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The Pommard Rugiens 1962 from Henri Boillot is a quite fantastic old wine. The bouquet is slighly shy and aloof offering red fruit - mainly raspberries - and a quite powerfull minerality. On the palate a beautiful juicy fruit, crisp acidity with layers of complexity. The fruit is offering notes of …
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The Clos de Tart 1990 is now fully mature ... but still a somewhat rustic and big wine. In the bouquet fine slightly rustic red fruit with notes of raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, tobacco and leather. It's not 100% pure as it starts out with some rustic cheasy notes ... this do however …
The Clos Goilotte 2001 from Prieure-Roch is quite mature and close to it's peak. Made from a small vineyard inside the village of Vosne Romanee this top end village wine exibits lovely Vosne spicyness and minerality. In the bouquet red fruit with sweet notes of strawberries, and gooseberries spiced …
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The Chambolle Musigny from Bichot is a very impressive effort considering the vintage. In the bouquet very charming mature red fruit with notes of strawberries, raspberries and gooseberries. Only some notes of caramel is indicating a hot year like 1976. On the palate very fruity with juicy red …
The Amoureuses 2007 from Groffier is somewhat closed at the moment. In the bouquet quite dark fruit, raspberries and some asian spices. On the palate very fruity with a fine minerality - but is lacking a bit of depth and juicyness in the fruit like many other 07s. The finish is currently a bit on …
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