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• Paul S wrote: 93 points

  June 10, 2009 - Trip to Burgundy; 6/7/2009-6/10/2009 (The Cote d'Or): Negociant bottling, but very good indeed. Light coloured. Toasty vanilla nose opened up to show wild cherries, wild mushrooms, a touch of wet fur and lots of underlying dark fruits. Very masculine compared to the previous reds we tried. Lots of orange peel on the palate when we first tasted it, and then licorice wood, a touch of fresh herbs and a meadowy grassiness, all wed to lovely cherry flavours. Plenty of concentration and complexity there, but somehow the wine still came across very lithe and light-footed with a silky feel that just sent the wine sliding across the mouth with a glide of fruit. Finish was in keeping with the rest of the wine. Long, subtle and refined, it unfolded in layers of flavours, with orange peel and wood spice bringing up the rear. Excellent.

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• JOhlsson wrote:

  May 11, 2009 - This is a negociant wine. Almost pungent game nose with some flint and developed pinot fruit. Smooth but with some tannins packing at the end. This has substance but nothing close to the domaine-bottled Le Corton which packs a painful knock-out punch in comparison. Still this is open and a good drink already now which usually cannot be said of Cortons this young.

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• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Bouchard Père et Fils
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Renardes
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Corton Grand Cru

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