BOND St Eden 2012 Cotes Du Rhone The balance of the final

The balance of the final is perfectly revealing the subtle flavour of yellow grapefruit

It's a bit more flavourful and vinous than the regular bottling of Brut Apanage

000-liter tanks and matured 40% in 225-liter oak barrels

Domaine Ponsot began their harvest in the Côte de Nuits on September 6

BOND St Eden 2012 Cotes Du Rhone The balance of the final98 Points The Wine Advocate, Robert M Parker Junior From an 11 acre vineyard just north of the Oakville corridor, the 2012 St. Eden shows gorgeous, cedary Christmas fruitcake notes, black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, spice box, earth, and almost first growth Pauillac like cassis and lead pencil shavings. Deep, full bodied, and fabulously concentrated, this stunner flirts with perfection. Slightly more evolved than the Quella or Melbury, this wine