Arnoux Lachaux Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2012 Volume:750ML the 2005 combines the extraordinary

the 2005 combines the extraordinary power of this site with unbelievable elegance and definition

An airy and beautifully broad-ranging nose offers up notes of floral

An expressive and notably more elegant than usual nose offers up notes of various red berries

but with no sense of heaviness

Arnoux Lachaux Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2012 Volume:750ML the 2005 combines the extraordinaryRelatively heavy reduction renders the nose unreadable. There is excellent richness, size, weight and power to the medium weight plus flavors that brim with mouth coating dry extract that buffers well the firm tannic spine on the strikingly long finish. This is austere but not really rustic and should amply reward mid to long term cellaring.