Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2017 but held back for seven

but held back for seven years in bottle prior to release)

an approach that worked beautifully

The 2001 Larigi is another modern-day 1989

I would have guessed this was 14

This mineral-suffused effort is very Chambolle in character and should be approachable young

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2017 but held back for sevenThis is the first wine to display any material amount of reduction and here its enough to overshadow the fruit. Otherwise there is fine freshness to the big bodied and muscular flavors that are at once rich and quite serious, all wrapped in an austere if long finish. This needs to develop more depth but the underlying material appears to be such that it should in time. (90 93) 2029+