Juxtaposed against the 1996 Haut-Batailley I find more energy in this

An exuberantly fresh nose combines notes of various red berries

snappy tannins frame flavors of crushed black cherry

these are the oldest vines in the Jadot portfolio of owned vineyards)

The 2009 Hermitage Blanc exhibits notes of acacia flowers

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions Juxtaposed against the 1996 Haut-Batailley(from Pernand fruit). A notably more complex and distinctly cooler nose grudgingly offers up its ultra fresh array of green apple, white flower, wet stone and grapefruit scents that are trimmed in subtle wood. There is excellent power and concentration to the very round but tension filled broad shouldered flavors that possess excellent size, weight and punch before culminating in a clean, dry and youthfully austere finale. This should be excellent in