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The Chambolle Musigny 2008 village from Philippe Pacalet is a crisp and zappy wine. In the nose cherries, raspberries, sous bois and a hint of gooseberries. On the palate cool and energetic red fruit, good concentration and length. It's very balanced with a quite long and intense finish focused by …
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The Chambolle-Muigny 1999 from Domaine Dujac is slowly but surely starting to show matured notes. The bouquet is still somewhat closed with dark and red fruit and a slightly austere hint of tar. After some time in the glass the red fruit starts to take over with notes of strawberries and sous-bois. …
The Chambolle Musigny Les Combottes 2005 from Georges Roumier is still very young and backward. In the bouquet dark fruits - notes of prune, cassis and raspberries. On the palate it's very dense, fleshy and powerful. The fruit expression is currently muscular and slightly stewed - lacking some …
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The Chambolle Musigny 2007 from Pacalet is very open and ready to rock. The nose is bursting with red organic fruit and sous-bois - notes of sweet strawberries and forrest berries with a light hint of red current and violets. On the palate a very extrovert fruit expression of sweet red strawberries. …
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The Bonnes Mares 1998 from Domaine Dujac is a big but somewhat monolithic wine. In the bouquet tightly knit red fruit - with notes of red forrest berries, plum and vanilla. On the palate quite intense tight fruit with a big and muscular structure. It's still seems unevolved and a bit one …
