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Btls
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Btl
Size
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Year
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Price per
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VAT |
Tasting
Score/Notes
Best Drinking
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JOSEPH DROUHIN
Top Beaune negociant with a clear house style:
elegant yet classy with plenty of richness and flavour. |
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12 |
75cl |
Morey St Denis
Clos Sorbes |
2005 |
£34.00 |
Lovely Wine
Now - 2020 |
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24 |
75cl |
Beaune
Clos des Mouches
1er Cru
AM -
After taking a year off in
2004 (it was not released because of hail), the red Clos des Mouches is
back and in excellent form with a high-toned and wonderfully seductive
nose of raspberry and strawberry aromas nuanced by hints of oak, spice
and earth that continues on the rich, sweet and solidly detailed medium
full flavours, all wrapped in a delicious, supple and relatively forward
finish supported by buried tannins. Like the Grèves, this is so well
balanced that it should age effortlessly. |
2005 |
£49.00 |
AM92
2010-22Top Vintage!
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12 |
75cl |
Beaune
Clos des Mouches
1er Cru
AM -
Classic ruby. This is a much
more serious wine with deeper, richer and earthier fruit aromas that
are long, intense and offer excellent flavour authority. This is so
primary that it suggests that it will require ample time in bottle to be
at its best. |
2002 |
£45.00 |
AM90
2009-19Top Vintage!
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4 |
75cl |
Chambolle Musigny
Les Baudes 1er Cru
AM -
There is a bit more of
everything here, particularly minerality with a classic Chambolle nose
that is sophisticated, pure and gorgeously refined and leads to
mineral-driven and distinctly more powerful medium full flavours that
seem to gather in intensity and energy as they drive towards an
explosive finish. This is classy juice and should be capable of
delivering 25+ years of enjoyment as this is packed with potential from
front to back. |
2005 |
£49.00 |
AM92
2010-25Top Vintage!
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30 |
75cl |
Griotte-Chambertin GC
AM -
A cherry and raspberry
liqueur nose merges into supple and very round, indeed almost soft
medium full flavours with enough concentration to coat the palate on the
moderately long finish. This is classy, stylish and delicious but so
forward that it will be approachable very early. |
2004 |
£89.00 |
AM90
Now - 2022
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10 |
75cl |
Griotte-Chambertin GC
AM -
Intriguing notes of game,
leather and earth nuances can be found on the sappy, long, precise and
focused flavours of indescribable complexity and what is perhaps the
best acid/fruit balance of these '02s. Understated and supremely classy
juice that is indisputably of reference standard quality. A simply
gorgeous Drouhin Griotte and worth a special search to find. |
2002 |
£118.00 |
AM94
2009-20Top Vintage!
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12 |
75cl |
Griotte-Chambertin GC
AM -
This is fresher on the nose
despite being riper with delicious, complex and ultra pure middle weight
flavours of obvious breed and a certain lovely reserve. Exceptionally
powerful for Griotte with stunning length and a textured, dusty finish
but despite the power, this is a remarkably precise wine blessed with
great underlying material. My only reservation is the absence of better
than average complexity; if the wine develops it, then my score will
most certainly be conservative because this is already one very
impressive effort. |
2001 |
£89.00 |
AM92
Now - 2020
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12 |
75cl |
Griotte-Chambertin GC
AM -
Even riper than the
Grands Echézeaux with predominantly red fruits followed by quite
forward, medium weight flavours and the same sappy, rich, intense
flavours and fine tannins. This is not quite as precise as the former
wine but there is a touch better density even though I suspect this will
drink sooner. |
2000 |
£87.00 |
AM91
Now - 2014
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2 |
75cl |
Griottes-Chambertin GC
CC -
Fullish colour. A touch of brown at the
rim. Full, rich, meaty nose. Plenty of depth and not unduly tannic. Good
grip. Plenty of depth. Very good concentration on the follow-through.
Very Fine. |
1995 |
£99.00 |
CC: 18.5/20.0
Now - 2026
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10 |
75cl
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Vosne Romanee
Beauxmonts 1er Cru
AM -
Spice and very dark fruits
with a wonderful mouth feel of velvet and buried dusty tannins. Despite
the velvet, there is a much more structured quality to the '99 than the
'00 with the same notes of torrefaction on the nose yet more elegance
and Vosne spice as well. Comes across much like a mini-Richebourg but
with less size and intensity. Quite impressively detailed and a wine
that should live for a long time. |
1999 |
£49.00 |
AM92
2009 - 17
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DOMAINE GROS, Frere & Soeur
An excellent Vosne
Romanee based domaine, making full bodied wines with lots of depth and
good fruit to tannin balance.
Highly recommended, as they are very classic and age well. |
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24
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75cl
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Clos Vougeot 'Musigni'
Grand Cru
AM -
As it usually is, here the
nose is more reserved with black fruit and earth aromas nuanced by deft
oak hints that complement the broad-scaled and powerful full-bodied
flavours that are both robust and sappy, culminating in a deep, sweet
and impressively layered finish that is dry and austere in the best
sense. Good juice with solid upside potential and while the resurfaces
on the backend, the oak is relatively well integrated already. |
2005 |
£87.00 |
AM92
2010-22 |
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24
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75cl
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Echezeaux
Grand Cru
AM -
More prominent wood
influence frames higher-toned and more complex aromas of red pinot and
blackberry fruits aromas that evidence notes of soy and anise that can
also be found on the precise, rich and powerful flavours that offer good
volume and real drive on the sleekly muscled and moderately structured
finish. This has good mid-palate depth and plenty of underlying material
which should make for up to a decade of improvement. |
2005 |
£96.00 |
AM92
2012-25 |
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DOMAINE HERSZTYN
A reliable grower
producing very good wines, who
is not that well known in the UK; so prices are consumer friendly! |
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33
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75cl
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Chambolle Musigny
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1999 |
£17.00 |
Nice wine, drinking well now!
Special Offer |
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26
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75cl
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Gevrey Chambertin
Les Champonnets 1er Cru
CC -
Good substance, class and depth. Rich,
full, meaty and classy. Very good grip. Multi-dimensional.
Fine. |
1999 |
£29.00 |
CC: 17.5/20.0
2007-15 |
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17
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75cl
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Morey St Denis
Les Millandes 1er Cru
CC -
Very good colour. Lovely pure, succulent
nose. Very intense and finely poised. Long. Elegant.
Fine. |
1999 |
£32.00 |
CC: 17.5/20.0
2007-15 |
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HOSPICE de BEAUNE |
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5 |
75cl |
Monthelie Cuvee Lebelin |
1999 |
£54.00 |
Very rare!
Wonderful wine |
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DOMAINE
HUMBERT FRÈRES
Good value from a reliable grower. |
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12
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75cl
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Charmes Chambertin
Grand Cru
AM -
Interestingly, this
is a good deal more open and expressive than the Estournelles at the
moment with its large-scaled and dense flavours of compelling sweetness.
This is a powerful, grapey wine with mouth coating and palate staining
sappy finish. A striking wine. |
2002 |
£74.00 |
AM93
2009-17
Top Vintage |
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12
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75cl
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Gevery Chambertin
Les Poissenots 1er Cru
AM -
An extremely fresh
and bright red fruit and mineral-inflected nose complements to
perfection the clean, detailed and superbly energetic medium full
flavours that culminate in a sappy, serious, firm and equally explosive
finish that is driving and linear in character. This is a sophisticated
effort in both its understatement and purity. Highly recommended. |
2005 |
£49.00 |
AM92
2011-28
Great Vintage! |
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36
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75cl
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Gevery Chambertin
Les Poissenots 1er Cru
AM -
Stylistically similar
to the Petite Chapelle with its burst of fresh fruit and insistent
minerality that runs the length of the wine. Not as rich as the
Craipillot but much finer with better length and persistence, all in a
medium weight package. A very pretty wine with lots of character. |
2000 |
£27.00 |
AM90
2006-12
Lovely Drinker |
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DOMAINE JOBLOT
According to
Clive Coates MW, this is Givry's best estate.
Lots of quality for the price! |
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18 |
75cl |
Givry
Clos de la Servoisine 1er Cru
RP -
Spicy oak scents are interspersed with
black cherries and blackberries in the nose of the 2002 Givry Clos de la
Servoisine. Armed with gorgeous depth of fruit, this rich, medium to
full-bodied wine is plush, beautifully ripe, and generously endowed with
dark berries. Notes of vanilla can be detected in its long, structured
finish. |
2002 |
£19.00 |
RP92
2007-15 |
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DOMAINE FRANCOIS LAMARCHE
A top Vosne
Romanee domaine with some excellent vineyard parcels, the Grand Rue is
right next to the DRC Romanee Conti and La Tache plots! |
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36 |
75cl |
Grands Echezeaux
Grand Cru
AM -
A more refined and more elegant nose of red pinot, blue berry and
intense floral notes, particularly violets, introduces rich, pure and
sleekly muscled full-bodied flavours that are perhaps a bit more
generous and accessible than usual while culminating in an impeccably
balanced, serious and gorgeously long finish. This is a classic
Grands Echezeaux as the inherent robustness of the
structure is hidden by the class and breed of the nose and flavours. I
quite like this. |
2006 |
£98.00 |
AM94
2016-32 |
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12 |
75cl |
Grands Echezeaux
Grand Cru
AM -
Strong wood spice and roasted berry notes lead to solidly structured,
robust, muscular, unevolved flavours of the same exceptional intensity
of the best in this range. The finish is strikingly long though there is
a touch of warmth as well. This is frankly a bit awkward today but the
underlying material is so good that it is wonderfully promising and this
will require at least a decade to be at its best. |
2002 |
£92.00 |
AM93
2012-20 |
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48 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
AM -
A reserved, indeed even discreet nose reflects a ripe panoply of spicy
red and black pinot fruit aromas amplified by plenty of spice notes that
are transmitted clearly to the rich, full, sweet and very stylish
flavours that are at once mouth coating and serious yet entirely
classy on the driving finish. While the 2005 is bigger and more
powerful, there is pure and racy character here that imparts real
energy to the '06. Impressive. |
2006 |
£142.00 |
AM94
2016-32 |
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24 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
AM -
Discreet if not invisible hints of wood spice complement gorgeously
spicy and elegant black pinot fruit nuanced with an abundance of
different herb and tea notes. The medium full flavours are classy,
precise and very pure with a dusty, intense and sappy texture that both
coats and stains the palate. I very much admire the way this is powerful
and weighty yet retains a first rate sense of balance. Terrific juice. |
2003 |
£122.00 |
AM94
2012-28 |
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12 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
AM -
A much more reserved and backward nose of moderate wood spice and sexy
black fruit introduces elegant, punchy and pure flavours that are
robust, sappy and powerful with relatively fine tannins are finer and
excellent length. This is classy if not truly compelling juice that
should improve for a decade and last another after that. |
2002 |
£118.00 |
AM91
2012-29 |
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6 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
AM -
Astonishingly complex and elegant black fruits combine with traces of
earth and background nuances of wood spice. Dusty, refined and
sophisticated tannins underpin medium weight, remarkably sappy and pure
flavours that display excellent intensity and persistence as well as
terrific richness. Another superb effort. |
2001 |
£99.00 |
AM93
2012-20 |
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6 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
CC - Full, ripe and
voluptuous. Slight astringency in the background. But ample, rich and
with fine fresh acidity. Complex. Classy. Long and positive. |
1998 |
£97.00 |
CC:17.5
2008-22 |
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6 |
75cl |
La Grande Rue (Monopole)
Grand Cru
AM -
Explosive fruity with ripe
blackberry, game and earth notes in evidence followed by medium weight,
focused and reasonably rich flavours underpinned by solid but not hard
structure plus good if not exceptional length. The balance is such that
this should age well. In sum, this is a pretty rather than profound
wine. |
1996 |
£84.00 |
AM88
2008-26 |
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36 |
75cl |
Vosne Romanee
'Les Malconsorts'
1er Cru
AM -
Classic ruby. The most
expressive of these four Vosne 1ers at present with a spicy mix of
mostly red berry fruit with a lovely floral note of rose petal that
continues onto the equally spicy, pure and impeccably well balanced
flavours that also evidence excellent precision on the intense, long and
serious finish. |
2006 |
£54.00 |
AM92
2012-28 |
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24 |
75cl |
Vosne Romanee
'Les Suchots'
1er Cru
AM -
As one would reasonably
expect, this is both more elegant and more aromatically interesting with
a spicy nose that is very Vosne with its black fruit, soy, anise and
hoisin notes that slide into rich, full and sweet flavours that
possess good volume and intensity on the mouth coating and admirably
persistent finish. |
2006 |
£47.00 |
AM90
2012-25 |
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