(92+) The 2012 Grande Montagne has really turned out beautifully, for despite this wine being produced from some of the very youngest vines at the domaine (twenty-five years of age), the short crop has given this wine real depth and dimension. The lovely bouquet is a mix of apple, pear, pastry cream, chalky soil tones, apple blossoms and a touch of new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and nicely reserved on the attack, with a fine core, excellent acidity and focus, good balance and lovely length and grip on the finish. Good juice by any stretch of the imagination. (Drink between 2016-2035)

The expressive nose displays a mild hint of exoticism with its apricot, peach and mango suffused nose. There is excellent volume to the concentrated and intense medium-bodied flavors that possess reasonably good vibrancy before terminating in an opulent and ever-so-mildly sweet finish. This is bigger than it usually is and it does have traces of warmth and oak but the naturally firm acidity that this wine always seems to have manages to keep the balance sufficiently well that this works anyway.