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TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

Curiously, the Chaumes was the slowest wine to complete its malo and thus a stage or two behind in its aromatic development. Even so, this is clearly a confident, punchy wine, with floral top notes in evidence and also a tenor note of brown spices. Plenty of vigour and energy here too, it just needs a little while to fully...

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A deeply flavoured and complex wine with heady, sweet fruit aromas and darker notes and hints of exotic spices and lavender in the background. The palate is broad textured with fine tannins and dark, rich and juicy fruit flavours. This is a very attractive wine with great texture and length and it will open out and develop in complexity as...

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Powerful citrus characters on the nose with aromatic floral notes. The palate is bursting with sweet, ripe citrus fruits balanced by a refreshing lemon and lime character. On the finish a mineral, woody note adds to the complexity. Drink from 2014.

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It’s hard to follow a wine like Champans but once again the Clos des Ducs demands your attention from the moment it steps onto the stage and everything else is quickly forgotten. There is something effortless and commanding about this wine, endlessly fascinating as it offers glimpses of its potential on every turn and yet never goes so far as...

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TASTING NOTES

A wine with character and depth, this wine has a bouquet of bright cassis and redcurrant fruits with delicate hints of lavender, sweet herbs and roses. The palate is lively and refreshing with beautifully integrated fine tannins and an elegant mineral note which leads to a long, pure finish. Drink from 2016.

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The Maltroie is a fuller wine with pungent citrus aromas and a rounded yellow plum character on the palate supported by detailed spice and salty mineral notes. This wine is pretty open at the moment but it has excellent definition and will reward a few years in bottle. Drink from 2015.

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A magnificently pure and energetic wine with no new oak. The bouquet is a medley of ripe red fruits and there is lovely intensity on the palate with a mouthwatering freshness balancing sweet blackberry and exotic pipe tobacco and sweet herb notes. A salty mineral note on the finish adds even more complexity and energy. Drink from 2015.

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