perfumed red berry notes to this medium-bodied vintage of Colombier's Hermitage

This is a wine of texture and persistence

A markedly more elegant nose shows aromas of the essence of red pinot fruit

The 1999 Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a step up from the 1998

full and intense flavors brimming with power and muscle yet this by no means lacks for grace or elegance on the reserved but driving finish

Camille Giroud, Savigny Beaune Aux Clous Vintage:2018 perfumed red berry notes toThere is suggestion of the sauvage on the ripe aromas of dark berries, violet, humus and hints of freshly turned earth. There is a lovely sense of verve to the beautifully well detailed middle weight flavors that possess evident minerality that provides a sense of lift to the youthfully austere and moderately firm finale.