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It is rare to taste a Chassagene Dent de Chien - as this magnificent vineyard above the Montrachet Grand Cru is very small. One of the producers is Domaine Morey-Coffinet ... and when I visited the estate I had the pleasure of tasting the 2005 version of the Dent de Chien - what a treat. The nose is …
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Readers know that I'm not a great fan of the 2012 whites - it's not a poor vintage by any standards - I do however feel they lack a bit of energy compared with the 2010 and 2014 vintages. This is not the case with the Blanchots Dessus from Domaine Morey-Coffinet - a tremendously vibrant glass for …
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The village of Chassagne-Montrachet offer a large range of fine producers - many producing high quality whites - but Domaine Morey-Coffinet seem to take the wines to a higher level than most in my view. Domaine Morey-Coffinet is managed by the very competent and friendly Thibault Morey who …
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The Chassagne-Montrachet Les Grandes Ruchottes 2014 from Paul Pillot is a delightfully crisp 1er cru. The nose is cool and crystaline offering tremendous transparency og purity - with delicate white fruit and a cruchy minerality. On the palate lovely citrus infused fruit - fine mierality - starting …
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The Chassagne Les Cailleret from Paul Pillot was sadly premoxed rather badly. Really a sad as the remaining contours of the wine indicate that this is a very fine effort - if i top form (Drink from ?) - Not Rated - (NR) Tasted 18/04/2017 …
[Read more...] about Domaine Paul Pillot, Chassagne-Montrachet Cailleret 2010
