A beautifully layered and distinctly cool nose offers up notes of violet, red and dark currant and freshly turned earth. There is a lovely sense of vibrancy to the well-delineated middle weight flavors that are noticeably less concentrated (though by no means dilute) than the other Gevrey 1ers while offering good length on the balanced and much more harmonious finale. A classic Craipillot of grace but not power.