David Duband, Clos Roche Vintage:2013 This is an unusual vintage

This is an unusual vintage with a cool summer and a very warm pre-harvest period

Silky and medium in body

palate-staining red fruit and floral pastille flavors show impressive depth and heft

the supporting tannins are somewhat drying and this tends to cut the finish short

David Duband, Clos Roche Vintage:2013 This is an unusual vintage(80% from Clos de la Roche proper and 20% from Fremires where the two total . 40 ha). This is also openly floral with hints of herbal tea adding breadth to the intensely earthy and brooding nose of mostly dark berry fruit aromas. The round, delicious and muscular flavors possess excellent volume and a discreet minerality that appears on the beautifully long finish that is less complex than I usually find. My predicted range offers the benefit of the