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The Nicolas Faure Bourgogne Les Argillieres 2014 is a gorgeous wine ... third time I taste this wine .. and it's one of the best Bourgogne rouges I have ever tasted. The nose is offering organic fruit very floral - whole cluster and relatively low SO2. It's bursting with red and dark forest …
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A retaste of the 2014 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Herbues from Nicolas Faure in Copenhagen .. even better than in June. The bouquet offer a symphony of red and darker forest berries - very detailed berry notes backed by a nice mineral note. On the palate lovely juicy fruit - intense, detailed and …
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One rarely taste four evenly matched grand crus from the top end on a saturday afternoon. This was nevertheles the case today when Clos de Tart, Bonnes Mares from Vogüé and Roumier were opened with the Chambertin from Trapet. All wines were from the 2013 vintage .. young - surprisingly open and …
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The Tessier Genevrieres 2013 is a very refined and pure effort for the vintage. The nose offer deep and crisp white fruit with fine rather delicate white orchard fruits and flowers all brought forward by a filigree and quite powerful minerality. The oak seems very well intregrated. On the palate …
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Due to the low yields caused by frost damage in April there will be no 2016 Montrachet from six owners of Montrachet. They will instead make one cuvée together - two casks equivalent to 600 bottles. It's the estates Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Comte Lafon, Domaine Leflaive, Guy Amiot, Lamy …
