Clos des Goisses, Brut, 2009

Tasting Note:

Opening up with a wave of wonderfully fresh cool chalk aromas, then a bold, expressive nose of grapefruit and fresh red berry, citrus and buttered hazelnuts and finally the faintest suggestions of fresh Victoria plum - there's a great deal going on here, a wonderful marriage between complex richness and keenly rendered flavours. On the palate this is a big and powerful Goisses but also refined, brimming with rich red fruit, pastry, brioche, raspberry and finally the zest of lemons providing a keen, taut edge. Highly vinous, textural, long and complex, this is every bit as regal as we’d hoped. Superb, a true Clos de Goisses. Everything here was harvested between 11.5 and 12 degrees potential alcohol, with the final blend composed of 61% Pinot Noir and 39% Chardonnay. As usual none of the components went through malolactic fermentation.