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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Richebourg 1999 is a very intense and dark wine, with loads and loads of fully mature pinot fruit. It's a very powerfull and direct Burgundy, from the rich 1999 vintage. Tasted against the Richebourg 1999 from Meo Camuzet, it did very well, being bigger, better and more complex - by a fair …
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La Tache 1959 is a big, masculine, robust and slighly rustic wine. I must say I prefered the 1971 to the 1959, but were on the same level. Very fine complexity and a lot of nuances asian spices and fresh pinot fruit. The 1959 has great depth and length, while lacking the elegance and sheer …
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La Tache 1957 is a delicate and mature wine. Fine mature fruit in the bouquet, and sweet delicate mature fruit on the palate - still vibrant and fresh (tasted in 1994). Medium body, and not a big wine, it still have the wonderfull La Tache minerality and complexity. Slightly over the hill in 1994 - …
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La Tache 1978 is a very sexy and sweet quite old style Burgundy. On the nose it's dominated by orange and orange peel, with a sweet, mature and wonderful pinot fruit. It's a rich wine, with a very fine complexty - it's intense rather than fresh in the fruit. Is fully mature, and will problably not …
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La Tache 1985 was quite disappointing. Very nice pure and ripe pinot fruit, and some minerality, but it seem to lack the struture and the finesse of a great wine. Medium length and complexity, far from matching the level of 1990 La Tache, should be better in a year like 1985. Still it's a fine wine! …
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