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2009 Olivier Antoine et Rachel Santenay Les Charmes

By billn on May 17, 2011

Made with 50% whole clusters, from a single vineyard just under Clos Rousseau in the west of Santenay.Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose seems a red-cherry compote. Fuller with lots of interesting and intense flavour – lovely length too. A wine with a very well managed structure – excellent quality.

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2009 Olivier Antoine et Rachel Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Liards

By billn on May 17, 2011

Producing since 2006, this is the first vintage that Antoine is happy with. The aromas are completely different – wider and less deep. There is plenty of velvet tannin and a lovely fresh fruit flavour – that said the structure is appreciable – today at least.

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2009 Olivier Antoine et Rachel Santenay Les Coteaux Sous La Roche

By billn on May 17, 2011

(Blanc) Medium colour. Hints of toasted bread on the nose, hints of cream too. Fine balance, depth of flavour and decently intense too – once more with a suggestion of cream.

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2009 Olivier Antoine et Rachel Santenay Bievaux (blanc)

By billn on May 17, 2011

Medium-pale colour. Lovely density coupled to equally lovely acidity – the intensity grows and grows – there’s a lovely mid-palate peak too. I like this a lot.

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2009 Bouton Gilles Chassagne-Montrachet

By billn on April 10, 2011

Medium-plus colour. A dark note of coal blends with the fruit. The tannins seem squashable making platelets instead of grains – very good acidity releases mouth-watering fruit flavours. The fruit is quite in the ascendant right now.

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2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Les Charmes

By billn on April 08, 2011

A mid-December bottling. Understated faint herbs on the nose. After the Bourgogne this has a good extra dimension of fruit in mouth – shows much more intensity in the mid-palate. Nice.

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2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Cuvée L'Estimé

By billn on April 08, 2011

There is a core of dense and dark red fruit on the nose – with flashes of pure cherry. The flavour builds and builds; the tannin has a slight ‘grab’ but almost no astringency – this will be a super-ebulient wine in it’s youth, but perhaps wait another six months.

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