Michel Niellon, Chassagne Montrachet Chaumees Truffiere other_regions_australia The 2005 Comtes de Champagne

The 2005 Comtes de Champagne Rosé is a wine of contrasts

This has to be the best wine ever produced at Catena

Peter Lehmann famously championed old vine Barossa Shiraz in the 1980s when growers were paid to grub it up

Donnhoff added to his line-up vineyards in two of the three traditionally top sites of Bad Kreuznach

The Clos de Vougeot is dramatic and bold whereas this is an understated and harmonious effort of class and grace yet even so

Michel Niellon, Chassagne Montrachet Chaumees Truffiere other_regions_australia The 2005 Comtes de Champagne(from leased vines that Niellon has exploited since 1988 and he believes that they were planted in 1939). This is also noticeably reduced and clearly in need of aeration. By contrast there is excellent verve and freshness to the attractively textured, intense and delicious flavors that possess both good size and weight before culminating in a balanced and persistent finish. This is not a wine of finesse but it arguably has the best complexity among