93+ The 2012 vintage of Cuvée Laurène is really starting to open up and show some of its secondary layering at age five, and though it is still a very young wine and deserves plenty of further cellaring, it is starting to...
93+ The 2012 vintage of Cuvée Laurène is really starting to open up and show some of its secondary layering at age five, and though it is still a very young wine and deserves plenty of further cellaring, it is starting to take shape and it is very easy to appreciate just how beautiful this wine is going to be at peak maturity. The really lovely bouquet delivers a fine combination of plums, black cherries, raw cocoa, dark soil tones, a hint of graphite and a discreet framing of spicy new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure in profile, with excellent focus and grip, ripe, suave tannins and a very long, nascently complex and very well-balanced finish. This is still a puppy, but it is already starting to deliver a bit of its considerable promise.