Brusset, "Hauts de Montmirail", Gigondas 2000

Deep red/purple.

Oak smoke/grilled meat, sauteed mushroom/onion aromas. Plum underneath.

Intense, grainy, packed entry. Center-loaded, with slightly rustic structure coating the front teeth. Doesn't give up much flavor in the mouth, only iron in the finish. This is one burly dude. Black raspberry shows with a bit of air.

We'll see what airtime does, but this seems to need many more years in the bottle.

Day 4 - Like a spicy black fruit pudding aromatically, with char and oak spice notes thrown in. Ridiculous. Still very deep in the mouth, but showing a sweetness that reminds me a bit of really packed Chateauneuf. Huge structure now an afterthought.


$30 on release