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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Roumier's Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2010 is showing magnificently. It's chock full of red fruit, fine, very delicate rose petals, and a slight, distant note of tar. The generous, perfumed nose of raspberries and hints of strawberries is staggeringly beautiful, as it's supported by the beginning of …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 2010
The Chambolle Les Cras 1996 is showing beautifully. The bouquet is complex with sous-bois, dried berries and a bit of tar. On the palate very harmonious with a lovely balance and a vivid acidity. A very refined and elegant Chambolle .. will no doubt keep but for me it's already beautiful now - …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle Les Cras 1996
The Les Cras 2014 from Roumier is very expressive and forward. The nose offer a juicy symphony of red and dark berry fruit - spiced with a hint of white peppar, violets and a lovely stony minerality. On the palate juicy and quite airy fruit - it's quite nimble and lightfooted for a young Roumier, …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Roumier, Chambolle Les Cras 2014
Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras is a slightly overlooked terroir ... but in my view one of the very best terroirs in the appellation. This terroir renders a mineralic drive and energy to the wine ... adding a lot of complexity and nerve making it one of the most complete terroirs in NSG. The bouquet …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Nuit-Saint-Georges Les Cras 2014
Ok admitted ... I love NSG Aux Cras as a terroir - so biased. The Aux Cras is made from a plot with very old vines - 75 - 80 y.o. yielding a gorgeous juice in 2014. In the bouquet variations of sweet red and dark berries ... cherries, raspberries and pomegranate - spiced with hints of game and an …
[Read more...] about Domaine Georges Noëllat, Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras 2014
