| Comte Liger Belair |
Echezeaux |
2010 |
AM 92-95 |
-
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S/O
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Wine: Echezeaux
Tasting note: Very mild reduction diminishes only slightly the interest of the red currant, violets, earth and exuberant spice notes. There is excellent volume to the very rich, round and pure medium-bodied flavors that possess highly sophisticated tannins that are already well integrated on the powerful, focused and stunningly long finish. This is generous to the point of opulence on the mid-palate yet there is again faultless balance that suggests that this should age effortlessly. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
La Romanee |
2010 |
NM 97-99 |
-
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S/O
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Wine: La Romanee
The La Romanee has one of those bouquets when you instantly know it is “the business”. There is no need to patiently wait and coax out the aromas; it instantly delivers a heady smorgasbord of haunting dark berry fruit inflected with scents of flint and limestone. The palate is medium-bodied with strict tannins, very linear at this stage, yet there is incredible poise married with ineffable delicacy. This must count as one of the finest La Romanee’s since it was prized out of Bouchard’s hands. Stunning, even if you do not get much change out of a tenner. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Nuits St Georges Les Lavieres |
2010 |
AM 89-91 |
30
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R 533.37
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Wine: Nuits St Georges Les Lavieres
Tasting note: Reduction. The supple and round flavors are deceptively forward as this glides across the palate before culminating in an extract rich and mouth coating finish that tightens up quickly to reveal a firm tannic spine and excellent length. This too is a villages of excellent quality. from a .13 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée |
2010 |
AM 89-91 |
33
|
R 487.58
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Wine: Vosne Romanée
Tasting note: A fresh, elegant and admirably pure nose of red and blue pinot fruit trimmed in spice and violets leads to cool and equally pure middle weight flavors that possess a velvety mouth feel before terminating in a precise and persistent finish. This is a really lovely villages and worth a look. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée 1er Chaumes |
2010 |
AM 90-93 |
15
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R 1,021.84
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Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Chaumes
Tasting note: Reduction. The medium-bodied and very appealingly textured medium-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate concentration and fine volume all the while preserving the silky mouth feel on the firm, precise and solidly persistent finish. This is very Vosne with a lovely inner mouth perfume. from vines planted in 1945; in 2010 this was vinified with <15% whole clusters LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée 1er Reignots |
2010 |
AM 92-95 |
3
|
R 1,327.13
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Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Reignots
Tasting note: Reduction. A wonderfully beguiling inner mouth perfumed of spice and black fruit liqueur adds considerable interest to the intensely mineral-inflected middle weight flavors that possess a highly sensuous mouth feel, all wrapped in a transparent, tension-filled and impeccably well-balanced finish that delivers truly superb length. This is an exceptionally classy and refined effort. the Liger-Belair vines in this small vineyard run from top to bottom whereas the others are situated in segments; Cathiard is on top, Grivot in the middle and Arnoux at the bottom LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Ghislaine Barthod |
Chambolle 1er Cru Chatelots |
2010 |
AM 89-92 |
-
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S/O
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Wine: Chambolle 1er Cru Chatelots
Tasting note: Here the reduction is strong enough to hamper a clear evaluation of the nose though it seems evident that the underlying fruit is ripe. In contrast to the funky nose, there is good freshness and energy to the round yet solidly precise medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a delicious and mineral-inflected finish where the supporting tannins are perfectly well-integrated. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Ghislaine Barthod
None
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| Ghislaine Barthod |
Chambolle 1er Cru les Cras |
2010 |
AM 93-95 |
-
|
S/O
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Wine: Chambolle 1er Cru les Cras
Tasting note: A dramatic, densely fruited and polished nose speaks of spiced purple fruit and floral aromas, particularly violets. The strikingly well-detailed, intense and mineral-driven flavors are supported by seemingly buckets of dry extract as well as refined and sophisticated tannins that contribute to this wine's perfect sense of harmony on the explosive finish. Wow, this is a seriously impressive effort that should also age extremely well though note that significant patience will be required. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Ghislaine Barthod
None
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| Ghislaine Barthod |
Chambolle Musigny |
2010 |
AM 89-91 |
-
|
S/O
|
Wine: Chambolle Musigny
Tasting note: An ultra-elegant, airy and cool nose of essence of red pinot fruit and stone aromas leads to clean and equally pure middle weight flavors that are very Chambolle in character, all wrapped in a dusty, delicious, balanced and linear finish. An excellent villages that should reward 5 to 7 years of cellaring. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Ghislaine Barthod
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Bienvenues Batard Montrachet |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 1,898.36
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Wine: Bienvenues Batard Montrachet
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Bonnes Mares |
2010 |
- |
6
|
R 1,429.66
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Wine: Bonnes Mares
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Corton Charlemagne |
2010 |
- |
18
|
R 985.55
|
Wine: Corton Charlemagne
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Meursault 1er Charmes |
2010 |
- |
36
|
R 593.73
|
Wine: Meursault 1er Charmes
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Meursault 1er Genevrières |
2010 |
- |
18
|
R 632.47
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Wine: Meursault 1er Genevrières
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Puligny 1er Clos De La Mouchère |
2010 |
- |
36
|
R 632.47
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Wine: Puligny 1er Clos De La Mouchère
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Puligny Montrachet |
2010 |
- |
96
|
R 397.97
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Wine: Puligny Montrachet
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Caillerets |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 679.62
|
Wine: Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Caillerets
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Volnay 1er Les Fremiets |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 568.67
|
Wine: Volnay 1er Les Fremiets
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Henri Boillot |
Volnay 1er Santenots |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 568.67
|
Wine: Volnay 1er Santenots
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Henri Boillot
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Bourgogne Pinot Noir |
2010 |
NM 90 |
297
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R 153.59
|
Wine: Bourgogne Pinot Noir
The 2010 Bourgogne Rouge has a simple, crisp nose with redcurrant and tomato leaf aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, fine delineation and great purity and touches of Morello and fresh strawberry towards the finish. This is a lovely Bourgogne Rouge. LANDING MAY 2010
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Chambolle Musigny |
2010 |
AM 88-91 |
46
|
R 354.01
|
Wine: Chambolle Musigny
Tasting note: A hint of wood spice can be discerned through a reduced nose but not much else. The racy, pure and well-detailed flavors evidence a hint of minerality on the mouth coating, intense and lacy finish that gives the impression of being very Chambollesque. Lovely and fashioned in an understated style. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Clos de Vougeot |
2010 |
AM 92-94 |
6
|
R 1,021.84
|
Wine: Clos de Vougeot
Tasting note: A very mild floral hint adds elegance to the ripe red berry fruit and distinctly earth-inflected nose. There is excellent richness to the impressively scaled and overtly powerful flavors that possess fine balance and focus on the lingering finish. Lovely juice with a bit less youthful austerity than I typically find with this wine. Note: from two separate parcels, one to the left of the Château and another situated to the right by the Méo-Camuzet vines; the 2010 was vinified with about 10% whole clusters LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers |
2010 |
AM 90-93 |
9
|
R 525.74
|
Wine: Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers
Tasting note: A spicy and relatively elegant nose features notes of red and blue pinot fruit and while there are warm earth nuances, they are more of a background element than usual. The seductively textured, round and well-concentrated medium-bodied flavors also possess excellent complexity and a bit more refinement as well on the balanced and lingering finish. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Richebourg Grand Cru |
2010 |
AM 94-96 |
3
|
R 2,739.11
|
Wine: Richebourg Grand Cru
Tasting note: Here the ever-so-slightly riper nose displays a restrained combination of red currant and plum aromas that also offer an intense spiciness. There is excellent richness and muscle to the big-bodied and impressively vibrant medium weight plus flavors that possess fine mid-palate concentration before culminating in a palate staining and magnificently long finish. There is power here but overall this is more a Riche of elegance than brawn. I very much like this. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Vosne Romanée |
2010 |
AM 88-91 |
43
|
R 354.01
|
Wine: Vosne Romanée
Tasting note: This is also reduced but there is an elegant and very pure mouth feel to the sophisticated and silky medium-bodied flavors that are blessed with fine balance on the dusty and lingering finish. This is also a lovely villages and I very much like the style plus it should amply reward mid-term cellaring. this has some young vines 1ers added to a blend of Maizières and Les Vigneux LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Vosne Romanée 1er Beaumonts |
2010 |
AM 91-93 |
6
|
R 678.39
|
Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Beaumonts
Tasting note: This had just been racked and not surprisingly was quite closed though aggressive swirling coaxed grudging aromas of spice, wet stone and cassis. The pure and intensely mineral-inflected flavors are shaped by exceptionally fine-grained tannins as well as excellent length on the pure, balanced and energetic finish. This is a wine of finesse and while it's notably finer than the Suchots, it's not as complex or at least not yet. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Vosne Romanée 1er Suchots |
2010 |
AM 91-94 |
-
|
S/O
|
Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Suchots
Tasting note: Reduction and soft spice notes are all that can be seen on the nose though there is plenty of vivacity to the beautifully refined, pure and seductively textured middle weight flavors that culminate in a mouth coating, focused and harmonious finish that is marvelously complex. This is a very classy and sophisticated effort that should age well due to its perfect balance. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Hudelot-Noellat |
Vougeot 1er Petits Vougeots |
2010 |
AM 90-92 |
9
|
R 468.50
|
Wine: Vougeot 1er Petits Vougeots
Tasting note: Very mild reduction reduces the expressiveness but does not fully hide the otherwise fresh and airy red pinot fruit and earth suffused nose. There is good detail and excellent verve to the balanced, intense and relatively refined finish. In 2010, this is definitely more Chambolle than Vougeot in basic character. LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Hudelot-Noellat
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Beaune 1er Clos de Mouche Blanc |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 649.49
|
Wine: Beaune 1er Clos de Mouche Blanc
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Beaune 1er Clos de Mouche Rouge |
2010 |
- |
36
|
R 548.34
|
Wine: Beaune 1er Clos de Mouche Rouge
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Bonne Mares |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 2,335.26
|
Wine: Bonne Mares
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 519.81
|
Wine: Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru |
2007 |
AM 90 |
12
|
R 330.00
|
Wine: Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Chassagne 1er Marquis de Laguiche |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 591.13
|
Wine: Chassagne 1er Marquis de Laguiche
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Chassagne Montrachet |
2007 |
AM 90 |
13
|
R 245.00
|
Wine: Chassagne Montrachet
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Clos de Vougeot |
2010 |
- |
6
|
R 1,269.33
|
Wine: Clos de Vougeot
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Corton Charlemagne |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 875.12
|
Wine: Corton Charlemagne
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Côte de Beaune Villages |
2007 |
- |
72
|
R 115.00
|
Wine: Côte de Beaune Villages
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Gevrey Chambertin |
2007 |
AM 89 |
8
|
R 225.00
|
Wine: Gevrey Chambertin
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Grands Echezeaux |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 2,191.32
|
Wine: Grands Echezeaux
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Meursault |
2007 |
AM 89 |
4
|
R 225.00
|
Wine: Meursault
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Morey St Denis |
2007 |
JR 16.5 |
35
|
R 225.00
|
Wine: Morey St Denis
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Champ Canet |
2007 |
- |
13
|
R 350.00
|
Wine: Puligny Montrachet 1er Champ Canet
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Garenne |
2007 |
JR 17.5 |
13
|
R 350.00
|
Wine: Puligny Montrachet 1er Garenne
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Folatières |
2010 |
- |
12
|
R 519.81
|
Wine: Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Folatières
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Pucelles |
2010 |
- |
24
|
R 836.22
|
Wine: Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Pucelles
LANDING SEPTEMBER 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Savigny Les Beaune |
2007 |
- |
20
|
R 130.00
|
Wine: Savigny Les Beaune
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Joseph Drouhin |
Volnay |
2007 |
- |
6
|
R 180.00
|
Wine: Volnay
LANDING MAY 2012
Producer: Joseph Drouhin
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Cotes de Nuits Villages |
2010 |
AM 87-89 |
72
|
R 207.81
|
Wine: Cotes de Nuits Villages
Tasting note: A very fresh, expressive and earthy dark berry fruit nose reveals lively middle weight flavors that possess a hint of minerality on the textured, delicious and entirely serious finish. This mildly rustic effort offers fine complexity and solid concentration. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Gevrey Chambertin |
2010 |
AM 89-92 |
120
|
R 283.28
|
Wine: Gevrey Chambertin
Tasting note: This is also exceptionally fresh with cool, airy and layered aromas of both red and dark berry fruit, underbrush and pungent Gevrey-style earth. There is excellent cut and plenty of energy to the precise and stone-inflected flavors that possess an impressive amount of dry extract that confers a textured quality to the highly complex finish. Like the Grands Poisots, this is a first-rate villages. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Gevrey Chambertin 1er Champonnets |
2010 |
AM 92-94 |
24
|
R 498.80
|
Wine: Gevrey Chambertin 1er Champonnets
Tasting note: A cool, airy and exceptionally pure nose of essence of pinot fruit is very much in keeping with the equally pure and reserved middle weight flavors that possess an obvious mineral streak that extends to the mouth coating, precise and impressively intense, even explosive finish that seems to go on and on. There is good power but the essential character of this wine is refinement. A really lovely effort. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Nuits St Georges 1er Les Pruliers |
2010 |
AM 93-95 |
36
|
R 667.64
|
Wine: Nuits St Georges 1er Les Pruliers
Tasting note: A deeply pitched and brooding nose of spice, plum, cassis and plenty of pungent earth marries into very rich, intense and muscular flavors that possess a velvety mouth that culminates in a precise and driving finish that delivers spectacular length. This possesses that rare quality of having a robust and powerful mid-palate yet the overall impression is a wine of refinement. In a word, brilliant. 70+ year old vines. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Pommard 1er Cru "Les Fremiers" |
2010 |
AM 91-94 |
36
|
R 498.80
|
Wine: Pommard 1er Cru "Les Fremiers"
Tasting note: This is notably ripe yet remains extremely fresh with its purple fruit and floral aromas that introduce intensely mineral-inflected medium-weight plus flavors that possess excellent size and weight. The mid-palate offers a seductive texture though the tannins are firm and this excellent effort is built to age. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Volnay 1er Les Angles |
2010 |
AM 90-92 |
48
|
R 442.01
|
Wine: Volnay 1er Les Angles
Tasting note: Reduction renders an evaluation of the nose impossible though there is plenty of energy and detail to the suave, indeed even silky middle weight flavors that are shaped by very fine tannins on the mouth coating, mineral-driven and linear finish. The structural elements are firm but not hard and this will require at least a decade to be at its best. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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| Louis Boillot |
Volnay Grands Poisots |
2010 |
AM 89-92 |
60
|
R 264.61
|
Wine: Volnay Grands Poisots
Tasting note: Boillot indicated that this was made from yields of only 22 hl/ha. An exceptionally complex nose of earthy red and blue pinot fruit, violets and a hint of stone introduces delicious, intense and beautifully detailed middle weight flavors that possess an attractive mouth feel, all wrapped in a firm finish that is underpinned by dense but fine tannins and excellent balance on the long and palate coating finish. This is quite simply a terrific villages. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Louis Boillot
None
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