The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Dujac is one of the best wines I have tasted from this fine estate. It's now starting to show matured notes - nose is brimming with red fruits, earthy minerality and sous-bois. On the palate rich, velvet and very long - the fruit is juicy and airy. It's perfectly …
Burgundy
Philippe Pacalet, Echezeaux 2010
The Echezeaux 2010 from Philippe Pacalet is a masterpiece and perhaps the best wine from Philippe so far. The nose is a firework of red fruits - raspberries, red currant and boysenberries spiced with rose petal, cinnamon and violets. On the palate airy with tremendous length and balance. The color …
Domaine Comte de Vogüé, Chambolle Musigny 1er cru 1999
The 1999 Chambolle Musigny 1er fru from Comte de Vogue, is a lovely wine. It's semi-matured, offering red fruit and sous-bois on the nose brought forward by the classic Chambolle minerality. On the palate very good concentration with a relatively weighty red mid-palate fruit. Not as razor sharp and …
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Domaine Comte de Vogüé, Bourgogne Blanc 2001
The Bourgogne Blanc 2001 from Vogue is fully mature, offering a nice complexty. The nose show fine matrue yellow fruit, hazelnuts, slightly buttery. On the palate quite rich and weighty, with a almost creamy texture - envigorated by the fresh 2001 acidity. Not as good as the 2000 tasted recently .. …
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Domaine Comte de Vogüé, Bourgogne Blanc 2000
The Bourgogne Blanc 2000 from Vogue is quite to fully mature - but still very much alive and kicking. The nose offer almonds, pineapple and white peach - hints of hazelnuts. On the palate rich and creamy with a nice freshness. It's harmonious, sumptuous and complex. Really enjoyable ... young vines …
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