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The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses from Domaine Comte de Vogüé is exuberantly delightful . The bouquet is bursting with refined redberry fruit - delicate notes of strawberries, raspberries and pomegranate - brought forward by an expressive minerality. On the palate layers of almost silky red …
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The Richebourg 1995 from Anne Gros is quite a powerhouse .. and age 20 only just starting to show matured notes. The nose is crammed with darkberry fruit .. cassis, dark cherries, sous-bois and oriental spices. On the palate intense and weighty fruit - earthy and tightly knit with quite a lot of …
The Clos de Vougeot Vieilles Vignes 2012 from Chateau de la Tour is a very impressive effort - made from very old wines. The nose is crammed with intense quite serious red and dark fruit ... spiced with a deep earthy minerality and a healthy dose of oak. On the palate layers of weighty fruit ... …
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The Richebourg 2012 from Thibault Liger-Belair is a big and intense wine. In the bouquet - slightly closed - but with layers of red and dark berry fruit with a lovely floral element underneath the oak impression. On the palate intense fruit and minerality ... a powerful Les Richebourg with more …
The Grands Echezeaux 2012 from Georges Noellat is a magnificently refined effort - very typical for both the terroir and vintage. The bouquet is displaying layers of pure juicy red and dark berry fruit - adding significant depth compared to the lovely Echezeaux. The expression of terroir is precise …
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