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"The 2009 CĂ´te-RĂ´tie La Belle HĂŠlène is another perfect wine. Made in a completely different style than the more structured, mineral-laced 2010, the 2009 is a flamboyant, exuberant effort with nearly over-the-top ripeness and fruit. However, it is extremely supple, sexy and bursting with complexity, revealing notes of truffles, graphite, black raspberries, espresso roast, spice box, tapenade and bouquet garni. The wineâs richness, full-bodied, massive fruit impact and 50-second finish are amazing. Stephane Ogier, tall and blond with rugged, Brad Pitt-like good looks, is the next generation of young, ambitious, well-traveled children from family-owned estates. Learning his trade and working next to his father, who is now fully retired, Stephane Ogier has moved confidently and dramatically to expand this estate from the CĂ´te-RĂ´tie holdings to their vineyards that go into La Rosine and those from Seyssuel that go into lâAme Soeur . . . . Ogier has 12 separate CĂ´te-RĂ´tie parcels spread along the hillsides of the CĂ´te Blonde and CĂ´te Brune."
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"The 2009 CĂ´te-RĂ´tie La Belle HĂŠlène is another perfect wine. Made in a completely different style than the more structured, mineral-laced 2010, the 2009 is a flamboyant, exuberant effort with nearly over-the-top ripeness and fruit. However, it is extremely supple, sexy and bursting with complexity, revealing notes of truffles, graphite, black raspberries, espresso roast, spice box, tapenade and bouquet garni. The wineâs richness, full-bodied, massive fruit impact and 50-second finish are amazing. Stephane Ogier, tall and blond with rugged, Brad Pitt-like good looks, is the next generation of young, ambitious, well-traveled children from family-owned estates. Learning his trade and working next to his father, who is now fully retired, Stephane Ogier has moved confidently and dramatically to expand this estate from the CĂ´te-RĂ´tie holdings to their vineyards that go into La Rosine and those from Seyssuel that go into lâAme Soeur . . . . Ogier has 12 separate CĂ´te-RĂ´tie parcels spread along the hillsides of the CĂ´te Blonde and CĂ´te Brune."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
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