Allen Meadows - Score: 92 (2010 January)

A floral, cool, reserved and very restrained but highly complex nose offers up impressively fine gradations of fresh pinot fruit and warm earth aromas that merge into rich, full and powerful flavors that are powerful and tautly muscled before culminating in an explosive though youthfully austere finish that is also impressively persistent. The sense of vibrancy is almost palpable and like the Latricières, everything is focused, harmonious and built to age though this should arrive at its apogee within a decade.