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The Vogue 2009 Chambolle 1er cru is like always made from young vines on the Musigny vineyard. Slightly closed in the bouquet, with a rather dark fruit expression. Not much minerality is showing in the nose. The taste is more forward with dense fruit, quite good acidity and minerality. Fine coulis …
[Read more...] about Comte de Vogue, Chambolle Musigny 1er cru 2009
The Echezeaux 2008 from Grivot is closing down. The bouquet is a rather dark expression of pinot fruit, without the red notes and minerality one find in many 2008 reds. On the palate also rather dark, with quite good concentration and length. Maybe a bit to much extraction ... but otherwise very …
The Boudots 02 from Meo is a very nice wine. The bouquet is showing some sweet mature notes, but otherwise it's quite youthful with ripe sweet pinot aromas. On the palate - same story - fine lenght with a good structure - drinkng very well. The oak is well integrated in the wonderful ripe pinot …
[Read more...] about Meo Camuzet, Nuit Saint Georges Aux Boudots 2002
The Auslese #16 is beginning to show. Very fine matur notes in the bouquet, but not yet at the petrolium state. Quite rich on the palate and the sometimes quite brutal 1994 acidity is well integrated in the good core of sweet ripe riesling fruit. Not a sweet style Auslese, but has a very nice …
[Read more...] about Fritz Haag, Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese 1994 #16
The 2007 Combe D'Orveaux is sadly rather closed in the bouquet. Offer some notes of good minerality with couliss elements of red and dark fruits. On the palate very fine length and minerality, however still somewhat closed. At the moment a bit dense, but with the good minerality this should become a …
[Read more...] about Bruno Clavelier, Chambolle Musigny Le Combe D’Orveaux 2007
