Gerard Raphet, Morey Saint Denis Rouge Size:12x750ml length and precision

length and precision

Is there a better way to start lunch than with Cedric Bouchard's 2006 Blanc de Blancs La Haute-Lemblée and a dozen oysters

This overtly robust effort will

this is already in its prime time drinking window

yet nothing is over the top

Gerard Raphet, Morey Saint Denis Rouge Size:12x750ml length and precisionThe cool and airy nose is earthier still with its array of red and blue pinot fruit where a touch of crushed fennel lurks in the background. There is fine volume to the appealingly textured middleweight flavors thanks mainly to the relatively fine grained tannins that also shape the moderately firm and more complex finale that is just a bit firmer. This is a good Morey villages that should repay 5 to 8 years of keeping.