Taupenot Merme, Mazoyeres Chambertin Size:3x1.5L Gaja’s wines are often immensely

Gaja’s wines are often immensely appealing when young – which is certainly the case with the 2007s – but then close down in bottle for a number of years

Blackberry

Andrea Franchetti remembers walking through the vineyards and hearing the crackling sound of leaves as they disintegrated in the dry weather

refined and airy gives way to equally refined and extremely intense medium weight plus flavors that possess ample amounts of dry extract that buffers the firm tannins on the austere

The wine is partly aged in 600-litre barrels

Taupenot Merme, Mazoyeres Chambertin Size:3x1.5L Gaja’s wines are often immenselyHere too there is a background application of wood that is sufficiently subtle so as to allow the expressive nose of plum, earth, wild dark berries and forest floor aromas to shine. There is real size and weight to the very solidly concentrated large scaled flavors that are supported by ripe tannins that are also unusually fine grained in the context of the appellation, all wrapped in a mouth coating, powerful and driving finish. This very firm effort