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Peter Liem in ChampagneGuide.net. Containing wine from every year between 1986 and 2003, this was disgorged in December of 2010. It shows the ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 11 (just finished its malo): Pure aromas of white flowers, butter and coconutty oak. Rich, supple ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 11 (this finished its malo very early, like the Chassagne-Montrachet): Bright, light medium ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 11 (tasted just after the end of the malo): Medium yellow. Sexy aromas of stone fruits and ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 11 Greenish yellow. Peach, orange, clove oil, hazelnut and vanillin oak on the nose. Lush and ... more info |
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The Corton Charlemagne had not finished its malo at the time of Stephen's visit, so there is no tasting note for the wine. However, this wine is ... more info |
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Domaine Bottling. Monopole of Boillot. Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 11 Complex, ripe aromas of peach, smoke, minerals and ... more info |
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Brad Baker of Champagne Warrior, September 2011 Big and rich on the nose, with ripe peaches and bright citrus, this is full bore Clos des Goisses at ... more info |
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As it usually is, this possesses the most elegant nose of the group with a layered, spicy and lightly floral red berry fruit nose that complements ... more info |
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A wonderfully, even exuberantly spicy and layered nose speaks of earth, underbrush and a certain animale character on the primarily red berry fruit ... more info |
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This is quite similar to the regular cuvée save for the fact that the fruit component is slightly riper. Otherwise, there are the same rich, ... 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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Once again, reduction knocks down the nose though the attractively rich flavors offer fine size and weight plus very good mid-palate concentration. ... more info |
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Unlike many of the preceding wines, here the nose is pure and elegant with an array of interesting spice notes adding depth to the black cherry and ... more info |
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This too evidences mild reduction that seems superficial rather than that deep funk that is worrisome. The medium-bodied flavors are notably finer ... more info |
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This is also notably ripe with black cherry, pungent earth and evident sauvage nuances that also characterize the impressively rich and seductively ... more info |
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Note: planted to vines of 20 and 65 years of age that sit directly above Musigny A very cool and restrained yet ultra elegant nose of red pinot fruit ... 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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This is a bit more aromatically elegant though no more complex or spicy with impressive richness to the silky-textured and admirably concentrated ... more info |
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Very mild reduction diminishes only slightly the red and dark berry fruit aromas that are pungently earthy where this element continues onto the rich ... more info |
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Peter Liem in ChampagneGuide.net. The 1998 is one of the finest Clos des Goisses of modern times, ranking alongside the 1995, which has been my ... more info |
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2009 Puligny-Montrachet “Clos de la Mouchère”: (from 60+ year old vines and the vineyard is a whopping 4 ha monopole within Perrières). There is also ... more info |
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Frescobaldi’s Brunello always delivers great quality in just about any vintage. Gorgeous nose of ripe berries and slice plums with an almost peach ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound, Jan 2011 An earthy and very Gevrey nose offers up dark berry fruit and game-infused aromas that complement well the ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound, Jan 2011 This is also quite heavily reduced though the energetic flavors display an attractive mineral streak that ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound, Jan 2011 (Note: from .34 ha parcel planted in 1955.) Relatively strong reduction renders the nose impossible to fairly ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sept/Oct 2011 Pale, bright yellow. Delicate aromas of white peach and crushed stone. Rich, intensely ... more info |
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This is a classic example of Corton-Charlemagne with its impressively layered floral, green fruit, lime and stone-infused nose that precedes citrusy, ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 10 Knockout rocky aromas of crushed stone, pineapple and spicy oak; this smells dry! Then ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound; October 2010 A more elegant as well as more refined but also much more reserved nose of white flower and salt water aromas ... more info |
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John Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2010 The 2009 William Fèvre Les Clos is a brilliant wine in the making. This is one of the most minerally ... more info |
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John Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2010 The 2009 Côte de Bouguerots is another great grand cru in the making, but it is a tad more reserved ... more info |
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John Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2010 The 2009 Vaulorent is a breathtakingly beautiful bottle of young premier cru in the making. The ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound, February 2011 (from parcels everywhere in the commune that are segregated into 8 different cuvées aged in 20% new wood and ... more info |
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John Gilman's View from the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2010 The 2007 Clos de la Barre was showing beautifully, albeit fairly tight, here in New York. The nose ... more info |
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Allen Meadows' Burghound, February 2011 (from a full 1 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines aged in approximately 1/3 new oak with a slightly longer ... more info |
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A typical Vaillons nose of spice, floral and citrus aromas leads to powerful and solidly well concentrated flavors that are notably ripe but avoid ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 11 Straw-yellow. Soil-driven aromas of flinty, petrolly minerality, oyster shell and menthol. ... more info |
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2010 The NV Brut Premier Cru Grand Cellier is a great introduction to the house style. A warm, open bouquet ... more info |
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Wine Spectator, June 2010 ($170) Tight-grained, with an immediate impression of the sea before forest floor and citrus notes take over. This is ... more info |
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jan/Feb 11 Medium red. Laid-back aromas of redcurrant, minerals, leather and oak. Dense, chewy and nicely ... more info |
