are really quite fine

deep and expressive

cherry and fruitcake flavors show sharp definition and deepen steadily as the wine stretches out

It it savory and leafy and fine

The wines are huge

Bitouzet Prieur, Volnay Pitures other_regions_italy are really quite fine(from 35+ year old vines). An attractively spicy nose freely offers up distinctly cool aromas of red and dark cherry, violet and a touch of forest floor character. There is again excellent verve and very good volume to the rich, muscular and well defined flavors that display fine power on the youthfully austere, compact and dusty finish that is also sneaky long. Like a number of wines in the range, this too is going to require at least a decade of