Michel Magnien Clos Saint Denis Grand Cru 2021 Northern Rhone While this may change given

While this may change given that these are barrel samples but based on the two that I tasted

espresso and grilled herbs flesh out on the huge finish

There is excellent power and punch to the large-scaled flavors that are a combination of power and refinement while being blessed with an abundance of sappy dry extract that imparts a seductive quality to the mouth coating

I clearly underrated the 1994 from my earliest barrel tastings

serious and overtly powerful big-bodied and imposingly scaled flavors that also possess seemingly unlimited reserves of palate coating dry extract that impart a velvety texture but also buffer the very firm tannins on the massively persistent finish

Michel Magnien Clos Saint Denis Grand Cru 2021 Northern Rhone While this may change given