Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2014 Loire Valley powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled

powerful and firmly muscular large-scaled flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract also buffers the presently unyielding tannic backbone on the massively long finish

A positively kaleidoscopic nose features restrained Vosne-style spice and a beautiful range of floral elements on the black fruit

floral and discreet spice elements

The vineyard that produces the fruit used in the 2015 Bolgheri Rosso Camarcanda has more limestone than elsewhere in the area and has very white soils as a result

Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2014 Loire Valley powerful and firmly muscular large-scaledThis is also moderately reduced and impossible to properly assess. Otherwise there is excellent volume to the equally muscular big bodied flavors that are richer but don't quite have the same sense of underlying tension before terminating in a palate coating and quite firmly structured finish that delivers terrific length.