Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2016 floral and sauvage-inflected aromas

floral and sauvage-inflected aromas

and based on the results

Another winemaker

This wine is aging in French oak barriques

This is built-to-age and is going to need plenty of it

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2016 floral and sauvage-inflected aromasThis is the first wine to display any material amount of reduction and here its enough to overshadow the fruit. Otherwise there is fine freshness to the big bodied and muscular flavors that are at once rich and quite serious, all wrapped in an austere if long finish. This needs to develop more depth but the underlying material appears to be such that it should in time. (90 93) 2029+