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Two white Under: Bourgogne Chardonnay Gambal , Fritz Haag Riesling

Hello,
Tasted a few days apart, these two bears are the opposites in their style, dry, straight and fine, on one side, sweet, opulent and plump the other. Suffice to say that there were no pictures between the 2 on this one.

Riesling Estate Kabinett Fritz Haag Brauneberg Juffer 2007: A nose at the opening of exotic fruit, because of currants, honey, precise but changing the aeration to notes from unsightly terpene and caoutchoux. The mouth is wide, full, greasy, enlivened by a beading saving overtaking a set of sweet candied citrus grapefruit. The final plump, tangy, grapefruit with sugar, candied orange, strongly influenced by a palace languid. Although 85 . Not really my style, too demonstrative and sweet.

Bourgogne Chardonnay 2006 Alex Gambal : A delicate nose of pear, white fruit, lime tip grilled / toasted bottom frangipanne. The mouth is straight, very fine with a smooth material that coats a voltage guideline mouth while balancing and lengthens, the bulb, the frangipanne, basswood. The final round is on a peak freshness, a lot of class and length with very good persistence frangipanne and toasted on a touch chalky. A style for Chardonnay Puligny excellence at this level of designation, I was blown away! Very Good 88-90. I'm going to check the purchase price, and the 12 €, well above the usual price of this level of designation, are nevertheless entirely justified.


Sincerely, Matthew

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A gentle return to earth after the holidays: Pomerol, Meursault, Rimauresq

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To go quietly until this weekend, pretty bottles history to re-acclimate smoothly to "all comers" :-) after the party:

Vouvray Clos Naudin Domaine Foreau dry 2007: A white fruit nose, acacia, citrus edge on chalky background. The palate is soft on the attack, then right, long a voltage well coated with a material round the lemon, chalk, acacia. The finish is round, but rather short on lemon, hint of flint, chalk and citrus background. Very Good 88-90

Meursault Spikes 2007 BC: After the strange experience of the VV for the day of the year, it was again checked the drinkability of the 2007 Patrick. A beautiful nose of fresh pear, plum almost, tip brioche, marzipan, flower vine see note hawthorn. Sensual mouth with a nice attack on sweet, delicate then it tightens and it feels like a straight line stretched from the extension, is the racy flavors of pear, brioche frangipani, flower vine. The finish is round with a hint of fresh saliva and dynamic pear, frangipanne, a bottom edge and chalky toasted distinguished (and more tense as the end cras, more delicate than the Charmes). Excellent 91 especially for a town name! In addition, a real potential in 2-3 years to gain in finesse and complexity.

Pomerol, Chateau Petit Village 1990 : A nice nose of black fruit, leading kirchée bitter, with hints of mushroom, humus, dead leaves on a background of smoky charcoal. The palate is fused, stout, broad with silky tannins and delicate a structure contruite the bitterness with black fruit, dead leaves, stale tobacco. The finish is round, large, sweet, bitter edge black fruit, tobacco leaf life with an honest persistence. A wine to the point, very Pomerol nice. Very Good 87

Cote de Provence, 2006 Rimauresq : A seductive nose of creme de cassis, kernel, laurel cherry notes kirchée cocoa and chocolate on the bottom edge smoked. The mouth is wide corpulent black currant, black cherry tip kirchée background chocolate mocha, round tannins but a bit further drying in the finish, damage. The finish is strong with a hint kirchée, greedy side boundary blackcurrant jam, chocolate cherry and slightly smoky. A nice wine with a strong personality and evolves serene. Very Good 87.

Sincerely, Matthew

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A southern Rhone 2007 finally convincing: Guigal Gigondas

Hello,
The great southern Rhone vintage announced had not packed more than that, so far, the wines tasted. It goes quite differently on this bottle.

Guigal Gigondas 2007 : A powerful nose, ripe, of course, the plum, cherry kirchée few notes but also the slightly licorice, gingerbread, and a subtle Horchata tip. The taste is robust, heady with silky tannins on the loose fat cherry burlat blackberry, plum, gingerbread. The finish is powerful, it is not immune to a point that alcohol is nicely balanced by the subtlety Armoatic ripe fruit, cherry burlat ripe liquorice spice bread, barley water, a good persistence. Even if the power, fat and alcohol are there, subtlety, harmony and balance to this wine can provide a real pleasure and other sensations that raw power. Congratulations to the team, best vintage of this wine and enjoyed the first southern Rhone 2007 that convinces me! Very Good - Excellent 90-92

Sincerely, Matthew