Vosne Millésime - Noblesse des Clos Vougeot - Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne

Château du Clos de Vougeot
Tasted Tuesday, March 22, 2022 by Burgundy Al with 611 views

Flight 1 - Village Wines (9 Notes)

Tasted selectively, in reverse alphabetical order.

Flight 2 - Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru (26 Notes)

Tasted most

Flight 3 - Mostly Echezeaux (24 Notes)

  • 2020 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Echezeaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Bright red cherry and berry throughout with enticing (whole cluster?) spice everywhere. Everything in balance with subtle structure in the near background. Very long, lingering finish. 93-94 points.

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  • 2020 Maison Albert Bichot Echezeaux Domaine du Clos Frantin 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Ripe red fruits with subtle spice, firm tannins. Slightly awkward now, but good length. Decade+ patience required, 90-91 point potential.

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  • 2020 Bouchard Père et Fils Echezeaux 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Black and red cherry with spicy, minty hints. Slightly brawny, yet well balanced. Fairly accessible Grand Cru, possibly as early as 2030.

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  • 2020 Francois Confuron-Gindre Echezeaux 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Very spiced and very ripe, I'm guessing harvested later than ideal. But there is so much dry extract here and fruit manages to retain freshness, even with its hint of sweet candy. 92-93 points, 2028 forward.

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  • 2020 Faiveley Echezeaux En Orveaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Spiced nose with meaty notes and lots of brooding black cherry. Same black fruited flavors with pronounced structure, but lots of density. More "Old School" style here, firm and powerful but backward. Don't even think about opening before 2030.

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  • 2020 Forey Père et Fils Echezeaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. This is also more "old school," but less backward than Faiveley. Black and red cherry throughout with faint spice and meat notes. Ends with a long, lingering, and elegant finish.

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  • 2020 Domaine Jean Grivot Echezeaux 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Incredible seamless balance here. Black and red berries with Asian five spice and lots of nuance emerging already. Good weight, great length, and incredibly finessed. A great performance this year, 94-95 point potential, 2026-2050.

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  • 2020 Gros Frère et Sœur Echezeaux 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Spice driven aromas, perhaps a bit too much new oak with red cherry on nose and palate. Good depth of fruit, but slightly simple for Grand Cru (particularly when tasted alongside its peers) with imperfect balance for now. OK for its level.

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  • 2020 Jean-Pierre Guyon Echezeaux

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. A very intriguing and complex wine, and one of the most difficult to fully assess today. Floral and perfumed start was certainly alluring. Big and ripe, this seemed on the simple side at first. But there was an enticing brightness on the finish that really drew me back in. I had intended to revisit this wine at the end, but forgot. I think this is a great wine somehow hidden behind itself right now, but has 92-95 point potential.

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  • 2020 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echezeaux 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Rich and well spiced with lots of baking spice. So much ripe black and red cherry everywhere. Wonderfully balanced now. Good weight, better length. As with most Liger-Belair wines, this will drink well young.

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  • 2020 Jean-Marc Millot Echezeaux 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Broad array of red fruits here with subtle spice and am impressive brightness. Tannins are firm for now, but never obscure the fruit and spice notes. I think this is a more subtle, elegant wine that suffers when tasted in this context, particularly that alphabetically it follows its polar opposite - Liger-Belair! This is a wine that is likely to drink well young, possibly as soon as 2008, but will last for decades, 91-93 point potential.

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  • 2020 Gérard Mugneret Echezeaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Ripe cherries with big spicebox highlighting Asian five spice. Slightly more black vs red fruit here, this initially seems forward and fun, but brightens and intensifies towards its long finish. Very accessible young, this has 93-94 point potential depending on how much weight it picks up in the cellar.

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  • 2020 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Echezeaux 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Rich red fruit with so much savory spice showing lots of concentration and raw power. Lots here to enjoy, but backward and very cellarworthy. Great potential, 2030 forward.

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  • 2020 Domaine Henri Naudin-Ferrand Echezeaux 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Clair Naudin. Another ripe 2020, borderline overripe but manages to remain bright enough, certainly layered and rich.

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  • 2017 Domaine Henri Naudin-Ferrand Echezeaux 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Clair Naudin. Less concentration than the 2020 with borderline Grand Cru density. Very perfumed aromatically with elegant textures and nicely bright. Entering its peak drinking window.

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  • 2020 Domaine Michel Noëllat Echezeaux du Dessus

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lots of black and red cherry with spice hints and firm tannins that make it seem backward today but there is clear potential for a powerful Echezeaux here. Cellar for a decade+, 91+ point potential.

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  • 2019 Domaine des Perdrix Echezeaux 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Ripe red cherry and plum with liqueur, mint and baking spice hints. Lots here, but ripeness and tannins dominate over everything else. Very good, but probably needing plenty of time for terroir to emerge. 90-91 point potential, 2031 forward.

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  • 2020 Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils Echezeaux Les Treux Vieilles Vignes 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Perfectly Vosne-styled nose is subtly perfumed, then followed by lots of ripe red fruit everywhere. Elegantly styled with good weight, much better length, already wonderfully finessed. I am told this was raised in 100% new oak, which has fully absorbed here. 92-94 point potential, depending on how much weight this puts on, better from 2030 forward.

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  • 2020 Cecile Tremblay Echezeaux du Dessus 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Intensely floral start with ripe red berries and cherries with such balance and class. Structure here is so brilliantly silky and elegant already, this is a young Grand Cru you just want to drink right now, but please wait for even more to develop. Good weight, great length with great textures.

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  • 2020 Henri de Villamont Grands-Echezeaux 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Enjoyable already in its infancy, this is a fine wine with wonderful fruit, but not showing Grand Cru density to me.

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  • 2020 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands-Echezeaux 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Rich and powerful mostly red fruit with baking spice, burly and slightly awkward. Lots here, but hold until 2035 or later.

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  • 2020 Domaine Robert Sirugue Grands-Echezeaux

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Very old school with plenty of power, just a bit of a tannic beast right now. Tough to assess right now.

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  • 2020 Louis Latour Romanée St. Vivant Les Quatre Journaux 93 Points

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

    Walk around tasting. Spiced with black and red cherry aromas. Similar palate with good weight, better length, bright textures. Spiced finish. I typically have low expectations of this wine, and was very pleased this year.

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  • 2020 Domaine Nicole Lamarche La Grande Rue 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Grande Rue Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Nicole Lamarche. Supremely elegant with a spiced and floral start accompanies by all red fruit. Not a powerful, but impeccably seamless and balanced already. Very long finish.

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Flight 4 - Clos Vougeot (35 Notes)

  • 2020 Jean Luc et Paul Aegerter Clos Vougeot 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lots of cherry aromas, then also fruit-forward on palate with more restraint, slightly lean. Good overall.

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  • 2020 Domaine d'Ardhuy Clos Vougeot 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Rich and fun with plenty of ripe fruit, less complex than I might expect from Grand Cru, with good enough concentration. Probably good young.

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  • 2020 Domaine Bertagna Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Ripe and nicely rich throughout with good density and a core of sweet cherry, while ending with brightness and nearly elegant. A wine I have rarely tasted, and was pleasantly surprised at well it showed.

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  • 2020 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Clos Vougeot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Mostly black fruit here, on the firm and backward side. A bit of new oak and whole cluster seem to protrude for now, so patience will be needed for everything to come together. 91-92 point potential, 2030 forward. Certainly good, but not nearly as interesting as the Echezeaux tasted earlier.

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  • 2020 Maison Albert Bichot Clos Vougeot Domaine du Clos Frantin 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lots here, possibly on the ultra ripe side, with plenty of black fruit and just enough spice. Firm middle and finish for now, give this a decade + in the cellar.

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  • 2020 Arnaud Chopin & Fils Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Seemed dirty. Off bottle?

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  • 2020 Henri de Villamont Clos Vougeot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Spiced aromatic start with ripe red fruit. Similar flavors show more balance. Better than their Grands-Echezeaux tasted earlier.

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  • 2019 Edouard Delaunay & Ses Fils Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. OK overall, but a little too oaky, a bit too much pronounced whole cluster, and tannins are nearly drying.

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  • 2020 Domaine R. DuBois & Fils Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Charming nose shows good fruit purity in an old school style. Similarly rich flavors, but firm for the vintage with slightly drying tannins. Needs time, again in that old school style.

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  • 2020 Domaine d'Eugénie Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Rich and well spiced with plenty of ripe red and black cherry. The new oak and whole cluster still protrude right now, but there is so much here that everything will surely harmonize with a few years in bottle. Very good weight and length, cellar until 2030 forward.

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  • 2020 Faiveley Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lean and firm with lots of concentration. Lots of fruit, but there is a faint bitterness that is intriguingly suppressing the ripeness, but also throwing off the balance. I like what I am tasting, but find it slightly confusing. I would give this plenty of cellar time, 92-93 point potential.

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  • 2020 Camille Giroud Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. This is a very pretty, very elegant, and very charming young Clos Vougeot. Already. Lots of fun fruit with everything else just off the center stage in support. Will drink well young, as soon as 2025.

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  • 2020 Domaine Jean Grivot Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lots of cherry everywhere, delicately spice. Silky tannins already, everything well balanced.

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  • 2020 Domaine Anne Gros Clos Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Darker fruit and fully savory. Also very elegant and silky tannins with very good depth, even better length. Also good toenjoy young, 2026 forward.

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  • 2020 Gros Frère et Sœur Clos Vougeot Musigni 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Certainly good fruit intensity. Starts out ripe, finishes lean, while slightly off balance with a drying finish.

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  • 2020 Domaine Michel Gros Clos Vougeot Grand Maupertuis 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Good concentration of black and red cherry, but tannins seem to dominate. Not much hint of fun here.

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  • 2020 Jean-Pierre Guyon Clos Vougeot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Like the Echezeaux from before, this is very subtle. It seems fun, starting with reasonable Grand Cru weight, but then goes on and on, getting bigger along the way. 91-93 point potential, based on how much weight it puts on.

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  • 2020 Louis Jadot Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. same as a few weeks ago. More red than black fruit, showing both cherry and berry character, savory spice, subtle tannins, and overall elegance for this youthful stage. 92-93 point potential.

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  • 2020 Domaine Nicole Lamarche Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. More floral and spiced than I recall from previous vintages, this seems to really highlight the wine's Vosne-ness in nice ways, while also fairly refined and delicate. At the same time, there is a power on the finish that tells us to leave this alone for 6-10 years. 92-93 points.

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  • 2020 Louis Latour Clos Vougeot 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Ripe black fruit with good balance, good enough weight. Will drink well on the young side, 2025-2040

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  • 2020 Château Philippe-le-Hardi Clos Vougeot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Mostly black fruits here with some meatiness. On the firm side, patience required, but very good density.

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  • 2020 Thibault Liger-Belair Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Charming nose with lots of ripe cherry and baking spice. Similar flavors also seem rich to start, quickly firming up, Very good length.

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  • 2020 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Like so many of the best 2020s, this is easy to think as a fun, simpler wine that it really will be. Wonderful balance here with sneaky good length. 92-93 point potential, 2028 forward.

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  • 2020 Domaine du Château de Marsannay Clos Vougeot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Black fruits, ripe and powerful with meaty character. But also well balanced already. I do not think I have previously tasted this from any vintage.

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  • 2020 Jean-Marc Millot Clos Vougeot Grand Maupertuis 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Bright black and red berries start-to-finish, this seems both rich but also nearly lean due to its bright, minerally textures. Very good length. 91-93 point potential, based on how much weight this manages to put on, better 2030 forward.

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  • 2020 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. One of my absolute highlights. More red vs black fruit with spice, rare beef, and silky textures. Very good density and length with a lingering finish. Great 94-95 point potential, 2027 forward.

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  • 2020 Domaine Michel Noëllat Clos Vougeot 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lighter than most others in the vintage, while nicely elegant and balanced.

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  • 2020 Manuel Olivier Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Lots here, very good density, but awkward right now with lots of tannic structure. 89-91 point potential, but tough to say when/ where this will come together.

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  • 2020 Domaine Henri Rebourseau Clos Vougeot 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Good richness while nicely bright. Fun and accessible, but power comes through on its sneaky long finish.

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  • 2020 Pascale Rion Delhautal Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Clearly ripe, but very bright and lithe with so much energy. Plenty of fruit, very good length with an expanding finish.

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  • 2020 Domaine Tortochot Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Another fun 2020 that turns out to have more density than initially perceived. Lots of dry extract, sneaky good length.

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  • 2018 Domaine Château De La Tour Clos Vougeot 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Great nose with gobs of an array of very ripe berries, liqueur, and baking spice. Similar flavor profile but somewhat obscured for now behind firm structure. This needs at least a decade in the cellar, probably more. Like many 2018s, this has shut down hard.

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  • 2019 Domaine Château De La Tour Clos Vougeot 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. More red vs black fruit, ripe and plump, but certainly bright on both nose and palate. Elegant and completely engaging, this shuts down slightly on its long finish. An excellent wine that will reward 5 years in the cellar, then last for decades.

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  • 2018 Domaine Château De La Tour Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Even richer aromas vs Classique, with more charming spice showcasing whole cluster complexity. All black cherry on palate, very firm, but engaging on long finish. Patience, 2033-2063.

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  • 2019 Domaine Château De La Tour Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Walk around tasting. Black cherry and berry aromas and flavors already come across as complex and layered. Wonderfully rich without seemed extravagant, this is a big step up over Classique, as it goes on and on. Another star of the tasting. Better 2034 forward, 95-96 point potential.

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