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The NSG Lavieres 2012 is quite expressive but showing a slight reduction. In the nose lovely red berry fruit spiced with a nice minerality and oak - hints of coffee. On the palate it offers quite weighty fruit - good concentration for this level - very juicy and with a good focusing minerality. A …
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The Vosne Romanee village Hauts de Beaux Monts 2009 from Bruno Clavelier is showing quite well. In the nose red and dark berry with notes of cherries, blueberries, raspberries and a quite strong scent of elderflowers and elderberries - spiced with a stony minerality from the fine village terroir. On …
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The Vosne Romanee village 2008 from Meo is slightly closed - but still quite accessible. In the nose red berry fruit .. liquorice ... hint of tar in the finish. On the palate quite rich dark fruit - a bit dense and slightly extracted for the vintage. Lovely balance between the fruit and the quite …
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The Gevrey Coeur du Roy is starting to show some matuing notes. In the nose quite sweet red notes ... strawberries, the classic Dugat-Py raspberries - but also hints of tar and prunes. On the palate sweet red fruit notes in a quite strong tannic framework. It's quite focused and muscular for a …
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The combination of the 1993 vintage and the vinification style of Bernard Dugat-Py in the mid 90s could potentially go very wrong - but somehow it doesn't. The Petite-Chapelle 93 offer quite fresh raspberry fruit, a earthy minerality, notes of tar and even slight hints of forest floor. The nose is …
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