The 2021 Bourgogne Rouge is quite floral on the nose like the Passetoutgrain, with good definition, raspberry and mulberry scents gaining intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit and fine tannins. It puts on weight towar...
Clear and pale in colour. There is surprisingly little nose, but still a feeling of freshness. François Carillon took the decision to work the lees for a long time in 2020 and this has paid off. The result is complex, subtle precise and very long.
A more floral-suffused nose exhibits very pretty, and quite spicy, aromas of various white orchard fruit, especially white peach. The sleek and beautifully textured middle weight flavors possess fine verve and a light minerality that culminates in a clean...
A slightly fuller yellow... plumper, some vanilla, offering the expected Charmes amplitude, rounded, with pear and peach notes, not over exotic but a full mouthful nonetheless.
A more brooding and dark profile emerges in the 2021 Pinot Noir Occidental Ridge, revealing notes of black cherry, resinous pine sap, and freshly toasted sage. Full-bodied, with ripe tannins, blackberry, violets, and crushed gravelly earth. It has more wa...