The Corton-Bressandes 2009 from Domaine Poisot is a true Corton - powerful and serious - but not without charm. The bouquet offer quite complex red berry notes - cherries and forest berries. The fruit is quite expressive sweet and pure. On the palate fine concentration and weight, but with a …
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Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Clos Saint Jean 2010
The Chassagne Clos Saint Jean 2010 from Paul Pillot is a pure, crisp and lovely wine. In the bouquet white flowers, pear and melon - spiced with a finely grained stony minerality. On the palate it's very focused with a quite lightfooted impression. It's very refined and racy, with a cool pure fruit, …
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Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet 2010
The Batard-Montrachet from Domaine Leflaive is slightly closed - but nevertheless showing it's greatness. In the bouquet ripe and cool fruit - notes of orchard fruits - peach, pear, acacia, with a intense stony minerality and a twist of citrus zest. The nose is quite discrete, refined and very …
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Domaine Ramonet, Chassagne Montrachet Rouge 2010
I rarely drink red Chassagne - why? - I love a good red Chassagne-Montrachet but still they tend to get somewhat overlooked. The red Chassagnes often offers a lot of pinot pleasure - with a lovely expressive and charming fruit and a fine minerality. The generic Chassagne village 2010 from Ramonet is …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Colombiere 2004
The 2004 Vosne-Romanee La Colombiere from Liger-Belair is showing matured notes. The bouquet is open and charming with quite intense red fruit aromas - red and dark cherries, a hint of strawberries and raspberries - and a beautiful whiff of rose petals and Vosne spices. After some air the fruit on …
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