The La Lagune 2000 is a classic quite old school Bordeaux. In bouquet cassis, pencil shavings with some hints of liquorice and cedar. On the palate fine juicy fruit with good support from the ripe tannins. It's very well balanced but relatively light and somewhat short. Not a very complex wine, but …
Morey-Pacault Fils, Corton Renardes 1969
The Corton Renardes 1969 from Morey-Pacault Fils is a typical old style Corton. In the bouquet fine red fruit - cherries, cherry stones - with a slight chemical hint of non sweet amarena cherries. On the palate pure and precise red fruit, quite juicy but slightly austere. The acidity is quite crisp …
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Domaine Antoine Jobard, Meursault Genevrieres 2005
The Meursault Genevrieres 2005 from Francois and Antoine Jobard is still very youthful. In the bouquet slightly closed with notes of yellow fruit - apple and pear - hints of newly chopped hazelnuts and a beautiful minerality. On the palate a impressive fruit concentration and a very fine acidity for …
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Domaine Antoine Jobard, Meursault Genevrieres 2008
The Meursault Genevrieres 2008 from Antoine Jobard is very open and almost jumping out the glass. In the bouquet still some exotic orchard fruits - mango, white peach and pear. The nose also offers a excellent minerality, slight hints of matchstick and oak. On the palate lovely acidity and a …
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Chateau Lamothe-Cissac 2000
The 2000 Lamothe-Cissac is a good mature wine. In the nose classic mature claret notes liquorice, penzil, leather, meat, cassis and cedar. On the palate rich quite silky openly knit fruit, a good backbone of acidity and classical Bordeaux tannins. A very nice wine at this level, but is somehow …