Ballot Millot other_regions This was especially difficult to

This was especially difficult to read to the high level of gas and reduction

A subtle touch of wood spice frames bright

yet nothing is over the top

but that is not scary anymore

Beginning to soften around the edges now

Ballot Millot other_regions This was especially difficult to(vinified with ~30% whole clusters). Here the nose is both more expressive and decidedly more floral in character with its aromas of fresh red berries, earth and a hint of the sauvage. There is again fine energy and volume as well as a more refined mouthfeel to the middle weight flavors that exude a bracing minerality on the bitter cherry inflected finale. This could use better depth, but the underlying material appears to be present for that to occur