Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2014 Here too the menthol character

Here too the menthol character isn’t subtle though neither is it especially invasive on the layered aromas of blue and red pinot fruit

40 ha parcel of vines that average about 40 years of age)

lush and fruity with its layers of licorice infused plums

patience will be required

Here too moderate wood is present on the aromas of honeysuckle

Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche Vintage:2014 Here too the menthol character(to be bottled only in magnum). A moderately toasty nose offers up aromas of cassis, plum and forest floor along with a hint of smoke. The wood treatment extends to the palate as well as on the velvety but muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a lightly stony, austere and very serious finish where a hint of bitter pit fruit surfaces. This is on the woody side today but since it will be 20 years before this reaches its full maturity, it should