Penet Chardonnet, Les Epinettes Vintage:2010 charcuterie

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The tannins possess gorgeous silkiness

That provides a very long aftertaste and almost citric flavors with a mineral

The highly refined and punchy middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of minerality before delivering fine length on the slightly lean

Egly's 2008 Brut Grand Cru Millésime was showing as brilliantly as ever

Penet Chardonnet, Les Epinettes Vintage:2010 charcuterieNotes of lemon oil, toasted bread, chamomile and sweet orchard fruit preface the 2010 Grand Cru Millsime Les Epinettes, a medium to full bodied, bright and fleshy wine that's concentrated, incisive and a touch youthfully austere. It's not the most charming or immediate rendition of this bottling, but I suspect time will be kind to it.