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2009 BOURGOGNE ROUGE Pinot Noir Domaine Joël Rémy
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
This simple Pinot from the northern Côte de Beaune is truly joyous in the 2009 vintage, as one would hope it would be. Light and crisp with a layer of succulent ripe fruit, just so delicious and easy to drink. Bravo! JUBILEE OFFER: Case price reduced from £10.95.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
This simple Pinot from the northern Côte de Beaune is truly joyous in the 2009 vintage, as one would hope it would be. Light and crisp with a layer of succulent ripe fruit, just so delicious and easy to drink. Bravo! JUBILEE OFFER: Case price reduced from £10.95.
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2010 BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR Bourgogne Rouge Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Subtle change to the vinification in reds, with pigeage (punching down the cap) only up to half-way through the fermentation, to extract only fine skin-tannins. This is a lovely little wine - and not that little either, fat and almost oily-rich, but still bright and fine. Aged in old barrels to round it out even more.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Subtle change to the vinification in reds, with pigeage (punching down the cap) only up to half-way through the fermentation, to extract only fine skin-tannins. This is a lovely little wine - and not that little either, fat and almost oily-rich, but still bright and fine. Aged in old barrels to round it out even more.
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2008 BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir Domaine Nicolas Rossignol
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Lovely fresh Pinot nose, followed by bright, crisp fruit on the palate, nicely textured giving an elegant and refreshing finish.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Lovely fresh Pinot nose, followed by bright, crisp fruit on the palate, nicely textured giving an elegant and refreshing finish.
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2010 BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir Domaine Nicolas Rossignol
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
This is a gorgeous ripe pinot with crisp fruit and silky texture. Very focussed and supple with lovely balance it drinks so well immediately but will evolve well over three years or so.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
This is a gorgeous ripe pinot with crisp fruit and silky texture. Very focussed and supple with lovely balance it drinks so well immediately but will evolve well over three years or so.
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2010 BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir Domaine François Raquillet
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
Juicy and yet more than just that, a gliding, rounded weight too. Brilliant value drinker from this spring and over the next couple of years.
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
Juicy and yet more than just that, a gliding, rounded weight too. Brilliant value drinker from this spring and over the next couple of years.
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2010 SANTENAY Prarons Dessus Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Good juice, pretty fruit with surprising delicacy, a touch of rusticity to the tannins in the middle, but this will soften. Better priced than many a Bourgogne rouge.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Good juice, pretty fruit with surprising delicacy, a touch of rusticity to the tannins in the middle, but this will soften. Better priced than many a Bourgogne rouge.
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2009 MARSANNAY Domaine Huguenot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Bright and open, with a mildly rooty note on the nose which quickly passes with a little aeration, and this is good to go from now, expressive with a fine core of brightly defined positive Côte de Nuits Pinot fruit.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Bright and open, with a mildly rooty note on the nose which quickly passes with a little aeration, and this is good to go from now, expressive with a fine core of brightly defined positive Côte de Nuits Pinot fruit.
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2009 HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS Clos des Fervelots Domaine de la Douaix
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
A clos (walled vineyard) of old vines on a steep south-facing slope in Arcenant, above Nuits Saint Georges. Very dark, dense and mineral. Still a little tight on first opening, but there is so much here: real punch and aromatic complexity, with a long cherry-skin finish.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
A clos (walled vineyard) of old vines on a steep south-facing slope in Arcenant, above Nuits Saint Georges. Very dark, dense and mineral. Still a little tight on first opening, but there is so much here: real punch and aromatic complexity, with a long cherry-skin finish.
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2010 CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET Rouge Vieilles Vignes Domaine Fernand & Laurent Pillot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Bottled three weeks before my November visit. Less of a fruit bomb than the Bourgogne, this is more mineral, slightly more tannic, more serious and long-term, but can still be drunk from now. Lovely cherryish crunch to the fruit.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Bottled three weeks before my November visit. Less of a fruit bomb than the Bourgogne, this is more mineral, slightly more tannic, more serious and long-term, but can still be drunk from now. Lovely cherryish crunch to the fruit.
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2010 MERCUREY Vieilles Vignes Domaine François Raquillet
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
François' old vines cuvée is, as usual, fully ripe, an atttactive sweet edge on the wine with enough body and plenty of juicy, fleshy fruit.
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
François' old vines cuvée is, as usual, fully ripe, an atttactive sweet edge on the wine with enough body and plenty of juicy, fleshy fruit.
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2008 BOURGOGNE L'Héritière Bourgogne Rouge Domaine Nicolas Rossignol
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Nicolas' parcel of very old vines at the bottom of the slope in Pommard. very precise, very juicy, promises much but malo still only half-complete so hard to assess the final outcome.
Côte d'Or Burgundy France
Nicolas' parcel of very old vines at the bottom of the slope in Pommard. very precise, very juicy, promises much but malo still only half-complete so hard to assess the final outcome.
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2010 MERCUREY 1er Cru Les Naugues Domaine Paul et Marie Jacqueson
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
Like the 2009, a gorgeous fruit-packed Pinot for drinking on its young, juicy fruit, while also having all of the attributes of the Burgundy 'terroir' from which it comes. Dense with juice-filled, fine cherry-skin tannins.
Côte Chalonnaise Burgundy France
Like the 2009, a gorgeous fruit-packed Pinot for drinking on its young, juicy fruit, while also having all of the attributes of the Burgundy 'terroir' from which it comes. Dense with juice-filled, fine cherry-skin tannins.