The Chanson 1957 Chambertin Clos de Beze is fully mature, and has been so for some time. The nose is still fresh with quite some fruit, sous-bois and roasted coffee. On the palate lovely balance and still with a rather lovely mature fruit - doing very well for the vintage indeed - rather impressive …
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Caves des Batistines, Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge 1957
1957 is not one of the greatest years - but fine wines were made - although many are now starting to fade. This Chassagne is however quite fresh and still a wine for drinking. The nose offer fully matured pinot notes .. dark cherries, amaretto cherries, boysenberries, roasted coffee and sous-bois. …
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Inglenook Pinot Noir 1957
This was a great surprise at a tasting - served blind. Still quite fresh on the palate with quite a vibrant fruit, and a lovely mature nose. Does not offer a lot of complexity, and is not a big or a large scaled wine, but a very nice smaller mature Burgundy - NOT!. Two friends from Domaines in …
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, La Tache 1957
La Tache 1957 is a delicate and mature wine. Fine mature fruit in the bouquet, and sweet delicate mature fruit on the palate - still vibrant and fresh (tasted in 1994). Medium body, and not a big wine, it still have the wonderfull La Tache minerality and complexity. Slightly over the hill in 1994 - …
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