Vosne Reignots, Domaine Sylvain Cathiard 2011

A backdrop of oak sets off the wonderfully expressive, airy, cool and very pure black pinot fruit, plum, violet and anise nuances. There is a firm minerality to the refined, precise and racy flavors that terminate in a linear, saline-infused and highly persistent finish where the wood resurfaces on the linear finish. This is an elegant and understated wine of finesse yet one that should repay up to a decade of cellaring. In a word, lovely.