The immensely impressive and dark ruby-colored Givry Clos Du Cellier Aux Moines is from a vineyard with a southern exposure. It offers beguiling aromas of chocolate-covered cherries, truffles, stones, and Asian spices. This wine's medium-to-full-bodied personality is concentrated, extracted, rich, and chewy. It saturates the palate with intensely ripe black cherries, leather, candied blood oranges, and cassis whose flavors linger on its impressively long finish.
The score, on a range and in parentheses, indicates that the wine was tasted from barrel.
Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel (202) 832-9083.