The Richebourg 2000 from Anne Gros is now wonderfully matured and showing the virtues of both the Richebourg vineyard and the 2000 vintage. The bouquet is crammed with Vosne spices and stony minerality - very expressive with a lovely sweet and charming fruit. The palate offer intense midpalate …
Burgundy
J.-F. Coche-Dury, Meursault Les Rougeots 2004
The Meursault Les Rougeots 2004 from Coche-Dury is one of the very best white village wines I have ever tasted. The bouquet is lovely balanced with the classic Coche notes - popcorn and gun powder - a lovely ripe and matured yellow fruit with hints of acacia and hazelnuts - and last but not least a …
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Domaine Ramonet, Montrachet 2008
The Montrachet 2008 from Ramonet is one of the best white Burgundies I have ever tasted. The bouquet is very expressive with orchard fruits - acacia, pear and melon - spiced with hints of citrus and a very intense stony minerality. The palate is impressively harmonious with layers upon layers of …
Visit at Domaine de la Romanee-Conti – March 2013
I have recently worked on some articles about the great terroirs - starting with …
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Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Romanee-Conti 2011
The Romanee-Conti 2011 is a zen like statement for the 2011 vintage. The bouquet offer deep and intense quite dark pinot fruit, with notes of rose petals, cinnamon and violets. It's currently quite discrete - but very intense with a filigree complexity of airy transparent fruit. The palate show very …
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