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2005 Chateau Beau-Soleil
(France / Bordeaux / Pomerol)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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| COMMENTS: |
This wine has a bright brown red colour with a light tinge. It has a strong smoky smell and a licorice and vanilla nose. We smell a slight of mushroom aroma. In mouth, this medium-bodied wine has an acid attack. We feel taste of butter and of smoke and mushroom at the finish. There is a licorice after taste. It has light tannins, which don't stay a long in mouth.
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2009 Jean-Marc Brocard
- Domaine Ste Claire
(France / Burgundy / Chablis / Petit Chablis)
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ALCOHOL: 12.0%
RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This wine has a pale yellow colour. It's a dry and not fruity wine. It hasn't a very expressive odour, but we can smell a blend of lemon, grapefruit and minerality aromas. This wine is smooth but we feel acidity in its attack. It isn't agressive and we feel dryness as we expect. It has a good length. It is very fresh and will be ideal with oysters.
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2008 Corinne & Thierry DROUIN
(France / Burgundy / Maconnais)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This wine has expressive pleasant smells of caramel and dry apricot. It's a medium-bodied wine with a round and supple attack. This fresh good balanced wine is good balanced. We feel vanilla taste, and it is flowerfull in the whole mouth. Its finish is long and pleasant.
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2009 Christine & Joel Menard
(France / Loire Valley / Anjour-Saumur / Coteaux du Layon)
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ALCOHOL: 11.5%
RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Golden.
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| AROMA: |
Jam.
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| FLAVOR: |
Honey.
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PROFILE: |
Sweet.
Balanced.
Rich
Body.
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This brillant wine has a rich golden color. This wine has an expressive smell of honey. This wine has a sweet attack and finish with sourness and bitterness with a long taste in mouth, moreover, this wine is strog bodied. This wine has a good balance between sweetness and acidity. It's a mpedium sweet wine.
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2005 William Fevre
(France / Burgundy / Chablis)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This brillant yellow wine has a really interesting colour. The nose has malo-lactic notes but, you can easily smell lemon aroma after a little bit of aeration. In mouth, this levely wine has a disapointing attack with a little bit of oxydation. But it evolves on a citrus taste with a good final which coats the low palate. In a nutshell, this wine is a perfect blend between liveliness and fullness.
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2008 Valdivieso
Chardonnay
(Chile)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Clear Yellow.
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| AROMA: |
Vanilla. Butter.
malolactic fermentation.
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| FLAVOR: |
malolactic fermentation.
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PROFILE: |
Balanced.
Medium
Body.
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This pale yellow wine has smells of butter, vanillia and a strong flovour of malolactic fermentation. This wine has a lively attack and present a good balance between freshness and fullness. It's an easy to drink wine but all the sensation are in the front part of the pallet.
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2008 Pavillon de Taillefer
- St Emilion grand crue
(France / Bordeaux / St-Emilion)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This bright cherry red wine has a really deep and complex nose. You can expect that you will taste a fruity wine. The mouth begin with a round attack and it becomes full in the mouth with a well balanced intensity. The final is really nice and not sharp. Well done.
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2005 Delon
- Clos du Marquis
(France / Bordeaux / St-Julien)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This red wine, composed of merlot and cabernet sauvignon, has a nice red, with brick tinge, colour. We can smell vanilla, oak and cherry aromas. The mouth begin with a roasted bread attack. The wine is really tannic but it has an exceptionnal length with an interesting structure due to the amount of tanins.
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2005 Chateau Beau-Soleil
(France / Bordeaux / Pomerol)
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RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This full Merlot wine has a wonderful cherry red colour with a light tinge. The nose reveals notes of vanilla and mushrooms. We can also smell smoky aromas. The attack is quite supple and evolves on a medium and gentle smoky finish. This medium body wine can match with cheeses and roasted meats.
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2005 Domaine Faiveley
- Clos des Myglands
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1er Cru
(France / Burgundy)
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ALCOHOL: 13.0%
RATED: 05/12/2011 |
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This clear wine has a light ruby colour. The nose has an interesting peper and cherry aromas. You can also smell subtle oaky notes. The mouth begin with a strong lively attack with a strong acidity. But, it evolves into a velvety and rich mouthfeel. The finish is really fruity.
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2005 Delon
- Clos du Marquis
(France / Bordeaux / St-Julien)
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RATED: 05/11/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Tile Red.
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| AROMA: |
Vanilla. Oak.
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| FLAVOR: |
Oak.
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PROFILE: |
Balanced.
Rich
Body.
Heavy
Tannin.
Long
Finish.
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This wine was very good. I realy love its oaky flavour. This wine has a supple attack, then we found the tannic and the acidity of it. This wine is long in mouth with oaky and smoky flavours. It has a good balance between supleness and acidity at the begining. At the end we feel the tannins very lngtime after tasting.
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| SCORE: 93
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| BY: Rodolphe
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| DRINK:
In 5-10 years |
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2009 Turkeim
Gewurztraminer
(France / Alsace / Alsace Grand Cru)
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RATED: 05/11/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Clear Yellow.
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| AROMA: |
Violets. Licorice. Rose Petals. Pepper.
Lichi.
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Licorice. Rose Petals.
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PROFILE: |
Balanced.
Medium
Body.
Medium
Finish.
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This is a realy great fruity white wine. It has a supple attack, then we feel a refreshing sensation. We feel a fruity explosion during the tasting, it's a very easy to drink wine.
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2005 Domaine Faiveley
- Clos des Myglands
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1er Cru
(France / Burgundy)
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ALCOHOL: 13.0%
RATED: 05/11/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Brick Red.
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| AROMA: |
Vanilla. Oak. Cherry. Blackberry. Black Currant. Leather.
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Cherry.
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PROFILE: |
Balanced.
Medium
Body.
Heavy
Tannin.
Long
Finish.
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This is a great wine. It has pleasant fruity smells like cherry, black currant and berries. It has also a strong scent of vanilla, oak and leather. In mouth, this wine has a strong lively attack, then it evolve to a round, supple mouthful. Secondly, this wine has a taste of smoked oak and lot tanins at the end. This wine has also fruity flavours.
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2005 Chateau Beau-Soleil
(France / Bordeaux / Pomerol)
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RATED: 05/10/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Red Purple.
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| AROMA: |
Vanilla. Smoky.
Mushroom.
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| FLAVOR: |
Oak. Butter.
Mushroom.
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PROFILE: |
Crisp Acidity.
Unbalanced.
Medium Voluminous
Body.
Moderate
Tannin.
Medium
Finish.
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This old wine has a ruby/cherry red color with a light tinge because of its age. He has an expressive vanilla nose, with a light smoky smell and a slight mushroom aroma.
This medium body wine has a crispy attack (because of its age: 6 years), a slight pleasant velvety evolution in the mouth, with taste of butter, oak with a mushroom smoky finish. He has a tannic finish but not for a long time.
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2005 Thierry Rustmann
(France / Bordeaux / Pomerol)
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ALCOHOL: 14.0%
RATED: 05/10/2011 |
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This bright ruby cherry color Pomerol has a light tinge. This wine has a pleasant smoky smell, a strong expressive vanilla nose and a slight pleasant mushromm aroma.
This medium body wine has an acid attack with a long finish. It has an oaky flavor with a mushromm smoky end. Pleasant velvety sensation at the end.
This good Bordeaux is perfect with cheese.
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2005 Domaine Faiveley
- Clos des Myglands
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1er Cru
(France / Burgundy)
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ALCOHOL: 13.0%
RATED: 05/10/2011 |
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This Pinot Noir has a brick red color, with an orange tinge. This wine had a pleasant smell of red fruits (cherry, berry, and blackcurrant), scents of vanilla and honey. It has nice flowery aroma.
In mouth, this nice light cherry flavor wine has a strong lively attack, it evolve into round and supple mouthfeel. Secondly, this medium body wine have a smoke oak flavor.
This Mercurey is perfect with game or duck.
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2009 Coteau du layon
- Domaine des Sablonettes
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AOC
(France / Loire Valley / Anjour-Saumur)
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RATED: 05/09/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Golden.
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| AROMA: |
Orange. Honey. Fig.
jam.
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| FLAVOR: |
Pear. Honey.
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Sweet.
Balanced.
Viscous
Mouthfeel.
Medium
Body.
Moderate
Tannin.
Long
Finish.
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It's a soft wine with a fruity and a sweet attack. The taste is balanced between suppleness, roundness and velvetyness. It's a light wine but much complexe. The acidity balances the fruityness. The taste is long in the mouth. This wine is quite easy to drink
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2009 Chablisienne
Chardonnay
- Domaine Sainte Claire
(France)
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RATED: 05/09/2011 |
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color: This brillantt wine has a pale yellow color.
smell: This wine has pleasant smells of white flowers, lemon and minerality. It's a lively white wine. It's refreshing.
taste: This nice medium-bodied wine has a round attack. Then, we keep the taste a long time in the mouth
Comments: It's a good wine. In this kind of wine, the fruit sensation is quite low. This wine is a dry wine, not fruity. We expect and we feel the dryness but we don't have agressivity
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2009 Gewurztraminer
Muscat
(France / Alsace)
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RATED: 05/07/2011 |
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Color: This brilliant wine has a light pale yellow color
Smell: this wine has an expressive and pleasant smells of rose, litchi, muscat and violet
Mouth: This wonderful medium-bodied wine has a round attack and a crispy evolution. There is a balance between the liveliness and the roundness. It's a real great fruity wine, with a licorice taste. As this wine is round and supple at the beginning, we don't feel the acidity. There is a medium length at the end. We can conclude that it's a light wine, it doesn't climb up in the palate, we just feel a fruit explosion.
Comments: This wine is a simple wine, easy to drink wine. If we plug the nose, we feel acidity which is hiding by the fruity smells. Dry Gewurztraminer are delightful with curry, ethnic food in general (Thai, Indian food). They can be served with cheeses (roquefort) and dessert. In three words, this wine is supple, fruity and soft.
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2009 Christine & Joel Menard
(France / Loire Valley / Anjour-Saumur / Coteaux du Layon)
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ALCOHOL: 11.5%
RATED: 05/04/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Golden.
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| AROMA: |
Honey. Fig. Jam.
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| FLAVOR: |
Fig.
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Sweet.
Balanced.
Rich
Body.
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This sweet white wine has a rich golden yellow colour and heavy smells of quince jam, fig and honey. In mouth, this is a strong-bodied and rich wine with fig taste. It is very well balanced between the sweetness and the acidity but, at the end, bitterness can be felt.
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2008 Corinne & Thierry DROUIN
(France / Burgundy / Maconnais)
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RATED: 05/04/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Golden.
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| AROMA: |
Apricot.
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| FLAVOR: |
Vanilla. Caramel.
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Medium
Body.
Long
Finish.
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This clear white wine has a pale golden yellow tint and pleasant odours of dried fruits, especially apricot. This medium-bodied wine stays a long time in the whole mouth with fresh taste of vanilla and caramel. It is a round and supple wine, less lively but also less fruity than a Sauvignon.
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2009 Cave De Turckheim
Gewurztraminer
(France / Alsace)
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RATED: 05/04/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Clear Yellow.
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| AROMA: |
Lychee. Pineapple. Rose Petals. Pepper.
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Violets. Licorice.
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Crisp Acidity.
Medium
Finish.
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This light pale yellow coloured wine has elegant fruity and floral fragrances. It strongly smells rose and lychee but also tropical fruits and a bit of pepper. In mouth, the attack is round and supple but the wine is not very structured. It tastes violet and licorice and has a medium length finish. To conclude, this wine would be delightful with spicy dishes.
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2009 Casas Patronales
Carmenere
(Chile)
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RATED: 05/04/2011 |
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| COLOR: |
Violet.
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| AROMA: |
Dark Fruits. Oak.
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| FLAVOR: |
Oak. Licorice.
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Balanced.
Moderate
Tannin.
Medium
Finish.
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This smooth Chilean red wine has an intense purple red colour and expressive red and black fruits smells mixed with oaky fragrances. The finish is medium length and balanced, it reveals cassis, licorice and oaky tastes. It is an easy to drink wine because of the moderate tannins. To sum up it is a very pleasant wine.
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2009 Casas Patronales
Carmenere
(Chile)
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RATED: 05/02/2011 |
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This brilliant wine has a dark cherry red color with smells of forest fruits. In mouth it is a round, supple wine with no structure character. Moreover, the palate reveals cassis, tobacco, spices, oak ... and the finish is long and balanced.
To sum up it is a wine with a powerful fruity expression dominates with complex forest fruits.
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1993 Domaine Bruno Clavelier
- Aux Brulees
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1er Cru
(France / Burgundy / Cote de Nuits / Vosne-Romanee)
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RATED: 05/01/2011 |
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This wine was purchased from the domaine to celebrate a reunion of burgundy lovers who had been at university in Dijon, Burgundy in 1992-3.
Bruno Clavelier is a charming host and incredibly knowledgeable on the local geology and how it affects the wine. This one was probably produced before his time, and was struggling a bit in a blind tasting against wines that were in their prime.
The colour had aged to a rusty orange but surprisingly there was still some fruit coming through on the nose together with earthier notes. A little bit tired on the palate with very dry tannins and a strong mineral/flinty note. Lots of cassis/myrtilles still coming through.
Still pleasant to drink, but past its very significant pomp!
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