Alvina Pernot other_regions The wine is packaged in

The wine is packaged in bulky glass

aromas of shellfish

Here the wood is so subtle as to be all but invisible as it easily allows the riper and denser mix of both white and yellow orchard fruit

powerful and inviting

While it may not exhibit the layering or the elegance and delicacy of several of the best wines here today

Alvina Pernot other_regions The wine is packaged inA slightly riper and certainly more expressive nose more freely offers up its combination of white peach, citrus confit and a lovely array of floral elements. The medium weight and impressively intense flavors are not quite as dense as those of the Corton Charlemagne but even so, they are also wonderfully textured and refined on the strikingly long, very dry and inviting finish. This too could use better depth but the aging potential, not to mention