Dominique Laurent 2008/2009 Chambolle-Musigny "Charmes" 1er Cru 750ml

Aeration helped work-off some reductive reticence and smokiness from the two barrels of Laurent 2008 Chambolle-Musigny Charmes Vieilles Vignes, which display roasted mocha-coffee richness not entirely reconciled to a vintage-typical tartness of dark berries. A soy-like streak serves for saliva-inducing savor that carries into an impressively persistent finish, in which some roughness of tannin is evident.