Regis Bouvier Marsannay Longeroies Vieilles Vignes Rouge, Cote de Nuits, France 2019 Fruit-based Desserts and crushed flowers

and crushed flowers

Tight-knit structure with a super-polished finish

I suspect that the 2009 Pontet-Canet is more approachable than the 2005

it finishes very long and provocatively perfumed

The nose is intense and complex with fruity notes of cherries and plums

Regis Bouvier Marsannay Longeroies Vieilles Vignes Rouge, Cote de Nuits, France 2019 Fruit-based Desserts and crushed flowersThis old vine rouge comes from what will one day be deemed a premier cru parcel, Les Longeroiesone of the two most respected vineyards here. It sits just below the other, Clos du Roy, and produces Rgis's most elegant and bright Pinot, reminiscent of black cherries, black tea, and baking spices.