
FAIVELEY - Latricières-Chambertin Grand cru - 2016
- - 97 points-
Tim Atkin MW
March 2018The pick of the Faiveley reds for me in 2016, this is everything that a great Latricières should...
Detailed press reviewThe pick of the Faiveley reds for me in 2016, this is everything that a great Latricières should...
Detailed press reviewUntouched by the frost in 2016, this comes from an east-facing, 2.77-hectare parcel above Ladoix is...
Detailed press reviewFive parcels of Mazis make up the Faiveleys' 1.6 hectares of this Grand Cru. It's another very...
Detailed press reviewThe Faiveleys' three parcels of Clos de Vougeot - one in the middle and two in the lower part of...
Detailed press reviewThe Grivot plantings may be in the less fancied bottom half of the Clos, but there's nothing...
Detailed press reviewIt's always interesting to compare this with the similarly named Clos des Epeneaux from Domaine...
Detailed press reviewOne of the most concentrated wines in Yves Confuron's cellar - and that's saying quite a bit - this...
Detailed press reviewYields were very low at Confuron-Cotetidot in 2016, and especially in the domaine's 0.4-hectare...
Detailed press reviewThis was going through a late malolactic when I tasted it in Burgundy so a little tricky to get a...
Detailed press reviewOne of the few Grand Cru bottlings that carries the name of its climat on the label, this was hit...
Detailed press reviewAn acquisition that came with the Dupont-Tisserandot purchase in 2012, this hails from three...
Detailed press reviewFrost-affected in 2016, in common with the rest of the Premier Cru, the Faiveley holdings were...
Detailed press reviewLocated next to Ruchottes-Chambertin in the corner of the Combe de Lavaux, this is one of those...
Detailed press reviewThe old vine concentration is appealingly evident on this intensely coloured Premier Cru from the...
Detailed press reviewWith 50% whole bunches and only new wood used on this wine, it's unsurprisingly intense. The oak is...
Detailed press reviewIf you don't like Pommard that tastes like traditional, come-back-in-a-decade Pommard, then you...
Detailed press reviewLocated next to Aux Brûlées, but very different in style, this is savoury and very aromatic, with...
Detailed press reviewThis stony site is comparatively warm, despite its proximity to the cool breezes of Combe de...
Detailed press reviewThibault Liger-Belair has produced one of the best Cortons of the vintage, in a harvest when the...
Detailed press review“Great, but not much of it,” is how Thibault Liger-Belair describes his third of a normal crop....
Detailed press review“My aim,” says Thibault Liger-Belair, “is to make a Charmes with some tension.” This comes...
Detailed press reviewThe position of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair's parcel of Clos de Vougeot, close to the wall that...
Detailed press reviewFeaturing the highest ever percentage of whole bunches (40%), this entirely new oak aged red is...
Detailed press reviewAux Réas is on the south side of Vosne, touching Nuits-St-Georges. For a “simple” village wine...
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