1970 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Latricières-Chambertin

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  4/1/2013 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Dinner with Sasi at Binomio (Binomio, Craig Road): It was such a treat to have this for the second time - this bottle was hand-carried back from Burgundy by William without any of us knowing. It had a lovely mature nose, with wafts of tea leaves, smoke and dried rose petals, nice meaty, earthy undertones and a patina of dried fruited aromas. With time, some fragrant spice notes floated out as well. Nice. The palate started out with a charming blush of sweet dried fruit on the attack - cherries and dark berries - all nicely round and surprisingly fleshy for a 1970, before it slowly mellowed into a nice, gentle, loamy presence on the midpalate. It was somewhat leaner at the finish, with smoky, earthy mineral and little powdery linger of tannins at the fore. But for all that, this was still very alive, with a fine-boned structure and a nice amount of acidity to it. This was quite a delight.

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  10/27/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Burgundy 2012 Day 6: Celebratory Dinner (Maison de Lucien, Tailly): A nice way to end the evening - this very nice Latricières was our best red by some distance. It had beautiful nose which was pure Gevrey in its lovely aromas of dried red cherries and raspberries with touches of toasty earth and dried flowers at the sides. Great stuff. I really liked thhe palate too. This had a lovely deliciousness to it, with notes of spice and earth hovering around a core of sweet cherries and raspberry flavours. This was very mellow, with soft tannins and integrated acidity making it such a joy to drink. And wheil the acidity may have been on the lowish side, the wine somehow managed to maintain a nice balance and a lovely sense of purity to its red-fruited expressions. Great little finish too, with more of those clear cherry flavours seasoned with a touch of spice, earth and a twist of black tea. A lovely wine at a lovely place for drinking, and quite a wonderful pairing with Epoisses as well. Yummy.

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