Michel Lafarge, Beaune Greves Rouge Vintage:2013 monumental Champagne

monumental Champagne

even in the company of all the truly great Massetos

Sumptuous nose shows ripe pear

and you'll notice some of the tightly polished and glossy tannins that are associated with this area

but that is not going to happen anytime soon

Michel Lafarge, Beaune Greves Rouge Vintage:2013 monumental ChampagneAs is typically the case this is slightly riper and more deeply pitched with its more complex collection of dark berries, game, warm earth and lilac nuances. The sleek, intense and tautly muscular medium weight flavors that possess excellent mid palate density thanks to the copious amounts of dry extract, all wrapped in a vibrant mineral driven and powerful finish. This impressive effort is clearly built to age and is going to need it. In a word,