Moderate oak influence combines with brooding but more elegant and refined as well as exceptionally pretty and very spicy dark berry and plum aromas that dissolve into the rich, sweet and sappy flavors that , like the Echézeaux, possess ample amounts of extract that the muscled and focused, intense and linear finish seems less structured than it is in reality. This is an explosive wine that should reward up to a decade of cellar time. (92-94)/2014+