The middle weight flavors are not especially dense but do possess a highly attractive mouthfeel while displaying good power on the bitter cherry pit-inflected finish
Chewy and impressively concentrated
The full-bodied palate is densely packed with tightly wound black and blue fruit layers
Jean-Louis and Gerard Chave opened a bottle of the 2003 Hermitage Blanc to give me an idea of how this vintage is aging
This is one wine where I have encountered better bottles
Philipponnat, Clos des Goisses Juste Rose other_regions_italy The middle weight flavors areDisgorged in November 2017, the 2007 Extra Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Ros continues to show brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with an attractive bouquet that mingles notes of red berries, cherries and apple with nuances of cut flowers, fresh bread and spices, without the riper, tropical top notes found in the 2008. On the palate, the wine is full bodied, satiny textured and multidimensional, with extraordinary concentration, an incisive spine of