Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2016 and particularly so for the

and particularly so for the 2018 vintage

very plush in style with a caressing

This wine is aging in French oak barriques

Generous if not actually dominant wood influence is present on the red and dark currant

serious and impressively persistent finish

Philippe Pacalet, Corton Bressandes Vintage:2016 and particularly so for theThis is the first wine to display any material amount of reduction and here its enough to overshadow the fruit. Otherwise there is fine freshness to the big bodied and muscular flavors that are at once rich and quite serious, all wrapped in an austere if long finish. This needs to develop more depth but the underlying material appears to be such that it should in time. (90 93) 2029+