Finally the Corton Greves offer a darker and more substantial and concentrated expression of Corton, but nevertheless also very charming and expressive. This is a bigger wine than the Corton La Vigne au Saint - it's deeper with a very generous and intense layered mid-palate fruit. It's very long, …
Very Fine+ (94 - 95)
Domaine Arlaud, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015
One of the highlights of the lineup is however the Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015 - a truly spirited and vibrantly energetic wine. The bouquet is an explosion of red fresh fruit - red currant, strawberries and pomegranate. On the palate strikingly vivid red fruit - core of sweet fruit and …
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Domaine Dujac, Echezeaux 2015
The Echezeaux is more forward and expressive than the more backward and densely structured Malconsorts. The nose is bursting with red and dark fruit .. brought forward by a vibrant minerality offering some lovly spicy notes. On the palate quite cool and with a zappy mid-palate fruit .. energetic …
Domaine Dujac, Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts 2015
The Malconsorts is a big step up from the Beaux Monts ... with its combination of power and refinement. The bouquet is quite restrained - as most Malconsorts tend to be at this stage - but one sense the additional weight and depth in the layered fruit. On the palate intense and weighty fruit - it's …
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Domaine Dujac, Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 2015
The Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes is one of the highlights in the 2015 lineup. This wine is coming from a cool terroir below the Monts Luisants hill. This is a brilliant wine and clearly the best Aux Combottes I have tasted from Dujac so far .. and I have followed this wine for two decades of …
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