They used 80% new barrels

complex and beautifully well-balanced finale

black berry and a plethora of spice nuances

Discreet but not invisible oak influence does not really intrude upon the transparency of the red berry fruit

Angelo Gaja describes 2009 as a year with a lot of rain until June

Billaud Simon, Chablis Preuses other_regions_italy They used 80% new barrels(from a . 41 ha parcel of vines planted in 1952). This is restrained to the point that aggressive swirling is required to coax even a glimpse of the otherwise very fresh aromas of floral, iodine, tidal pool and soft pear scents. There is superb intensity to the subtly layered medium weight flavors that exhibit an undercurrent of minerality before culminating in a dry and mouth coating but not really austere finish that goes on and on. There is so much