Fairly muted nose. Quite fat and leggy in the glass. Initially quite restrained on palte. Hmm, not so strong initially, but it does start to open up a bit. A touch of creme brulee coming out after 3 thours. Still quite unexpressive though. Shows sokme mineral intensity. Needs time. ***1/2
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Dense. Leggy. Very mineral and intense nose. Fat, very mouth-filling. Richly textured but at the same time mineral and clean and long. This has real presence. ****
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Definately riper on th enose. Not as flabby as one might have feared, but it does lack precision and focus. Works well with slabs of foie gras and foie gras creme brulee though. Just a shade hot and bothered on the finish. **1/2
Gorgeous nose of toasted hazlenuts. fat. Reminds me of the nose on a 99 Leflaive Pucelles last year, only with more weight/density. Good grip on the attack, mineral, intense. Demands attention. Serious stuff. ****1/2
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Quite polishd on the nose. Gives the impression of being quite slick. Slightly high-toned. Positive attack but quite a tight, lean palate that dioesn't appeal to me. Really rather quite hard work. Closed? Not sure, just too tannic, lean and.mean. *** if you like that kind of thing but I wouldn't bother. Others liked it more.
2006 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Fairly muted nose. Quite fat and leggy in the glass. Initially quite restrained on palte. Hmm, not so strong initially, but it does start to open up a bit. A touch of creme brulee coming out after 3 thours. Still quite unexpressive though. Shows sokme mineral intensity. Needs time. ***1/2
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