Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche other_regions_italy As it often does this

As it often does this offers terrific quality for a villages level wine

The medium weight flavors possess a velvety and caressing mouthfeel before concluding in a sappy and dusty if mildly tangy finish

cassis and red currant that are copiously laced with floral nuances

There is excellent volume to the sleek

layered and vinous

Benjamin Leroux, Clos Roche other_regions_italy As it often does this(to be bottled only in magnum). A moderately toasty nose offers up aromas of cassis, plum and forest floor along with a hint of smoke. The wood treatment extends to the palate as well as on the velvety but muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a lightly stony, austere and very serious finish where a hint of bitter pit fruit surfaces. This is on the woody side today but since it will be 20 years before this reaches its full maturity, it should