There is just enough reduction to shave the top notes from the red currant

elegance and a real sense of energy

doesn't look to be 11 years old

The Pithon 2003 Coteaux du Layon - Saint Lambert Les Bonnes Blanches – from a chalky site that is gaining notoriety – reflects a deep copper color to the eye and considerable new wood in the nose

with a tobacco

Vincent Girardin, Meursault Perrieres Blanc Brut Zero There is just enough reductionA ripe and nicely fresh nose reflects notes of mineral reduction, pear, dried flowers and hints of white peach quinine, all of which is trimmed in admirably discreet wood nuances. The mouth coating and beautifully delineated medium weight flavors brim with minerality, all wrapped in a linear and penetrating finish where, much like the Charmes, a pungent salinity gradually emerges. This ever so mildly austere effort could use better depth, but the firm