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The Beaune Greves l'Enfant Jesus is a signature wine for Bouchard Pere et Fils - and the 2017 edition is perhaps the most harmonious vintage I have tasted so far. The nose is vivid and expressive - classic Beaune - with a fine fruit and a nice and suitable impression of oak. On the palate elegant …
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The Vosne-Romanee La Combe Brulee 2012 is still fairly closed with a quite tense and tight nose of elderberries. In a sense classic Bruno Clavelier - it's simply just too early and still one can feel a lovely potential. I'm sure this wine will unfold beautifully in 5 years or perhaps even less - it …
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It appears that 2017 have produced some lovely and charming Corton-Charlemagnes. The 2017 from Bouchard Pere et Fils is showing very well indeed - delightful vivid fruit - charming and fresh - with a lovely impression of the Charlie terroir. Perhaps lacking a bit - if compared with the 2014 - but …
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The 2016 Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux is the first wine from Arnaud et Sofie - Arnaud Sirugue and his wife Sofie Noëllat. This is a truly delightful effort and rising qualiy wise somewhat above the fine 2017. It's offering a lovely depth and a very fine mineral note - delightful fruit intensity. This …
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The Berthaut-Gerbet estate is today a large and very exiting producer, covering the vineyards of the former parental estates Domaine Denis Berthaut and Domaine Gerbet. There is however an additional part adding a few vineyards en fermage/en métayage to the Berthaut-Gerbet estate. One is the …
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