity and the intimations of a subplot which will entertain feverishly before returning the happy taster, legerdemain, to a essence of what one should expect from a high high quality wine, its livery impeccable of design and infallible of purpose. Light of touch, but ultimately, impressive of impact, a most impressive example. 94
AJ | Dark, dense black-purple-red. As for the Croix-Canon, these pure and lifted fruit aromas dominate the wine's aromatics at this stage to beguiling effect: cherry, blackcurrant, plum, damson, mulberry, all backed by what almost seems to be sweet aromatic tannin and the season's freshness. A gorgeous nose, and one of the most instantly charming wines in our tasting. Absolutely as the nose outlined: an essay in fruit and finesse. Another of 'the new burgundians': all in the upper register, but very successfully so.Drink Dates: 2027 - 2042.