The 2015 Combe d’Orveau from Romain Taupenot is one of the ripest wines in the cellar this year, coming in at 13.6 percent octane, but is totally cool in the mouth and shows no signs of overripeness on the nose. The...
The 2015 Combe d’Orveau from Romain Taupenot is one of the ripest wines in the cellar this year, coming in at 13.6 percent octane, but is totally cool in the mouth and shows no signs of overripeness on the nose. The bouquet is pure and sappy, offering up a fine constellation of red plums, cherries, cocoa, gamebird, a lovely base of soil, cedar and a gentle topnote of mustard seed. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite plush on the attack, with a rock solid core, excellent acidity and a very long, fine-grained finish that closes with an almost saline note of minerality. (Drink between 2023-2060)