Finesse and elegance

It improved with aeration and after a couple of hours was more open and floral

The 2018 Pinot Noir Jessie Vineyard was made with 46% whole clusters and aged 17 months in 51% new French oak

There is excellent vibrancy to the attractively textured medium weight flavors that also exude a refreshing salinity on the citrusy

The palate delivers a very taut and restrained array of ruby grapefruit and lemons in a flavorsome but dry style

Billaud Simon, Chablis Clos Vintage:2012 Finesse and elegance(from a . 44 ha parcel of vines planted in 1966). This possesses what is arguably the most aromatically complex nose in the range with its perfumed and ripe scents of oyster shell, sea breeze, green apple, lemon rind and white flowers. The wonderfully refined large scaled flavors are almost pungently mineral and this stony character continues onto the markedly dry, balanced and hugely finish that exudes hints of iodine. This is breathtakingly good