Claude Dugat, Charmes Chambertin Vintage:2012 There is excellent intensity and

There is excellent intensity and power to the imposingly constructed medium weight plus flavors that are blessed with plenty of dry extract that renders the still firm tannic spine almost invisible on the impeccably well-balanced and palate staining finish

spice and earth scents that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice

(from Les Rouges du Bas that is worked by horse because it is so steep

Nevertheless

Claude Dugat, Charmes Chambertin Vintage:2012 There is excellent intensity and(from a . 33 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines in Charmes proper). A fresh, pure and relatively hightoned nose of elegant red currant, soft spice, rose petal and an agreeably subtle hint of wood. The sense of refinement continues onto the equally pure and well detailed medium weight flavors that possess a caressing mouthfeel, all wrapped in a solidly complex and persistent finish that is firm but not so much so that this could not be approached young.