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Sunday, December 1, 2019 - Wines with Wayne (Auckland, NZ): Served double blind to Wayne. The sort of bouquet you could swim around in for an hour or two without needing to drink the wine. Blackberry, dark cherry, dark soil, mineral, clove and dark floral perfumes. Wayne picked it as a serious Burgundy - describing it as "having a bit of age but being still very primary" - picking it as a 2001 Gevrey Grand Cru. As Wayne described it, the Bruno Clair was a "savoury number", being both "savoury and fruity at the same time, big structured and dry and tannic". To me, it showed real Clos St. Jacques typicity, reminding me of what a great - sympathetic and understated - winemaker Clair is. Here the sol vintage has not blotted out the terroir. This is a potentially great CSJ which - ideally - needs another 5-10 years. (94-95) potential.

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