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The Clavoillon 2008 from Leflaive is a fine effort. Very focused bouqet with good minerality and some citrus notes. On the palate quite dense for a 2008, but with a very fine acidity. Good balance and length, with some minerality. Clavoillon is not the most complex terroir, but the combination with …
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Best wine of the evening - Chevalier Montrachet from Leflaive. The bouquet is still very tight and youthful. Notes of gun powder and a strong minerality. The palate slighly more developed, with a huge minerality and great length. Very focused and balanced ... but only showing a small part of the …
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The impression from Daviot Perrins Meursault Perrrieres 04 is a bit mixed. The bouquet is young and fresh with gun powder and a fine minerlity. On the palate somewhat more developed, but good structure and length. The wine is however not 100% pure, as Perrin's wines normally are. Lacking a bit of …
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Les Pucelles 2000 from Domaine Leflaive is a very charming wine. Two bottles were served, on from a very cold cellar, and one from a slightly warmer cellar. Both were quite open and mature, with a wonderful charming personality. It's quite a soft vintage, but still this wine has a good minerality …
The 1999 Meursault Charmes from Lafon was premoxed - like quite a lot of the wines from this domaine. I have had at least 5 premoxed wines from Lafon this year from the vintages 1999 and 2001. Sadly it seems one need a chilled bottle as backup while serving Lafon these days. Tasted 09/09/2011 …
