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 …
Burgundy white
Comte Lafon, Meursault Charmes 1999
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 …
Louis Jadot, Batard Montrachet 1995
The Batard-Montrachet 1995 is a wonderful mature white Burgundy. Very fine mature notes in the bouquet, still fresh but quite mature. On the palate very good minerality, great length and freshness, a very well balanced wine. A very fine core of ripe chardonnay fruit completes this very fine white …
Domaine Dujac, Morey Saint Denis Blanc 2002
The Morey Saint Denis Blanc 2002 from Dujac offer fine drinkability. The Bouquet is quite discrete, with only a few mature notes. Very well balanced and good harmony. Not a very complex minerality, but still a well structured wine, with a medium body and a fine core of ripe fruit. Will keep and …
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Domaine Ramonet, Chassagne Montrachet Morgeot 2008
The Morgeot 2008 has a very charming but also discrete bouquet. Good minerality and a fine core of ripe fruit. On the palate very fine and ripe acidity, a wonderfull balance and harmony. Very good length with a good quite solid core of fruit. The fruit is balanced by a fine minerality and a ripe …
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