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The Clos de Vougeot 2012 from Chateau de la Tour is a fine effort. The nose is showing nice intense and quite serious red and dark fruit ... spiced with a lovely earthy minerality and quite a dose of oak. On the palate layers of juicy fruit ... fine concentration .. with a nice vibrancy and a long …
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The Clos de Vougeot Vieilles Vignes 2012 from Chateau de la Tour is a very impressive effort - made from very old wines. The nose is crammed with intense quite serious red and dark fruit ... spiced with a deep earthy minerality and a healthy dose of oak. On the palate layers of weighty fruit ... …
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The Grands-Echezeaux is somehow the slightly overlooked wine in the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti lineup. It is however a magnificent wine in its own right, but is of course somewhat overshadowed by the four top reds - Richebourg, Romanee Saint-Vivant, La Tâche and Romanee-Conti. In this article I …
The Vosne Romanee Les Gaudichots 2012 from Regis Forey is a serious wine for the vintage. Made from very old wines – planted in 1930 – on the vineyard located just next to and above the mighty La Tache. The bouquet display layers of deep red fruit and a powerful minerality with intense Vosne spices …
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This is a new format on the blog ... articles where the location of the terroir of one wine is uncovered in depth and detail. First out is the Jayer-Gilles Echezeaux du Dessus, one of the relatively few single climate and single plot Echezeaux's on the market. …
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