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The Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru is a step up in intensity. In the nose lovely sweet pinot fruit, with notes of red and dark cherries - spiced with a beutiful minerality, cinnamon and a hint of white pepper. On the palate layers of lovely organic fruit - but also a classic muscular NSG terroir …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges village 2012 is a step up in concentration. In the nose lovely sweet pinot fruit, with notes of red and dark cherries and raspberries - spiced up with cinnamon and a hint of white pepper. On the palate more muscular and rustic than the Chambolle village, showing true …
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The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2011 is a lovely combination of Pacalets organic style and the robust Nuits-Saint-Georges terroir. In the bouquet redberry fruit - rapsberries, blueberries - with a slight hint of liquorice. The palate is blessed with a rich red berry fruit - layers of strawberries, …
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The 2002 Aux Boudots from Meo-Camuzet is somehow slightly disappointing. In the bouquet dark berry fruit, raspberries, liquorice and oak with the alcohol slightly forward in the nose. On the palate layers of quite dense and rather dark fruit - still quite restrained by the oak in this otherwise …
[Read more...] about Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 2002
It seems like I have underestimated the Gevrey Chambertin VV from Dupont-Tisserandot when I tasted it from cask back in October 2012. This is a gorgeous village - the bouquet is crammed with cool red fruit - cherries, pomegranate with hints of ruhbarb and gooseberries - and a lovely earthy …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dupont-Tisserandot, Gevrey Chambertin VV 2011
