DRC, Tache Vintage:2011 with only ex-Tertre Daugay fruit

with only ex-Tertre Daugay fruit used

Strong wood and menthol characters bury the fruit at present

particularly on the explosive finish

characterful Vin de Constance

DRC, Tache Vintage:2011 with only ex-Tertre Daugay fruitAs it was from cask this is more restrained than usual and it requires aggressive swirling to coax the pure and spicy essence of red berry fruit aromas to emerge from the glass where there is a slight hint of herbal tea present. There is a similar reserve to the distinctly focused and linear flavors that enjoy a seemingly unlimited reserve of dry extract that renders the fine grained and silky tannins almost invisible at present though I suspect that