93-95 points - Outstanding - Allen Meadows, Burghound

A restrained and intensely floral-suffused nose is reticent to the point of being brooding and onlygrudgingly provides glimpses of fresh dark berries and spice whiffs. The precise, highly energetic and super-fine middleweight flavors also exude evident minerality on the moderately austere and equally long finale. I almost always prefer the d'Angerville Taillepieds to their Champans but that could well change in 2022 as this is outstanding.