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2008 Boisset Jean-Claude Clos de la Roche

By billn on April 18, 2010

Aromas of understated creamy fruit – it’s very nice. It has a wide, sweet, acid-led personality that just about balances, the fruit is beautifully precise. Very sneaky length.

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2008 Picard Michel Bâtard-Montrachet

By billn on April 18, 2010

Here is a very ‘together’ nose, understated but very elegant. Ripe and sweet, some fat too. The flavour is more about fruit-stones than fruit. Intense and long finishing. Very good wine.

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2008 Max Louis Clos de Vougeot

By billn on April 18, 2010

Quite an interesting nose – dark red/black fruit is the focus. Lithe and linear, the tannins are on a medium level. Super balance, this seems very well put together but is perhaps a bit underpowered for a grand cru. Lovely wine though.

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2008 Jadot Louis Bâtard-Montrachet

By billn on April 18, 2010

The nose shows a higher level of freshness than those that went before and with it shows an understated width. Silky, sweet and very well balanced. Intense slightly floral flavours and a fine burst of intensity in the mid-palate. This is very long. Super wine.

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2008 Taupenot-Merme Mazoyères-Chambertin

By billn on April 15, 2010

Hints of oak dovetail with the dark fruit. Super-silky and (sorry I can’t help it…) super-sexy texture. Plenty of structure lies below the surface, but it is mainly buried. Very long, this is super.

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2008 Dubreuil-Fontaine Corton Bressandes

By billn on April 15, 2010

A good width of mainly dark fruit aromas that are coupled to faint herbs. Even after the Vercots we have a clear extra level of power and mid-palate dimension. The tannin is slightly grainy, though okay. Lots of energy here. Good wine.

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2008 Gambal Alex Clos de Vougeot

By billn on April 14, 2010

Here the aromas are complex and quite lovely; slightly warm and not too dense. On your tongue there is width coupled to minerality, fine acidity and an impressive, slowly fading length. Fresh personality and certainly a ‘keeper’.

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2008 Gambal Alex Chambertin

By billn on April 14, 2010

A wider panorama of aromas than the Clos de Vougeot – seemingly more virile too. Impact, fat texture, a really super extra mid-palate dimension plus super length. This is quite a rich wine, but it’s the initial flavour ‘impact’ that wows. It’s not easy to find ‘worthy’ Chambertin, but here’s one!

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2008 Gambal Alex Corton-Charlemagne

By billn on April 14, 2010

Despite a width of aromas this has a brooding, powerful personality. Ripe, sweet and powerful yet approachable by virtue of being wrapped in baby-fat. Understatedly long. I’m very impressed – this will be worth following.

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