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• Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 30, 2019 - This wine from the village section of La Combe d'Orveau (which is actually more like an extension of Echezeaux) is better than many I've had from the Musigny-proximate premier cru part. Except for the medium-heavy CO2 which requires a shakeout, the style is so classic it will give you a Proustian moment. It has a slender, feminine figure with winy flavors past the primary fruit, but still has massive reserves of inner power on account of that old-vine sap (~90 years old according to Weygandt's web site). With a bit more time that primary fruit intensity resurfaces and gives it a vibrant wild-berry fruitiness while retaining those fine proportions. In 2014, I liked this wine better than the Beaux Monts; this has all the best features of the 2014 in terms of its elegance and pure comfort-wine satisfaction yet manages to crank the ripeness dial up a notch or two without sacrificing any of that.

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