Pierre Girardin other_regions_italy with crunchy wild ripe strawberry

with crunchy wild ripe strawberry flavor and outstanding juicy energy

lower acidity than many Right Banks

at least on this showing - it has velvety tannins that pack a punch

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners’ 2009 Bordeaux tasting

plum and violet

Pierre Girardin other_regions_italy with crunchy wild ripe strawberry(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is