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$62.99
BURGHOUND 88 POINTS - "This is aromatically quite similar to the Aloxe villages except that here there is no prune influence. The rich, concentrated Read More...
and quite serious medium-bodied flavors are robust, powerful and more firmly structured on the lingering and slightly heavy finish where a hint of prune does surface. This may pick up energy in time but at present, it's a bit flat." 2016+
$52.99
BURGHOUND 88 POINTS - "A highly complex and patently ripe nose offers up notes of black raspberry, plum and prune aromas that are in keeping with the Read More...
equally ripe, rich, full and naturally sweet flavors that possess fine mid-palate sap that helps to buffer the firm, robust and mildly rustic finish that delivers moderate length. This is riper than I prefer."
$77.99
BURGHOUND 88-91 POINTS: "Strong reduction. The vibrant and beautifully well-detailed medium-bodied flavors possess an almost pungent minerality and Read More...
culminate in a linear, persistent and balanced finish. The finale is on the austere side and while this stops short of being strict, it would be fair to say that this isn't generous at present yet the underlying material is such that it should flesh out with a few years of bottle age."
$37.99
"The mill to the monks" (monopole)
This wine has a beautiful structure with firm tannins and spicy, peppery aromas. A warm wine.
"Intense robe. Aromas 'breathe' wealth, Read More...
black fruit. The wine is extracted, dense, smooth and pure.
$31.99
Very aromatic bouquet with berry fruit aromas. This is a wine with lots of character and excellent structure that will need several years to reach full expression. The Les Duresses Read More...
parcel stretches over the communes of both Auxey-Duresses and Monthélie.
$39.98
WINE ADVOCATE 92 POINTS - "The 2008 Barolo is a striking wine at this level. Sweet red fruit, flowers, mint and spices are some of the nuances that emerge Read More...
from the glass. This is one of the few 2008s that has lovely mid-palate presence to balance the focused, vibrant quality of the year. Layers of expressive, perfumed fruit linger on the finish. The Barolo was made from a number of vineyards, including parcels in Rocche, Mariondino, Vignane, Vignolo, Terlo, Bricco Manescoto, Albarella and Plicotti. How’s that for an all-star collection of sites? The 2008 is flat-out beautiful. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2020."
These wines are offered on a pre-arrival basis. Wines are expected to arrive March 1st, 2013. Special introductory pricing is offered through February 28th, 2013.
These wines are offered on a pre-arrival basis. Wines are expected to arrive March 1st, 2013. Special introductory pricing is offered through February 28th, 2013.
$325.99
BURGHOUND 92-94 POINTS - "Here too there are distinct fermentation aromas along with background notes of warm oak toast. This is slightly bigger and Read More...
richer compared to the Bienvenues with an impressive abundance of mouth coating dry extract, indeed there is enough to impart a suave mouth feel to the big-bodied flavors that possess real power on the hugely long finish. Even by the typical out-sized standards of the typical Bâtard, this is a big but balanced effort that should reward up to a decade of cellar time." 2018+
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WINE ADVOCATE 90-92 POINTS - "The 2009 Beaune Clos des Bouchereaux is impressive. Silky tannins frame a radiant, expressive core of fruit. This is Read More...
a beautiful, refined Beaune that should drink well right out of the gate. Clean mineral notes frame the gorgeous finish, where floral notes add lift and freshness. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2019."
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BURGHOUND 89-92 POINTS - "Reduction renders the nose difficult to assess though there is plenty of zest to the more obviously mineral-driven flavors Read More...
that possess excellent delineation on the focused, persistent and linear finish. This is often on the edgy side young and while this is clearly quite firm, it is not unduly backward." 2017+
$54.99
Called "the most satisfying" of the Beaune premier crus, "Clos des Mouches" may too be this walled city's most famous and complex. Brigitte blends grapes from the top of the slope Read More...
and the bottom for a velvety, complex and lushly endowed Burgundian Pinot Noir with great staying power. Aromas remind of blackberries, violets and lightly toasted tobacco; the mouth is full and silky, with impressive freshness and lift, suggesting ripe cherries and more blackberries with real vibrancy and thrust. A gorgeous wine!
$61.99
BURGHOUND 91-93 POINTS "SWEETSPOT, OUTSTANDING": "Though the wood is hardly subtle it's more completely integrated than in these other Beaune 1ers. Read More...
The wonderfully airy and layered nose offers up aromas of earth, wild cherry, raspberry and a hint of stone. There is excellent volume to the solidly well-concentrated medium weight flavors that are at once suave but detailed, all wrapped in a tension-filled, dusty, austere and mouth coating finish of impeccable balance. A classic Clos des Ursules that should reward well 12 to 15 years of cellaring."
eROBERT PARKER 91-93 POINTS: "The 2010 Beaune Clos des Ursules is dark, rich and gorgeous. Black cherries, plums and spices take shape beautifully in the glass, while the wine’s structure appears later. The balance of fruit, structure and acidity is so seamless that nothing really stands out here. The Ursules needs a few years in bottle to come together, but it is shaping up to be a gem. The Clos des Ursules shut down fairly quickly in the glass, suggesting it may be a number of years before the wine becomes truly expressive. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2028."
eROBERT PARKER 91-93 POINTS: "The 2010 Beaune Clos des Ursules is dark, rich and gorgeous. Black cherries, plums and spices take shape beautifully in the glass, while the wine’s structure appears later. The balance of fruit, structure and acidity is so seamless that nothing really stands out here. The Ursules needs a few years in bottle to come together, but it is shaping up to be a gem. The Clos des Ursules shut down fairly quickly in the glass, suggesting it may be a number of years before the wine becomes truly expressive. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2028."
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BURGHOUND 90-92 POINTS "OUTSTANDING" - "This is also quite restrained even though there is good ripeness to the cool plum, red currant and kirsch Read More...
suffused nose. There is fine volume to the very round, rich and relatively generous flavors that possess a velvety mouth feel as there is plenty of tannin-buffering dry extract present, especially on the firm, long and beautifully well-balanced finale. Lovely juice that is built to age."
$293.99
BURGHOUND 92-94 POINTS - "A mildly toasty nose is presently dominated by strong fermentation aromas that push the underlying fruit to the background. Read More...
By contrast, there is good freshness and plenty of punch to the rich, deep, intense and admirably refined medium-bodied flavors that possess a silky mouth feel, all wrapped in a highly complex, long and very stylish finish. This is a very classy effort and, nose aside, a classic Bienvenues." 2018+
$325.99
BURGHOUND 91-94 POINTS - “Mild reduction and blue and black fruit aromas plus ample violet notes introduce big, sappy and mouth coating flavors and Read More...
this is a powerful wine where you can feel the energy build to an explosive and penetrating finish. What it isn’t is overly precise but it was evident that I caught this when it was at an awkward stage and thus a more harmonious whole is likely to be forthcoming in bottle.”
$399.99
BURGHOUND 94 POINTS - "An especially ripe nose displays notes of mocha, stone, cassis, plum and spice hints that precede rich, dense, powerful and Read More...
palate drenching flavors that possess excellent concentration and focused power that is shaped by the very firm tannic spine that should assure an exceptionally long life. At present, there isn't quite the sheer complexity of the Amoureuses or the Musigny but there is so much underlying material that this aspect will undoubtedly improve with time in bottle."
$42.99
Yes, it's a 2000 Bourgogne-- and it's absolutely delicious. Burgundy fans undoubtedly know Maison Leroy and winemaker Lalou Bize-Leroy. For those unfamiliar, or as a reminder, we Read More...
quote Robert Parker:
"I have said it so many times that it may be rebundant, but for readers who by-passed purchasing my heavyweight 1990 tome, Burgundy, let me repeat it - Lalou Bize-Leroy stands alone at the top of Burgundy's quality hierarchy. Because she is a perfectionist, and because she has had the courage to produce wines from low yield and bottle them naturally, without fining or filtration."
-Robert M. PARKER Jr.'s Guide PARKER des Vins de France
The nose is very fresh for a 2000-- still lots of cherry fruit, spice, spun sugar and pomegranate fruit leather notes. And the color is a proper Burgundy color: pale translucent darkish red with a touch of copper on the edges. The palate is a wonderland of flavors, from the simplicity of young black cherry to notes of cedar plank or redwood, mixed brown spices (cinnamon, allspice, clove) and more pomegranate and Belgian kriek lambic.
This is an austere wine that echoes the sweetness of youth, surmounted with a glorious layer of acidity enwrapped in a myriad of flavors and scents as described above. Two foods that came to mind to pair with this were either a rosemary/herb-encrusted chicken or pork loin with cranberries/currants.
"I have said it so many times that it may be rebundant, but for readers who by-passed purchasing my heavyweight 1990 tome, Burgundy, let me repeat it - Lalou Bize-Leroy stands alone at the top of Burgundy's quality hierarchy. Because she is a perfectionist, and because she has had the courage to produce wines from low yield and bottle them naturally, without fining or filtration."
-Robert M. PARKER Jr.'s Guide PARKER des Vins de France
The nose is very fresh for a 2000-- still lots of cherry fruit, spice, spun sugar and pomegranate fruit leather notes. And the color is a proper Burgundy color: pale translucent darkish red with a touch of copper on the edges. The palate is a wonderland of flavors, from the simplicity of young black cherry to notes of cedar plank or redwood, mixed brown spices (cinnamon, allspice, clove) and more pomegranate and Belgian kriek lambic.
This is an austere wine that echoes the sweetness of youth, surmounted with a glorious layer of acidity enwrapped in a myriad of flavors and scents as described above. Two foods that came to mind to pair with this were either a rosemary/herb-encrusted chicken or pork loin with cranberries/currants.
$29.99
BURGHOUND 86-88 POINTS "OUTSTANDING TOP VALUE" - "Marchand noted that he had declassified a significant proportion of villages level wines into this cuvée. Read More...
A similar if slightly more elegant nose complements more obviously concentrated flavors that are supported by denser but less obviously rustic tannins as well as better overall depth and length. A quality Bourgogne."
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