Opaque purple-colored

smoke and iodine

with deeply pitched sweet cream and butter tones and a slow-to-unfold singed pineapple flavor

The 2012 Pavillon Rouge is soft

The nose is immediately attractive with incredibly pure black fruit with veins of blueberry and peony

Joseph Drouhin, Chambertin Clos De Beze other_regions Opaque purple-colored(50% whole clusters). An attractively spicy and notably ripe if markedly reserved nose offers up notes of plum, cassis and red currant that are copiously laced with floral nuances. The rich, full bodied and quite serious broad shouldered flavors also possess first rate mid palate concentration along with evident minerality on the driving and powerful if less refined finish. This is certainly impressive but the Griotte has that something extra in 2015.