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The Leroy - Leroy d'Auvernay Bourgogne 1971 is a quite extraordinary wine. The bouquet is very delicate with a fantastic complexity for this level - notes of orange, coffee, sous-bois, truffle and truffle peel. On the palate mature red pinot fruit - very fresh and juicy given the age. It's quite …
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Domaine Serafin made some very fine Gevreys in 1999 - and the Cazetiers is one of the very best in the lineup - most likely only surpassed by the great Charmes Chambertin. The Cazetiers 1999 is still quite youthful but starting to show some matured notes. In the bouquet rich red berry fruit with a …
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The Mazis Chambertin 2000 from Dugat-Py is still surprisingly youthful and fresh. In the bouquet ripe and deep red berry fruit with fresh notes of raspberries - spiced with truffles and a lovely earthy minerlity. On the palate layers of deep and intense red fruit - complex, rich and quite dense. …
The 2002 Gevrey Chambertin Petite Chapelle from Dugat-P is still young and quite vibrant. In the nose fresh raspberry notes ... beginning to have more complex hints of truffle and sous-bois. On the palate fresh and juicy raspberry fruit ... fine length with a quite intense earthy minerality in the …
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The combination of the 1993 vintage and the vinification style of Bernard Dugat-Py in the mid 90s could potentially go very wrong - but somehow it doesn't. The Petite-Chapelle 93 offer quite fresh raspberry fruit, a earthy minerality, notes of tar and even slight hints of forest floor. The nose is …
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