Despite all of the considerable potential this is displaying this level of reduction is cause for concern and while it may pass

underbrush and oak nuances

sexy fruit and plush tannins

slightly warm flavors that offer buckets of Vosne spice

there's just a hint of toast on the nose

Ballot Millot Vintage:2020 Despite all of the considerable(vinified with ~30% whole clusters). Here the nose is both more expressive and decidedly more floral in character with its aromas of fresh red berries, earth and a hint of the sauvage. There is again fine energy and volume as well as a more refined mouthfeel to the middle weight flavors that exude a bracing minerality on the bitter cherry inflected finale. This could use better depth, but the underlying material appears to be present for that to occur