Camille Giroud Latricieres Chambertin 06

89-90+. From a combination of contract grapes and purchased wine, the Camille Giroud 2006 Latricieres-Chambertin displays slightly stewed black fruit richness; chalk, stone, and graphite mineral suggestions; and smoky, peaty, pungently herbal and tobacco accents. While these aromatics are impressive, and the wine finishes with palate-staining persistence and a sense of depth, it is relatively somber as well as chewy, raising an inkling of doubt about the quality of its tannin when compared with the corresponding Charmes. I would want to taste it again before rendering a prognosis as to mid-term bottle maturation. Croix believes that the two portions of the wine had not yet married when I tasted the blend from tank.

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