Hugues Pavelot

Pernand-Vergelesses Les 1er Cru 2014

This is riper still with its liqueur-like aromas of purple fruit, especially plum, along with notes of spice, earth and forest floor. The impressively rich, suave and caressing medium-bodied flavours brim with sappy dry extract that serves to largely buffer the much firmer tannic spine shaping the beautifully persistent and highly complex finish. This is worth checking out as it's very good. Allen Meadows (Burghound), Issue 66.