Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml lively acids and a characteristically

lively acids and a characteristically delicate mousse

penetrating finish

Over the last six months the 2004 Cristal has come together beautifully and is shaping up to be a truly great

Wonderfully supple in texture

(from younger vines that come mostly from the eastern side of the Route Nationale

Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml lively acids and a characteristically(75% whole clusters; from a parcel near the bottom of Clos St. Jacques). A brooding and reticent nose grudgingly offers up its array of ripe but cool wild black berries and forest floor that is trimmed in hints of wood and menthol. There is excellent vibrancy to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that are not particularly dense but do offer outstanding length where the supporting tannins are quite fine grained in the context of what is