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• Paul S wrote: 93 points

  December 15, 2015 - Prime of Life Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): Wow. This village wine was a canvas for showing off the joys of a mature Burgundy from a great vintage, well-stored (in a magnum no less), and drank just as it hit its peak. 50% of the wine came from young vines Musigny I am told, as these were the days before Vogue declassified the Moose into a Chambolle 1er Cru, and the quality certainly showed. It had a wonderful nose that just wafted out of the glass with meltingly sweet aromas of cherries and berries, spice and herb, with a lovely floral perfume of dried rose petals weaving in and out of the fruit. Beautiful. The palate was classic 1985, marrying sappy depth and sweet sunny flesh to a great freshness and purity, so that there was a lovely fresh-fruited crunch to its sweet flavours of cherries and red berries, again perfumed with a nice floral character. This really was a perfect gem of a Chambolle-Musigny, with a jewel-like clarity and elegance to it. From magnum, it was at peak and drinking wonderful well too. Of course it did not quite have the weight of a great Grand Cru, but at 30 years of age, this was probably one of the best Burgundy villages that I have ever had.

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