The Krug Vintage 1979 needs your love and care! Straight from the bottle the nose is quite closed with some .. less attractive oxidative notes. But given time in the glass it develops into a wonderful mature champagne. In the bouquet notes of apricot, bread and almonds. On the palate the classic …
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Comte de Vogue, Bourgogne Blanc 2003
The bourgogne blanc from Vogue is made from young vines on the grand cru vineyard Musigny. The 2003 version is showing some mature notes in the big and fruity bouquet. Quite exotic notes like peach are a clear indication of the very hot conditions in 2003. On the palate it's a bit unfocused with low …
Jean Grivot, Echezeaux 2008
The Echezeaux 2008 from Grivot is closing down. The bouquet is a rather dark expression of pinot fruit, without the red notes and minerality one find in many 2008 reds. On the palate also rather dark, with quite good concentration and length. Maybe a bit to much extraction ... but otherwise very …
Joseph Roty, Charmes Chambertin 2001
The Charmes Chambertin 2001 from Roty is a big old school Burgundy. Quite mature bouquet with wonderful sweet aromas of pinot fruit. A bit rustic but also showing fine complexity with hints of forest bed. This is really a big wine, good length sweet aromas and a very firm structure behind the ripe …
Meo Camuzet, Nuit Saint Georges Aux Boudots 2002
The Boudots 02 from Meo is a very nice wine. The bouquet is showing some sweet mature notes, but otherwise it's quite youthful with ripe sweet pinot aromas. On the palate - same story - fine lenght with a good structure - drinkng very well. The oak is well integrated in the wonderful ripe pinot …
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