Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 Lanson Rose Champagne berry-soaked

berry-soaked

full on the palate and leads into a layered and delicious long finish

soft citrus and a finish of freshly ground coffee and dark chocolate

From the producer: Our Hazelburn Sherry Wood

Chateau Branaire-Ducru Saint-Julien 2001 Lanson Rose Champagne berry-soakedThe 2001 Saint Julien vintage has always sat in the shadow of 2000 and 2005, which is exactly why bottles like this are still worth drinking the wines were classically built, never overripe, and have aged on a long, steady curve. Branaire Ducru's Fourth Growth, traditional style is a natural fit for this kind of vintage: now well into the secondary stage, with cedar and tobacco coming forward but plenty of fruit still in the mid palate. A drinking