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97-99 NM.
"Deep garnet core with thin tawny rim. The nose is meaty: gravy on a Sunday roast mixed with bbq sauce! So complex and decadent. The palate is Burgundy at its best: brilliant balance with the freshness most Bordeaux wines can only dream of. Notes of toffee and cooked meats. This wine is so exotic, rich and complex - certainly one of the best Chambertin's I have ever tasted. Drinking now, though this has the tannins to see it through another few years. Rousseau must be the best wine-maker in Burgundy?" Neal Martin, Wine Journal, Dec 1999 |