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Return for me after a long absence. Great night and lovely wines

• 1988 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs 92 Points

  France, Champagne

  From magnum.green very bright. Beautiful nose apples yeast element of ripe fruit showing maturity but very fresh and clean with long finish. Delicious champagne

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• 1995 Château de Puligny-Montrachet Chevalier-Montrachet 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

  Lemon with hint of green. Nose tightly wound at first then released slowly. A lot of drive and energy, still very young, quite auster but loely depth and frreshness. Very deep and classy on palste with great length and clean finish. Wil last and improve.

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• 2001 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru

  Deep colour but no hint of any premox. Nutty rich and fat, oak with some fresh green herbs behind.. Fat rich and a bit one dimensional on finish. Still young. Very Lafon in style but a bit too heavy for me.

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• 1990 Château Léoville Barton 94 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien

  Very young colour still depp red with some purple. Lovely nose, very 1990 with fine weave of tannins and depth of fruit. Typical LB structure but wrapped in the fruit. St Julien elegance and persistence. Cracking wine which will improve t for a decade or more.

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• 1987 R. López de Heredia Rioja Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia 90 Points

  Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

  very mature colour. Nose very fragrant and mineral. Slightly astringent. Very much in the hosuse style. Palate a bit dissappointing. Same slight astringent note with little fruit and the finish a bit short. Interesting but you need to love the style.

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• 1982 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 95 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

  A glorious bottle of this wine. Colour mature, fantastic weave of leather, rusty minerals, and firm fruit soared from glass in waves and layers of complexity. Palate powerful insistent but effortlessly balanced and harmonious. Tremndous length A greta example of Chave's genius.

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• 1991 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Romanée St. Vivant 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru

  pale with some browning. Lacy intriguing nose, mineral and light strawberry, hint of forest floor decay. Lovely persistent power wrapped in sweet restrained fruit. Very vosne and a reall long balance dfinish. Delicious.

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