1997

1997 Mugneret Gerard Vosne-Romanée Aux Brûlées

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High-toned nose, understated but very nice. The palate is rather linear, but lots of dimension and almost good length. It’s actually almost good.

1997 Jobard Francois et Antoine Meursault Les Genevrières

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Medium yellow. A narrow, tight nose. Well balanced and tasty but suffers a little after the ripeness of the Lafon, holds a very good length though.

1997 Magnien Frederic Bonnes-Mares

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Oaky top notes underpinned by creamy deep fruit – quite fresh too – nice. The palate is very good, fresh and concentrated with some grainy tannin. Very good.

1997 Devevey Jean-Yves Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Les Chagnots

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(Magnum) Pale yellow. The nose is unusual, lots of peardrops and just a little sickly to me. The palate, however, is has plenty of acidity that is not perfectly refined but there’s plenty of dimension and good length. A bit of a Curate’s Egg.

1997 Chevillon Robert Nuits St.Georges Les Vaucrains

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Plenty of oak still on a nose that narrowly avoids reduction. Where the aromatics don’t involve, the palate delivers more; good dimension set against a furry tannin. Overall this is almost good but no more.

1997 Pavelot Jean-Marc et Hugues Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Gravains

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(Magnum) A deep, dank, underbrush nose with ripe fruit to match. Sweet, with high-toned fruit in the mouth and still some tannin too – though less astringent than the preceding wines. This is very good, but really does require another 3 or so years in the cellar – in this format anyway.

1997 Comtes Lafon Meursault Les Genevrières

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Width, freshness and a brioche depth on the nose. Ripe and concentrated with a very good texture. Long too. This hangs together very well, it’s very good wine – vintage independant.

1997 Rousseau Armand Chambertin

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The nose is creamy with a little cedar (à la 2004), not bad. The palate is fresh and complex and medium weight but very long. Blind, this would be hard to place as a 97. This is very good.

1997 Giboulot Emmanuel Beaune Lalune

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Roasted red fruit notes on the nose. The palate shows good concentration, sweet ripe fruit and a good balance. There is still some tannin and no rush to drink this. A very successful 97.

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