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Domaine Robert Sirugue, Vosne Romanee VV 2011

By Steen Öhman September 5, 2013 -

The Vosne Romanee Vieilles Vignes 2011 from Sirugue is a lovely glass of Vosne. In the bouquet red berry fruit spiced with violets, horseradish and a hint of toasted oak. On the palate quite intense and refined fruit - very good midpalate weight og length. It's pure and well balanced, typical for …

Domaine Prieure-Roch, Vosne Les Hautes Maizieres 1996

By Steen Öhman August 31, 2013 -

The Vosne Romanee Les Hautes Maizieres 1996 from Henri Roch is a quite special combination of the powerful structure of the 96 vintage and the quite rich organic fruit in the domaine style. In the nose matured organic red berry fruit - spized with cinnamon, violets and a hint of gunpowder. On the …

Benjamin Leroux, Puligny Montrachet 2010

By Steen Öhman February 28, 2013 -

The Puligny-Montrachet 2010 from Benjamin Leroux is a mixed bag of goodies. In the bouquet quite a stony minerality with white orchard fruits and a hint of citrus. On the palate quite finely balanced with a good focus. Very good medium weight fruit on the midpalate - and a nice quite long …

Mongeard-Mugneret, Pernand Vergelesses 1er cru 2010

By Steen Öhman February 22, 2013 -

Lets face it ... I'm not a big admirer of the Pernand Vergelesses terroir - but this effort from Mongeard is actually a quite lovely wine. The Pernand Vergelesses Les Vergelesses 1er cru 2010 from Mongeard-Mugneret is a very expressive and straight forward pinot. In the bouquet cool red fruit - …

Domaine Forey, Nuits-Saint Georges 2011

By Steen Öhman January 21, 2013 -

The Nuits-Saint-Georges 2011 village is quite approacable and is showing dark berries in the nose. On the palate lovely balanced with a good fresh acidity. It has a lovely fruit on the palate - pure and quite juicy - but is lacking some of the depth found in the Vosne Romanee village. A good and …