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• Paul S wrote: 92 points

  May 23, 2020 - Zoom blind tasting #6: Chambolle-Musigny and Vosne-Romanée (At home during circuit breaker): Third time round with this bottle, and this was the best showing. A lovely village that showed up quite a few of the 1er Cru show. There was a really complex and alluring this wine - it started out a little funky, meaty and earthy, but that expanded to show nicely sweet, ripe notes of red cherries and berries, these gently infused with a nice bit of warm Vosne spice and a distant drift of bramble and herb. A very nice and complex bouquet if you can live with that little bit of funk. There was a really nice feel to the palate. It was still firmly structured, with a chew of slightly powdery tannins and plenty of fresh acidity, all swirling around a core of darker cherries, maybe blueberries, again seasoned with that lovely warm spice, and edged with a touch of the meaty, earthy, brambly character that was first picked up on the nose. There was a lot of strength and depth wound up in the core of this wine, but it always wore it lightly, with a lovely purity to the fruit, as well as an elegant strength and focus in the way it was structured and built. A very accomplished wine, quite complete, with its best years still ahead of it.

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• Paul S wrote: 91 points

  December 21, 2019 - At home with Brian and Sylvia. Not quite as good as the last bottle we had - this felt a little skinnier, but it was still a real charmer. I liked the nose. It had barely a trace of green on it, showing instead nicely controlled notes of black cherries, earth, bramble and spice. The palate was a little lean, but otherwise had a lovely shape and poise to it, with fine-bones tannins and orange peel acidity tracing their way through really nicely detailed flavours of dark cherries and berries, again lined with a lovely spine of minerality. There was actually enough acidity to cut through some slightly spicy Peranakan food. Decent finish too, with a little kiss of spice at the finish. Pure, transparent and energetic - this is the type of Burgundy I enjoy. It could have had a bit more fullness and generosity, but otherwise very enjoyable.

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• Cognacblanc Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 16, 2017 - Perfumed light complex- seductive

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• MAOC wrote:

  May 31, 2017 - Drunk at Loch Bay restaurant in Skye. Showed a little lean at first, but after 15 minutes or so the darker plum fruit with raspberry notes showed through and felt quite aristocratic with the restrained shape of the wine; some leafy development is already coming through and this felt at peak to me. No green notes, although feels quite of the vintage. ***1/2(+)

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• PC73 Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 19, 2017 - back on form. last bottle.
  very spicy on the nose on open.
  lovely silky bright red colour.
  great depth of fruit on the palate. long finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Sylvain Cathiard
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Vosne-Romanée
• UPC Code 7070397008937

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