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The Beaune Saint Landry is quite a step up in quality and focus. The monopole vineyard is located above and just south of Beaune. The bouquet offer cool variations of white and yellow fruits .. fresh and quite filigree. On The palate rich yet airy fruit ... very refined and delicate for a white …
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The Beaune du Chateau is a step up in quality from Les Clous. It's a blend of four 1er cru Beaune vineyards .. Aigrots, Tuvilains, Sizies and Sur Les Grevés. The nose offer a lovely mixture of cool white fruits, brought forward by a slightly earthy minerality. On the palate fine weight and depth - …
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The 1962 Cuvée Nicolas Rollin bottled by Ropiteau is still alive and kicking ... although somewhat past its peak. This example was light in color, and with a fill level around 6 cm below the cork - so the expectations were not high prior to pulling the cork. Beaune wines does however keep very well …
[Read more...] about Ropiteau Frerés, Beaune Cuvée Nicolas Rollin 1962
The Louis Jadot Beaune Les Avaux 1999 is showing beautifully but is still 10 years away from full maturity - the 1999s really needs time. In the bouquet cherries, amaretto cherries, sous-bois + a deep quite earthy minerality. On the palate rich ... quite velvet yet airy ... with a lovely earthy …
[Read more...] about Maison Louis Jadot, Beaune Les Avaux 1999
This is a very rare bird ... a Beaune Les Bressandes Blanc. It's made by Frederic Cossard and presumably from a plot in the village part of the vineyard i.e. the northern end of Les Bressandes just on the border to Beaune L'Ecu. The bouquet offer a lovely pure and quite exotic fruit .. rich and …
[Read more...] about Frederic Cossard, Beaune Les Bressandes Blanc 2014
