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The 2006 Musigny Vieilles Vignes from Comte de Vogue is surprisingly open and accessible. In the bouquet cherries, raspberries with hints of red current, violets and rose petals. Offering lovely complexity and is beautifully focused by the fine minerality. On the palate very airy and openly knit …
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The Musigny 2011 from Vogue is now showing it's true colors. In the bouquet fine red fruit, with notes of strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate - spiced with hints of peony rose and cinnamon. On the palate more power and weigth than the Bonnes Mares with layers of fruit and minerality. The fruit is …
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The Chambertin Grand Cru 2011 from Rousseau is a full level up in quality from the Clos de Beze. In the bouquet a refined expression of pinot fruit, terroir and oak - notes of strawberries, forest berries, pomegarnate. The oak is already quite well integrated in the nose and supporting the complex …
[Read more...] about Domaine Armand Rousseau, Chambertin 2011
The Chambertin Clos de Beze 2011 is the most backward wine of the Rousseau lineup - but no doubt well worth waiting for. In the bouquet toasted oak, fine minerality combined with a lovely dark jelly fruit with elements of strawberries, dark cherries, dark forest berries and liquorice. On the palate …
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The 2010 Bonnes Mares from Vogue is a real beauty and one of Vogue's very best efforts from this vineyard. In the bouquet a deeper, more complex and somewhat darker aromatic profile than the Chambolle 1er cru. Delicate red fruit and a very impressive minerality for this vineyard - notes of …
