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94 points Allen Meadows - Burghound
This has turned out to be even slightly better than my already positive initial review (see herein) with its now lightly oaky nose of warm earth¡ cassis and notably ripe and highly complex crushed berry aromas. The impressive depth of the nose continues onto the highly refined¡ silky and solidly well-concentrated medium-bodied flavors that are gorgeously rich and generous yet notably refined¡ all wrapped...
Wine Description
The Story
History & tradition: were there "charmes" (beech trees) growing here at one time? Or were people just referring to the characteristics of the wine? A 19th Century official document does mention the "untilled land of charmes"...
Soil: outcroppings of limestone with thin topsoil; rocky soil with some marl.
Viticulture
Plantation density: 10,000 vinestocks/ha in order to extract as much as possible from the terroir and limit the production...
Wine Information
Pure delight in all the appellations. The colour is ruby red, very intense but less so than in 2003. The aromas, well marked when the wines were young, are more reserved now, on classic notes of little red berries.
Both Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits have a consistent structure, based on good balance between acidity, alcohol and tannin. It is this balance that gives the wines such elegance. The tannins are ripe and refined. They har...
