FAIVELEY - Mazis-Chambertin Grand cru - 2011
- - 98 points-
Tim Atkin MW
January 2013If I were French I’d describe this as “feminine”, but being English, I’d say it’s...
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If I were French I’d describe this as “feminine”, but being English, I’d say it’s...
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Good bright, deep red. Cherry, rose petal, mocha and game on the nose, plus a hint of metallic...
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Like many of the best wines from this sprawling Grand Cru, Faiveley’s Clos de Vougeot combines...
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Good bright, deep red. Soil-driven aromas and flavors of red berries, caraway seed, mocha,...
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The 2011 Damodes opens with an enticing earthy, compost black cherry nose. There is plenty of power...
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Bright medium red. Lively aromas of redcurrant, red cherry and pepper, plus a whiff of game. Shows...
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Very generous wood dominates the otherwise fresh nose of dark berry, earth and humus aromas. The...
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(from a .72 ha parcel on the Vosne side near the top). Here the nose is somewhat curious as it's...
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Reduction. There is a bit more concentration here than in the prior two examples of Bourgogne with...
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distinctly sauvage, even animale nose of intensely earthy and ripe red and blue pinot fruit that is...
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A notably ripe but fresh nose of pepper, floral hints and essence of earthy red berry fruit scents....
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from a huge 2.10 ha parcel). Reduction renders the nose difficult to evaluate. There is a...
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(a rarely seen villages that is situated on the Vosne side just beneath the 1er Bousselots). A...
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(from 70+ year old vines). An expressive nose combines both wood and natural spice elements that...
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Here there is some reduction present but notes of spice and earth are still visible. There is a...
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There is a broad range of Vosne-style spice elements that combine with floral, dark berry scents...
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Bright medium red. Lively aromas of redcurrant, red cherry and pepper, plus a whiff of game. Shows...
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Good full medium red. High-pitched aromas of raspberry, crushed stone, white pepper, blood orange...
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Bright, deep red. Very deep aromas and flavors of raspberry, redcurrant, smoke and crushed rock. At...
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We always knew that Faiveley had some of the best vineyard holdings in the Côte d'Or, but now they...
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Good bright, deep red. Cherry, rose petal, mocha and game on the nose, plus a hint of metallic...
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East-facing vineyards in Corton, such as this one, can produce slightly plumper wines, but this is...
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So close to the Combe d'Orveaux that it's almost in Chambolle-Musigny, this is a lighter style of...
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A spicy, fresh and mildly exotic nose of tea, wild red berries and plenty of pungent earth gives...
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