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The 2005 Auktion Spätlese #21 from Prüm is a very fine wine indeed. For a spätlese it's very sweet, and is displaying botrytis and wonderful fine minerality in the Bouquet. On the palate it's rich, sweet and silky. Very elegant and pure botrytis notes combined with the perfectly ripe riesling fruit. …
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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 Batard-Montrachet 1995 is a wonderful mature white Burgundy. Very fine mature notes in the bouquet, still fresh but quite mature. On the palate very good minerality, great length and freshness, a very well balanced wine. A very fine core of ripe chardonnay fruit completes this very fine white …
The village Chambolle Musigny 1999 is a very good effort from Georges Roumier. Fine mature red fruits in the bouquet, still a fine balance between fresh and vibrant fruit and the more matured notes. On the palate wonderful sweet red fruits, a good balance and quite long for a village wine. Well …
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The 1994 Amoureuses is a nice wine served on it's own. Fine mature notes in the bouquet, orange peel, a slight hint of truffle, but stil a quite dark expression of the fruit. On the palate also mature notes, but still also some unresolved dark fruit. Very nice but lacking some freshness. Was served …
[Read more...] about Comte de Vogue, Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses 1994
