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The 2007 Clos du Chateau from Liger-Belair is a very good and quite typical for the vintage. In the bouquet spicy red and dark berry fruit - notes of raspberries, cherries and cinnamon - still with quite a impression of oak. On the palate sweet and slightly candied fruit, intense this level with a …
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Les Hauts de Beaux Monts is a very interesting terroir located high on the slope above Vosne Beaux-Monts. The nose offer crisp red and dark berry fruit, with notes of raspberries and blueberries - quite floral - but with the oak more present than in the other three Vosne villages from Clavelier. On …
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Have a soft spot for the terroir Hautes Mauzieres with it's combination of Vosne spices, minerality and weight. The 2011 edition of the Hautes Maizieres from Bruno Clavelier is a beauty and is currently showing even better than the other village Vosnes from Clavelier. The nose offer crisp red berry …
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My first wine from the minuscule village terroir La Montagne located in the top end of La Combe Brulee. The 2011 edition of La Montagne from Bruno Clavelier currently show a bit more depth than the Combe Brulee village 2011. The bouquet offer crisp red berry fruit, with notes of cherries, …
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The 02 Hautes Maizieres from Prieure Roch is a gorgeous effort. In the bouquet red and dark berry fruit .. airy sous-bois, discrete vosne spices with hints of violets and rose petals. On the palate quite intense fruit ... lush but still slightly unresolved with a focusing core of darker fruit. Less …
[Read more...] about Domaine Prieure-Roch, Vosne Les Hautes Maizieres 2002
