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The Clos de Vougeot Vieilles Vignes 2010 from Domaine Ponsot is a sleeping beauty. The bouquet is quite closed revealing little of all the beautiful fruit that is crammed into this wine. The nose nevertheless offer some fine notes of strawberries, blue berries and pomegranate. The palate is more …
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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 …
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The Corton-Bressandes 2009 from Domaine Poisot is a true Corton - powerful and serious - but not without charm. The bouquet offer quite complex red berry notes - cherries and forest berries. The fruit is quite expressive sweet and pure. On the palate fine concentration and weight, but with a …
The Chassagne Clos Saint Jean 2010 from Paul Pillot is a pure, crisp and lovely wine. In the bouquet white flowers, pear and melon - spiced with a finely grained stony minerality. On the palate it's very focused with a quite lightfooted impression. It's very refined and racy, with a cool pure fruit, …
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The Batard-Montrachet from Domaine Leflaive is slightly closed - but nevertheless showing it's greatness. In the bouquet ripe and cool fruit - notes of orchard fruits - peach, pear, acacia, with a intense stony minerality and a twist of citrus zest. The nose is quite discrete, refined and very …
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