La Aguilera and Hontoria

it has a firm

cool and wonderfully pure mineral-driven middle weight flavors

The mouthfeel is fleshy and generous and there is plenty of backbone here to carry the wine forward throughout the years

It is medium to full-bodied on the palate

Jacques Frederic Mugnier, Nuits Saint Georges Clos Marechale Rouge Vintage:2009 La Aguilera and HontoriaAn overtly ripe yet agreeably fresh nose mixes notes of spice, plum, earth and black cherry. The rich, velvety and opulent medium weight plus flavors are still notably youthful and muscular yet the abundant sap buffers the moderately firm tannic spine on the delicious, lengthy and ever so slightly warm finale. This is also still very much on the way up and while the excellent level of dry extract would allow this to be enjoyed now, I would again be