underbrush and oak nuances

smoked earth and spice

The wine hits the palate with full-bodied richness

the wine fills your palate

Despite all of the considerable potential this is displaying this level of reduction is cause for concern and while it may pass

Ballot Millot Vintage:2020 underbrush and oak nuances(vinified with ~30% whole clusters). Here the nose is both more expressive and decidedly more floral in character with its aromas of fresh red berries, earth and a hint of the sauvage. There is again fine energy and volume as well as a more refined mouthfeel to the middle weight flavors that exude a bracing minerality on the bitter cherry inflected finale. This could use better depth, but the underlying material appears to be present for that to occur