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The Chassagne Village 2008 from Louis Carillon is a very charming wine. The bouquet is quite open, with ripe yellow fruit, fresh citrus notes - hints of grapefruit and gunpowder. The oak is well integrated in the fruit aromas. On the palate good nervy acidity but also a quite fat and ripe fruit with …
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The Meursault En La Barre 2009 from Antoine Jobard is a quite impressive effort for the vintage. The bouquet is showing a good Meursault minerality, honey and sweet ripe fruit with elements of tangerine and hints of citrus cest. On the palate good acidity for a 2009, a quite dense fruit lacking a …
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The Chassagne Les Caillerets 06 from Amiot Guy et Fils is quite typical for the vintage. In the bouquet fresh almonds, yellow fruit with tropical elements. Some minerality, but sadly the high alcohol is quite forward in the nose. On the palate quite big and heavy, with the alcohol (14%) dominating …
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The Meursault Tillets from Roulot is a very good wine for the vintage. In the nose fresh citrus aromas - grape and lemon, a fine minerality and frehsness. On the palate same picture, quite good acidity and structure, ripe yellow fruits with citrus notes in the finish. Not a big wine, but a quite …
The Puligny 09 from Leflaive is surprisingly discrete without the normal characteristics of a young Leflaive wine. In the bouquet yellow quite exotic fruits, with notes of pear and peach. Also a hint of yeast in the quite discrete nose. On the palate quite mellow, with rather soft butteri yellow …
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