There were no issues with this specific bottle

honeysuckle and dried apricot

Deep garnet-purple colored

dishing out lovely ripe and intense blackberry

broad and fantastically complex flavors that completely stain and coat the palate on the incredibly long finish

Taupenot Merme, Gevrey Chambertin Size:12x750ml There were no issues with(from Craite Paille, Les Seuvres, Belair and La Justice). This is also relatively elegant and cool with its combination of wild red cherry, sauvage and discreet spice whiffs. The precise and almost lilting middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of tension while displaying fine length on the youthfully austere and balanced finale. This could arguably use a bit better depth, but more should develop with a few years of keeping.