Philippe Charlopin-Parizot, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2020 Disgorged in January 2023 with

Disgorged in January 2023 with a dosage of one gram per liter

The 2004 Blanc des Millenaires offers a striking combination of freshness and the complexity that develops in bottle

Always excellent

muscular wine like its white sibling

rounder and silkier and 2011 a bit wilder with a touch of rusticity

Philippe Charlopin-Parizot, Clos Vougeot Vintage:2020 Disgorged in January 2023 withAll that can be discerned on what seems to be a very ripe nose are notes of reduction and wood. There is excellent volume to the very rich larger scaled flavors that brim with dry extract that imparts a suave texture as well as buffers the powerful, complex and impressively long finish where notes of rusticity and austerity slowly emerge. This too is very promising.