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$179.95
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FWR 93–96
JG 94
AM 93
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
In stock, 12+ available
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93-96 points Fine Wine Review: "Patrick Bize’s Latricières-Chambertin is closed for the moment but shows beautiful material with classic Latricères black licorice and minerality. It may take some years to open, but will be outstanding. (Issue #119; 2008)"
94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2006 Latricières is raised in twenty percent new oak, and it will be brilliant this year. When I asked Patrick how much new wood he had used for the grand cru, he responded that 'oaky wines and wines that are tannic from their wood equal unintelligent wines- write that down!' The 2006 Latricières is brilliant, as it soars from the glass in a beautiful medley of black cherries, blood orange, gentle grilled meat tones, dark chocolate, a fine base of soil and a very delicate framing of cedar. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, beautifully focused and very 'cool' in its profile, with laser-like focus, great mid-palate depth, fine-grained tannins and outstanding grip on the very long, tangy and soil-driven finish. Great wine in the making. 2016-2050+. (Nov/Dec 2007)"
93 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from leased, 35+ year old vines that previously were exploited by Domaine Ponsot until 1994). Cool and airy red berry fruit, in particular raspberry and currant, is nuanced by notes of underbrush and a hint of game that is also picked up by the textured and more elegant middle weight flavors that seem to be built on a base of minerality, all wrapped in a firm, detailed and intense finish and this too has ample buffering dry extract. Drink: 2014+. (Apr 2008)"
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$109.95
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FWR 90–94
AM 92
IWC 90–92
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
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10
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90-94 points Fine Wine Review: "The Vosne-Malconsorts, from an excellent location at the northern (abutting La Tâche) end of that vineyard, is exciting in the nose with precise gamy and spicy aromas. In the mouth, the wine shows minerality, liveliness, some black licorice, and excellent length. Only a touch of softness on the end prevented me from being even more enthusiastic about the wine. (Issue #119; 2008)"
'Outstanding' and 92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A bit surprisingly, this is even more elegant than the Suchots with a pure and gorgeously spicy nose that features notes of hoisin, clove, cinnamon and soy that complements perfectly the supple, refined and focused medium-bodied flavors that possess a sleek muscularity on the strikingly long finish. This is a beautifully seductive effort that actually is slightly longer than the Suchots but doesn't quite have the same level of dry extract. A choice. Drink: 2014+. (Apr 2008)"
90-92 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Good dark red. Hints of smoke and licorice on the rather laid-back but wild nose. Round, rich and deep, showing more weight but less early sex appeal than the Suchots. Best today on the lush, expanding back end, which features roast coffee and underbrush nuances and suggestions of very ripe fruit. This is still a baby. Prost notes that the berries here are always very ripe, but that the Suchots fruit comes in with firmer skins and normally makes a fresher style of wine. The Malconsorts, he says, shows deeper earth tones. (Mar/Apr 2008)"
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$500.00
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FWR 95
IWC 94
AM 91–94
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
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95+ points Fine Wine Review: "The Bonnes-Mares is fairly closed in the nose, but spicy and dense with finesse in the mouth. Nevertheless, this is a wine that needs plenty of time. 2016-2060. (Issue #126; 2009)"
94 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Good full, deep red. Pungent minerality, pepper and blueberry on the nose. Then sweet and bright in the mouth, with superb energy and thrust in the middle palate. This tactile and very long wine turns uncompromisingly dry on the brooding, palate-saturating finish. Very backward wine. This cuvee is now roughly a 50/50 blend of fruit from light and dark soils with the addition of vines on 'white soil' from the Thomas-Moillard purchase, notes Seysses, adding that 'this has pushed us more in a Roumier direction.' (Mar/Apr 2009)"
91-94 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A beautifully nuanced and highly complex nose of mostly blue berry and cassis that is cool and pure slides seamlessly into surprisingly supple and relatively forward broad-shouldered flavors that possess even more depth than the nose, all wrapped into a finish supported by a firm tannic spine where the tannins are dense but fine. This is a first rate Bonnes Mares that will require plenty of time to reach its apogee because despite the accessible mid-palate, the finish is very tight. Drink: 2018+. (Jan 2008)"
93 points David Schildknecht (Wine Advocate): "Sweetly ripe black raspberry, pungently bitter-sweet herbal concentrate (bay, fennel, and horehound), buddleia perfume, and wood smoke vie for attention in the aromatic display of Dujac's 2006 Bonnes Mares. It exhibits a sweetness and concentration of primary fruit one rarely encounters in this vintage, yet it tones down the savagery of the site in its textural refinement and the sense of harmoniously entwined threads of fruit, herb, floral, and carnal flavors in a long finish that still doesn't lack for the "sizzle" of berry skin, citrus zest, and herbal bitter-sweetness. Where the corresponding Echezeaux displays vintage-typical virtues, this is something of an exception. I suspect it will also be exceptionally age-worthy in the context of its vintage, and probably worth following for at least a decade. (Dec 2009)"
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$229.95
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FWR 93
AM 90–93
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
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List $295.00
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93 points Fine Wine Review: "The Charmes-Chambertin is lighter than the Combottes, almost lacy, with purity, but it needs some time to develop. I’d expect to drink it 2014-2032. (Issue #126; 2009)"
90-93 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from both Charmes proper and Mazoyères). This is shut down tight with thick reduction blocking any reasonable evaluation of the nose though the relatively big and weighty flavors are concentrated, serious and solidly structured. This seems quite promising as the underlying material is impressive but note that this will not be a precocious example of Charmes. Drink: 2016+. (Jan 2008)"
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$139.95
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AM 93
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
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6
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93 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from 80+ year old vines in Mazoyères). A subtle floral note combines with red cherry and pinot fruit aromas that reflect a strong warm earth nuance that can also be found on the complex, textured, spicy and sappy flavors that are powerful, serious and brimming with dry extract on the moderately structured and balanced finish. This is a generous wine yet one that is holding plenty in reserve and should make for a cellar treasure in a decade or so. Drink: 2016+. (Jan 2009)"
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$119.95
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France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
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Not rated. Clive Coates (The Wines of Burgundy): "David Duband's father was a member of the Hautes-Côtes cooperative until he extricated himself in 1991. David took over when his father retired in 1995. When the Parisien François Feuillet bought a small domaine based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, he entrusted young Duband with the share-cropping role. Feuillet bought the estate of Jacky Truchot-Martin of Morey-Saint-Denis in 2005, quadrupling the size of his exploitation. The wines, whether labelled Duband or Feuillet, are identical... High quality here--and a nice man."
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$595.95
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FWR 94–98
WA 97
IWC 93–96
France
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Burgundy
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Cote d'Or Red
In stock,
1
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List $760.00
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94-98 points Fine Wine Review: "Last, the Clos de la Roche is powerful, deep, and somewhat gamy in the nose. In the mouth, the wine is rich, ripe, pure, intense, and powerful with long dark fruit. It is classic Ponsot Clos de la Roche and the most successful wine of the appellation that I tasted from 2006. (Issue 119; 2008)"
97 points David Schildknecht (Wine Advocate): "[$380/750ml list] Sweetly ripe black fruits in the nose of the Ponsot 2006 Clos de La Roche Cuvee Vieilles Vignes prepare the way for a more succulently, generously sweet fruit, plush texture, and generally sunny disposition than that presented by the corresponding Clos St.-Denis. Ripe cherry and red currant flood the creamy, silken palate with sweetness, while some of the same notes of citrus oil, floral perfume (here iris), and peat as exhibited in the Clos St.-Denis swirl about, too. Saline, chalky suggestions help offer contrast and a sounding board to the fruit, and this finishes with exhilarating lift, riveting interplay, and phenomenal length. Here is a combination of textural allure and backbone for which velvet gloves and iron fists seem inappropriately mundane -- not merely archaic -- metaphors. Blind -- I must confess (and did, to Ponsot) -- that I would more likely have guessed this to be Musigny than Clos de la Roche. In an extreme instance of a phenomenon shared by many of the best 2006s, I find this irresistible now; find it hard to imagine its having ornery or sulking phases; yet expect it will be worth following for 20 years. (Dec 2009)"
93-96 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Good full ruby-red. Incredible nose melds wild cherry, mocha, brown spices, iron, orange peel and underbrush. Like liquid silk on entry, then hugely concentrated in the middle, with an extraordinarily fine-grained texture and no easy sweetness. Impeccably balanced, soil-driven wine that finishes with noble tannins and great persistence. This is Clos de la Roche, not pinot. As of November, one of the most promising wines of this stealth vintage. (Mar/Apr 2008)"
93 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(the aggregate size of this holding is a whopping 3.4 ha and Ponsot is easily the largest holder in Clos de la Roche). In contrast to the reduced nose of the Alouettes, the aromas are fresh, even bright with seductive and enveloping spicy and earthy black pinot fruit that complements to perfection the textured, serious and hugely deep full-bodied flavors that completely drench the palate with extract such that the tannins are rendered almost invisible and conferring a very suave character to the balanced and equally long finish. But here there is even more depth and power and while this won’t make anyone forget the 2005, it’s a worthy successor. 2018+. (Jan 2009)"
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