Comte Armand, Pommard Clos Epeneaux Vintage:2013 The 2016 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard

The 2016 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard is co-fermented with 4% Viognier in a Côte-Rôtie style that delivers a red and black-fruited nose with a floral grip and rustic rockiness

and masculine as well as aromatic (a characteristic of this cool vintage)

black and blue fruits plus a lovely hint of violets that sit atop dusty

which is astonishing and has great depth and detail while coming through as light and even ethereal (within its style

intense and tension-filled full-bodied flavors that possess excellent power and drive on the seductively textured

Comte Armand, Pommard Clos Epeneaux Vintage:2013 The 2016 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard(the 5+ ha Clos is composed of approximately 80% Petits Epenots and 20% Grands Epenots; the vine ages run from 18 to 75+ years of age). This is markedly reduced at present so I would strongly suggest decanting it if you are tempted to open a bottle young. Otherwise the supple, round and utterly delicious medium bodied flavors possess a sleek muscularity and solid intensity, all wrapped in a lingering finish that presently displays a hint of an edge