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| The estate’s flagship cuvee, the 2009 Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines, is a candidate for the “Cornas of the vintage.” This full-bodied effort’s level ... more info |
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| Aldo Conterno’s 2004 Barolo is simply beautiful. A medium red, it presents a feminine expression of Nebbiolo in its perfumed, spiced red raspberries ... more info |
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| Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Feb 2008 Bodegas Alion was started by the renowned estate of Vega Sicilia in 1991. Grapes are sourced from vineyards ... more info |
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| Profumato e fruttato, con ciliegie essiccate ed agrumi. Wow. Si apre decisamente al naso, e offre in abbondanza un frutto stupendo. Corpo pieno, ... more info |
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| Tasting note: A zesty nose of orchard fruit and citrus aromas framed by a touch of pain grillé leads to rich and generous flavors that possess good ... more info |
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| Quite ripe with more black fruit than usual as well as bigger and richer flavors than is typical. However the '99 manages to preserve the hallmark ... more info |
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| Burghound Issue 21 Producer note: Anne Gros told me that in contrast to some growers, she had "no real problem with oidium and no real problems with ... more info |
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| Burghound Issue 21 Producer note: Anne Gros told me that in contrast to some growers, she had "no real problem with oidium and no real problems with ... more info |
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| Moderate wood sets off ripe and intensely earthy aromas of red berries and plum that precede the rich, supple and relatively accessible middle weight ... more info |
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| A refined, cool, pure and elegant set of black fruit, stone and Asian spice aromas where the spice also suffuses the supple, detailed and equally ... more info |
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| Tasting note: Fairly strong reduction renders the nose difficult to read but the flavors are sweet and much finer, particularly with respect to the ... more info |
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| There is virtually no reduction here and the soaring nose offers notes of violets, earth, red and black pinot fruit and a distinct animale component ... more info |
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| Mild reduction detracts slightly from the ripe and earthy dark berry fruit aromas where the middle weight flavors possess solid mid-palate density ... more info |
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| Burghound Producer note: As I commented in Issue 17, Pascal Lachaux is on a roll and his 2004s are first rate in the context of the vintage, indeed ... more info |
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| (Domaine Robert Arnoux Romanée St.-Vivant Grand Cru Red) A relatively high-toned spicy red and black fruit pinot liqueur nose of real class and ... more info |
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| Fairly reduced on the nose though a bit of black Vosne spice still peeks through to reveal delicious if awkward flavors because of the late malo. ... more info |
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| Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Feb 2007 ($100) The 2005 Pagos Viejos is already in bottle but has not been released. It is just slightly more muted ... more info |
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| This wine drinks great! ... more info |
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| A perfumed if somewhat sauvage nose features a complex and expressive aromatic profile of red and blue pinot fruit, humid earth and black cherry ... more info |
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| If there were any doubts before, and there really shouldn't have been, 2007 proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Ghislaine Barthod has fully ... more info |
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| View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2010, Issue #30, The Fine 2009 Burgundy Vintage- Rather Heterogeneous (Chambolle-Musigny- Domaine Ghislaine Barthod) ... more info |
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| An extremely fresh, pure and high-toned currant, raspberry and wet stone suffused nose is followed by detailed, precise and lacy flavors that possess ... more info |
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| The luxury cuvee, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Vieilles Vignes (Roussanne) (100% Roussanne aged in one-year-old barrels as well as new oak that ... more info |
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| Awesome wine! Vins Rare. ... more info |
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| This offers just a hair more aromatic elegance with its wonderfully pure, cool and layered red pinot fruit and wet stone-inflected nose that is very ... more info |
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| Allen Meadows, Burghound, October 2009 This is a very interesting cuvée because it will very quickly answer any questions you may have about whether ... more info |
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| This is the Rouge bottling Bourgogne Les Perrieres - its rich, ripe and full bodied with excellent cut and minerality. Blind tasting this you would ... more info |
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| Allen Meadows' Burghound, May 2011. While the aromatic profile is similar, this doesn't offer quite the same level of aromatic refinement as the ... more info |
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