2005 Chapelle Chambertin

Full, deep red-ruby. Blackberry, black raspberry, musky leather, minerals and menthol on the nose. At once silky and lively on entry, then dense but fine-grained in the middle, with dark fruit flavors complicated by smoky earth and leather. A serious step up in volume and extract from the village wine: this one has a real thickness. With much more mid-palate material, the rather fine tannins come across as quite harmonious. Finishes with notes of meat and leather.