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The Clos de Vogeot 1996 from Roumier is still quite backward and tight. In the bouquet dark berry fruit with a touch of sous-bois and a nice earthy minerality. On the palate quite dark and slightly austere at the moment ... with layered fruit supported by a fine acidity. It's medium weight with fine …
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The Morey-Saint-Denis Clos de la Bussiere 2012 from Roumier is delightfully forward and surprisingly accessible. The bouquet offer both red and dark fruits .. very open and extrovert for a young Roumier ... transparent with a lovely earthy minerality. On the palate rich and quite weighty with some …
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The Chambolle Les Combottes 2012 from Roumier is surprisingly forward and accessible. The bouquet offer quite expressive primarily red fruit .. notes of strawberries, redcurrant, pomegranate .. spiced by a lovely Chambolle minerality. On the palate very expressive and lightfooted for a Roumier ... …
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The Bonnes Mares 2011 from Roumier is a big and intense effort. In the nose red and dark fruits, blueberries, red currant, boysenberries spiced with hints of plum and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate big and muscular for the vintage with a relatively dark and dense layered fruit. A big and …
The Musigny 1990 from Roumier is a mind-blowing wine ... at age 25 it still needs 5 to 10 years more in the cellar to unfold completely. The bouquet is however quite open at this stage ... revealing more and more glimps of the tremendous complexity hiding underneath the intense and quite tightly …
