Vincent Girardin, Meursault Charmes Dessus other_regions_italy anise and smoked meat building

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The Imperial label is affixed at C

The flavor profile is at once lush yet precise with lovely purity to the lightly mineral-inflected and subtly powerful finish that is beautifully well-balanced and persistent

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Vincent Girardin, Meursault Charmes Dessus other_regions_italy anise and smoked meat buildingHere the elegant and airy nose is aromatically similar to the Narvaux but with markedly more floral influence and less petrol. There is better volume to the slightly richer and fleshier yet very well delineated medium bodied flavors that are overtly saline, which adds a sense of lift to the clean, dry and linear finish. Lovely stuff that could also use a few years of keeping to further flesh out.