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This year Grand Jours de Bourgogne included a Dégustation Prestige of Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru ... as it did two years ago. It's a tasting of around 20 wines from the Clos de Vougeot vineyard - this year with the oldest being a 1989 from Domaine Joseph Drouhin and the youngest being a 2008 from …
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The 2010 Boudots from Meo is a surprisingly airy and energetic wine - an excellent example of the more light and forward style employed since the 2007. Extraction is moderate - fruit is effortless and vibrant. The nose is floral and expressive with red and dark berris, a nice mireal touch - and a …
[Read more...] about Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Boudots 2010
The 2013 Echezeaux from Domaine Meo-Camuzet is a quite vivid and energetic wine. It comes from the terroir - Rouges du Bas - located in the top part of Echezeaux - hence a relatively light and mineral driven Echezeux. The nose offer plenty of cool fruit - red and dark berries and a outgoing …
I have tasted the Meo-Camuzet Clos de Vougeot 2008 several times and currently it seems in a transitory stage ... some from very cool cellars are quite backward and less exiting, wheres others are showing more energy and verve. This example - froma cellar that holds 13 celcius all the year - offered …
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The 2002 Vosne Aux Brulee is a somewhat disappointing effort - sadly - or somehow flawed. The nose offer fine complexity with nice layered fruit, violets and peony rose but also a strange chocolate note - reminding me of the chocolate drink O'Boy. On the palate fine weight and the fruit is airy and …
[Read more...] about Domaine Meo-Camuzet, Vosne-Romanee Aux Brulee 2002
