John Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2010.
The 2009 Clos du Château des Ducs is a beautifully reserved and elegant rendition of the vintage. The deep and classic nose delivers scents of cherries, blood orange, vinesmoke, fresh herb tones, a very complex base of soil and a topnote of cocoa. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, tight and very, very long on the backend, with impeccable balance, superb focus and impressive grip on the ripely tannic and youthful finish. This will be stellar in the fullness of time. 93+ points.
Allen Meadows' Burghound, May 2011.
This is aromatically a bit less elegant than the Mitans but it is more complex with cool red and blue pinot fruit, violet, earth and stone nuances introducing attractively rich and equally pure middle weight flavors that exhibit real verve on the mouth coating and exceptionally persistent finish. As good as this is, for the first time that I can remember, it is not obviously better than the Mitans, at least not at this early point. As usual, this is built to age and will need 12 to 15 years to be at its best. 91-94 points.
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