The 1986 Suduiraut has a quite undeveloped color compared to the 1989 and 1990 from the same producer. The bouquet is however quite devleoped with marzipan and acetone notes. On the palate quite moderate sweetness a good acidity and focus. Slightly high on the alcohol, but still fresh with good …
J.-F. Coche-Dury, Meursault 2008
The 2008 white burgundies are very extrovert and charming, but it seems they are closing slightly down now. The 2008 Meursault from Coche Dury is a really flamboyant and bold wine. On the nose a fine minerality, fresh vibrant acidity, hay, and a slight note of popcorn and gun powder. On the palate …
Sips and Samples #6 – Madeira Galore
I'm not a Madeira expert, and I rarely drink Madeira of high quality. This weeks tasting was however very special, as we had several very good and very old Madeiras on the tasting program. We had a total of six Madeiras, 5 was bottled before world war 2 by the Danish importer Schalburg, the last …
Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne Romanee 2009
Both the 2007 and 2008 Meo-Camuzet wines seems to represent a change to a more organic and approachable style. The 2009 Vosne-Romanee is another step in this direction, a very fresh and vibrant wine in a year with quite dense and heavy fruit. In the nose red fruits, raspberries, a hint of …
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Domaine Dujac, Chambolle Musigny 2009
The 2009 Chambolle Musigny Village from Dujac is a quite powerfull and dense wine, like many other 2009 wines. In the nose raspberries and some darker fruit notes are dominating, while there are some minerality present too. On the palate also quite dark fruit aromas, a fine minerality, good length …