Albert Bichot, Clos Roche Vintage:2016 with 30% new oak

with 30% new oak

while the palate is crammed with white fruits

A biodynamic cabernet with a small tweak of petit verdot (3%)

A pretty top note of honeysuckle can be found on the spicy aromas of white flowers

plums and black cherries are some of the nuances that take shape in the glass

Albert Bichot, Clos Roche Vintage:2016 with 30% new oak(from Genavrires). Gentle but not invisible wood frames agreeably spicy red and black currant, earth and subtle game hints. There is plenty of volume to the solidly structured and powerful large bodied flavors that possess a lush mouth feel thanks to the abundance of tannin buffering dry extract, all wrapped in a firm, balanced and impressively long finish. This attractively complex effort will also need a few years of bottle age though it should