(from En Champs, Combe de Dessus and Aux Echézeaux that contain vines up to 120 years old). Subtle but not imperceptible wood frames super-fresh red berry scents that are trimmed in notes of underbrush and newly turned earth along with sauvage hints. There is excellent volume to the dense medium-bodied flavors as the old vines are in evidence, all wrapped in a powerful, focused, complex and impressively long finish. This very firmly structured effort is a big villages that possess first-rate quality….provided you have the patience to wait.