2010 Corton Blanc

(bottled in January of 2012): Pale golden-yellow color. Highly perfumed scents of peach, lemon peel, licorice, ginger, nutmeg, aromatic herbs, licorice and mint. Dense and tactile on entry, they nicely sweet in the middle, with strong flavors of minerals, botanical herbs and mint. Quite powerful on the end, even a bit youthfully aggressive, with multidimensional finishing flavors of talc, citrus zest, brown spices and salty minerality. Outstanding soil-driven wine in the making, from vines that average about 30 years of age.