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Wine Description
The Story
Is this a wine which expresses the Cistercian rigour which gave birth to it? No, its image is rather that of a refined gentleman: the grapes mature early here, but still give wines of great finesse, with a lace-like texture which lines the palate, and superb length.
Clos de Vougeot is a wine which is always mature, and its texture will always show finesse. Its vinification will aim for more extraction than average (by breaking up the cap, f...
Wine Information
Of course, it had been difficult: the season, particularly the month of August, was bad, and the early harvest required a lot of work and sorting, both in the vineyard and at the winery. But the density levels were not bad, the vinifications went off without any problems, the malolactic fermentations, which were also early, did not damage the wines’ structure. Quite the contrary, in fact, with relatively low levels of acidity, the sensations o...
