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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Romanee-Conti 2011 is a zen like statement for the 2011 vintage. The bouquet offer deep and intense quite dark pinot fruit, with notes of rose petals, cinnamon and violets. It's currently quite discrete - but very intense with a filigree complexity of airy transparent fruit. The palate show very …
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The La Tache 2011 is a full level up from the Richebourg and RSV from Domine de la Romnee-Conti. The bouquet is very refined and complex - but also more discrete than the flamboyant Richebourg. The nose offer red berry fruit - with notes of red coulis, pomegranate violets and a hint of peony rose. …
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The Richebourg 2011 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a expressive firework of Vosne spices and minerality. The bouquet is currently very extrovert with refined cool red and black fruits - notes of violets, allspice and peony rose. The palate offer powerful and muscular fresh fruit - based on a …
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The Romanee-Saint-Vivant 2011 from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti is a refined and classic RSV. The nose is currently quite floral, and offer lovely crisp red berry fruit - elegant, energetic and very pure. The palate offer lovely purity and focus - very refined with it's transparent medium weight …
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The Dujac Gevrey Combottes 2006 is still quite dark and backward. The nose is offering dark ripe fruit, red and blue berries with some quite dense and sweet notes spiced by liquorice. On the palate dense red fruit with a good tannic balance. Quite undeveloped for a 06 - with the palate still showing …
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