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Red
1996 Domaine Francois Lamarche Clos Vougeot
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Nuits
- Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 2
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Mackmoo Likes this wine: 92 points
February 17, 2019 - Started off well enough but seems to fade rather quickly over a couple of hours.
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campingfleurie Likes this wine: 94 points
November 10, 2012 - Bottle stink mostly gone after 3 mins. A quick pour shows a very-Lamarche, bright, pale, red colour, with hint of orange. No brown. Not much nose yet, bar a little Lamarche cinnamon and maybe vanilla. In the mouth a striking, immediate impression of fruit-sweetness and acidity bound together. Delightfully medium-scale and energetic: tautness with fizzing edges. Excellence meant that I decided against double-decanting - didn't want to risk blunting the class; and the injection of air from the small pour has an effect. Sniffing the bottle occasionally over the next two hours I got: burnt wood and vital spices; a rounder hint of a dark boiled sweet; darkly fruited undergrowth, which was thick, textured and lively; good purple cherries; a flicker of beetroot. Half an hour in I got a little burnt-toffee in glass dregs: poss oxidisation; reinforcing the non-decanting decision. Then again, on drinking 2 hrs after opening, nose wasn't very formed: a rather muddled, subdued purple-cherries and undergrowth affair. However the palate was simply brilliant: sweet-sour sans parallele. A weighty, explosively-tingly finish, with crunchy, sour, dark fruit, oranges, and the merest hint of volatility. When sipping later without food, mouth left pretty dry but very happy. 93-94, 94. If the nose had been more giving (in the exponential way Burg can), this might have jumped forward towards utopia.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Francois Lamarche
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Nuits
- Appellation Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 29 (51%)
- Consumed 28 (49%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerDomaine Francois Lamarche
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Nuits
- AppellationClos Vougeot Grand Cru
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