Domaine Michel Mallard, Corton Rognet Size:6x750ml Impressive complexity on the nose

Impressive complexity on the nose

but it's out of sorts today

The nose is nuanced

Made from a blend of 65% Grenache

A mildly reduced nose still seems both fresh and ripe thanks to the excellent vibrancy of the nicely concentrated and tautly muscular flavors that possess a beguiling underlying tension that carries over to the youthfully austere and sneaky long finish

Domaine Michel Mallard, Corton Rognet Size:6x750ml Impressive complexity on the noseOnce again there is enough wood present to comment on framing the ripe and layered aromas of black raspberry coulis, poached plum and warm earth wisps. Here too there is excellent energy to the precise, muscular and stony large scaled flavors that brim with dry extract on the firmly structured and compact finale. This built to age effort is decidedly muscular but not massive and a wine that should also amply repay extended cellaring.