Jean-Marc Pillot, Chassagne Montrachet Macherelles Blanc other_regions_italy A restrained but wideranging nose

A restrained but wideranging nose grudgingly reveals notes of dark cherry

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There is a lush and opulent mouth feel to the concentrated and palate coating medium weight plus flavors that possess excellent phenolic maturity and real drive on the moderately structured

up there with Pajzos and Disznok

complex and solidly persistent finish

Jean-Marc Pillot, Chassagne Montrachet Macherelles Blanc other_regions_italy A restrained but wideranging noseThis is the first wine to display any appreciable reduction and it is enough to push the underlying fruit to the background. By contrast there is good verve and freshness to the moderately dense flavors that possess almost painful intensity on the lemony, linear and chiseled finale that flashes both first rate depth and length. Its rare for Macherelles to achieve this level of quality color me impressed.