The 2012 Echezeaux Grand Cru includes one-third whole cluster fruit and the 0.55-hectares yielded 4 barrels this year (three new). It has a deep, very well defined bouquet with dark cherry, blackcurrant and incense that unfolds... Read More
Bright lemon-yellow. Even brighter and higher-pitched on the nose today than the Preuses, offering scents of lemon, grapefruit pith and crushed rock. Compellingly pure and electric in the mouth, with its superb mineral density... Read More
An intense, almost exotic wine, the 2012 Romanée St.-Vivant takes the elements that make RSV such a distinctive site and simply amplifies all of them. Dense and yet also seamless on the palate, the 2012 RSV will need considerable... Read More
The 2012 Richebourg Grand Cru comes from Bernard's 0.68-hectare parcel between Cros Parantoux and Aux Brulees towards the upper part of the slope. It has the best bouquet by far: fragrant redcurrant and raspberry fruit, palpable... Read More
Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru from François Lamarche has a conservative, rather foursquare nose with broody red fruit with a touch of burnt match. The palate is medium-bodied... Read More
The 2012 Corton-Greves Grand Cru has a floral, feminine bouquet with pretty iodine-tinged black and red berry fruit that are graceful and defined. The palate is medium-bodied with a fleshy entry, well judged acidity and builds... Read More
Bright pale yellow. Complex aromas of peach, pear and dried thyme are complicated by a sulfidey leesy nuance and lifted by a floral topnote. Concentrated and vivacious if a bit youthfully aggressive, with pear, menthol and crushed... Read More