Stephen Tanzer Int'l Wine
Cellar, Nov/Dec 2006
($55; a selection of the best parcels
made after the elevage; both this and the regular Fourchaume bottling saw
about 50% barriques, but no new barrels) Bright, pale color, less green
than the regular bottling. Richer, riper nose suggests lemon, menthol, white
flowers and hazelnut. Silky, broad and rich without being at all heavy,
thanks to firm minerality. Sweeter and creamier than the Fourchaume, with
a volume and structure approaching that of a grand cru. Finishes broad and
long. Perhaps the most Cote d'Or-like of these 2005s in its sheer richness.
92 pointsAllen Meadows,
Burghound October 2006
A superbly elegant nose of white flowers and
citrus that is perfumed, stylish, high-toned and pure combines with round,
precise, intense and strikingly detailed flavors that are quite powerful
yet focused and rather linear at present. As S�guier suggests, this is
easily of grand cru quality and by far and away the best 1er among these
'05s. 91-94 points
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