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Domaine de Bellene the new brand of Nicolas Potel. The combination og Les Suchots and 2009 should not be ideal, both lacking the freshness. This is however a good to very good wine, with quite a good balance. On the palate the wine was showing very well, while the bouquet was a little bit …
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I don't have much experience with the wines from Domaine Valette, but I must say the Pouilly-Fuisse Tradition 2006 was a great pleasure. This is the most impressive Macon wine I have tasted. Typical organic style, very focused and intense, as a minimum of SO2 have been used. Good length and medium …
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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 …
The 2002 Echezeaux offers a very nice bouquet of red fruits and minerality. Both the palate and the nose has quite a organic style, a very enjoyalble and charming wine. The fruit is typical 2002 - very intense with very sophisticated ripe tannins - the quality I admire in this vintage. Very good …
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My first wine from Nicolas Potel's new project - Domaine de Bellene. Not a big wine, but good length and balance. The palate was maybe on the commercial side, but still a pleasure. The bouquet was a bit disintegrated with a dominant vanilla note. Above average. (2011 - 2017) 81p …
[Read more...] about Domaine de Bellene (Potel) Cote de Nuit Village 2009
