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The 1996 Coche-Dury Meursault Perrieres is the best Meursault I have tasted, and among the very best dry whites on my list of great bottles. It was fantastic when served back in 2002 at a memorable dinner at Restaurant Emerils in New Orleans. The bouquet was bursting with minerality and the …
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The 2008 white burgundies are very extrovert and charming, but it seems they are closing slightly down now. The 2008 Meursault from Coche Dury is a really flamboyant and bold wine. On the nose a fine minerality, fresh vibrant acidity, hay, and a slight note of popcorn and gun powder. On the palate …
The Coche Meursault 2009 has a lot of exotic fruit at the moment. In the bouquet sweet notes of pear is dominating even the oak. On the palate a lot of quite dense and heavy exotic fruit. Lacking backbone and acidity, but could improve when the exotic fruit matures. But judged now, this is not an …
The 2004 white burgundies can be very good, but a lot of them are currently in a rather closed stage. The 2004 Meursault from Coche Dury is no exception. On the nose the oak is still quite dominant, and only few mature notes - but is beginning to show. On the palate quite tight with a fine acidity …
It seems like a growing number of producers in Burgundy are producing single vineyard village wines, thus changing the tradition of blending the village wines in to one cuvee. For some producers it's an old tradition, but for others it's a new approach. But is single vineyard village wines a good …
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