4/6, excellent cork. Medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Quite sweet dark fruit profile, soil, spice, touch of sesame seed. Medium/full bodied, rich and dark fruited, tannins a touch sandy but attractive, vibrant acidity, decent length finish. Now and for at least another 5 years, but difficult to see much in the way of upside.
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Good cork. Deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Smoky, slightly closed nose at first. opening as it warms to sweeten and show more purity, mainly damson, black cherry, notes of vanilla and liquorice. Medium/full bodied on the palate, damsons, black cherry, touch of liquorice, quite generous but with perceptible, underlying firm tannins which become increasingly grainy on the medium/good length finish. A touch burly and inelegant, although better than the previous bottle.
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DRC Tasting Group (Cafe Veloce): Tasted blind. Reduced. A bit more fruit than the 1996 Lamarche, but still a darker, denser wine. Rich, round body and fine tannins with great balance. Well integrated.
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(Vougeraie Charmes-Chambertin - Mazoyeres) Medium-plus cherry colour and a beautiful red cherry nose. The 65 year old vines have produced a big, tannic wine with perfect acidity. Superb fruit. I often find ‘Charmes’ less interesting than the other G-C Grand Crus – perhaps because it’s such a large vineyard relative to the others, but this is perhaps the best example I’ve ever tasted. Excellent – and I’m looking for some!
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1/7/2022 - Paul D wrote: 89 Points
4/6, excellent cork.
Medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Quite sweet dark fruit profile, soil, spice, touch of sesame seed. Medium/full bodied, rich and dark fruited, tannins a touch sandy but attractive, vibrant acidity, decent length finish. Now and for at least another 5 years, but difficult to see much in the way of upside.
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1/17/2020 - Paul D wrote: flawed
3/6, very good cork.
Medium/deep ruby core, pale garnet rim. Quite markedly corked.
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10/11/2015 - Paul D wrote: 86 Points
Good cork. Deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Smoky, slightly closed nose at first. opening as it warms to sweeten and show more purity, mainly damson, black cherry, notes of vanilla and liquorice. Medium/full bodied on the palate, damsons, black cherry, touch of liquorice, quite generous but with perceptible, underlying firm tannins which become increasingly grainy on the medium/good length finish. A touch burly and inelegant, although better than the previous bottle.
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6/3/2013 - dpolivy wrote: 92 Points
DRC Tasting Group (Cafe Veloce): Tasted blind. Reduced. A bit more fruit than the 1996 Lamarche, but still a darker, denser wine. Rich, round body and fine tannins with great balance. Well integrated.
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4/30/2012 - Rupert wrote:
Ray Walker visits London (Chez Bruce, Wandsworth, London): Fabulous start with a fine exotic red fruit and earth nose, frsh and tannic on the palate, but it tightened up considerably in the glass
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