Anne-Francoise Gros, Pommard Arvelets other_regions_italy The overtly muscular broadshouldered flavors

The overtly muscular broadshouldered flavors brim with both dry extract and minerality on the firm

melted tar and graphite emerging with time

soft-textured and refreshing

Built around the 2009 vintage

Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting

Anne-Francoise Gros, Pommard Arvelets other_regions_italy The overtly muscular broadshouldered flavorsHere too there is a hint of herbal tea character to the distinctly cool aromas of plum, floral and discreet earth. The palate impression of the medium weight flavors is equally refined with unusually good volume as well as even more evident minerality on the dusty, youthfully austere and sneaky long finish. This could use better depth but more should eventually develop.