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Clos de la Marechale 2006 from Mugnier is a very nice wine. The bouquet is semi open with fine fruity notes - dark cherries, liquorice and some oriental spices. On the palate rich dark fruit, quite dense at the moment, but with a good balance. Need time to focus the fruit, but the tannins are …
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The Chambertin 02 is one of the better efforts from Jacques Prieur. The bouquet is quite open with sweet rather dark fruit, black cherries and liquorice. The oak is still quite present in the nose, but good complexity as the wine is starting to show. On the palate lush ripe sweet pinot fruit. A fine …
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The Clos de la Roche 1999 from Hubert Lignier is still very youthful and a real powerhouse. In the bouquet sweet dark fruits, cherries, liquorice, oriental spices and a hint of forrest undergrowth. On the palate dense dark and ripe fruit, fine ripe tannins and a good backbone of minerality. Very …
The Chevalier-Montrachet 1993 from Michel Colin-Deleger is a mixed bag of impressions. The bouquet is a true pleasure, with nuances of coffee, almonds, anise, fennel, grapefruit and apple. The nose is complex as one would expect from a great terroir like Chevalier. On the palate however, there seem …
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The La Seve du Clos from Arnaud Ente is a special wine made from a plot of very old vines on the village vineyard En L’Ormeau Clos, located just below the town center of Meursault. The 2004 edition of this wine is a fine combination of a good village terroir and a deep ripe and complex fruit of a …
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