2009 FIXIN Petits Crais Domaine Huguenot
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Pinot Noir
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Origin: France, Burgundy |
Lea & Sandeman review
Despite the name there's more clay and less calcareous, deeper soils than in Marsannay, and one senses it at once in the deep smoothness of texture. Vinous and rich. Rich tangy dark fruit, at once powerful and racy.
Other reviews and comments
Alluringly perfumy but also meaty and savoury on the nose. The palate, similarly, starts lush and sweet with black fruit, but then reveals Marmitey, liquoricy, earthy notes. If this is beginning to sound like anything but Burgundian Pinot Noir, we're giving the wrong impression. It really couldn't be anything else, but it's on the fuller, riper side, which good Fixin is, and it's from a ripe vintage. It's also organic.
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