FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru La Combe aux Moines - 2012
- 90-92 Points
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Stephen Tanzer, January 2014Bright, dark red. Black cherry, licorice and a whiff of game on the brooding nose. Sweet, saline...
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Bright, dark red. Black cherry, licorice and a whiff of game on the brooding nose. Sweet, saline...
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(blended from 3 separate parcels). This isn't quite as spicy as the Ech but it's just as fresh with...
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(from a very large 1.2 ha parcel). An elegant, cool and pure nose features notes of wild red...
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The quality of this wine has skyrocketed over the past few vintages; while it was always very good,...
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Good bright, dark red. Complex, high-pitched aromas of pomegranate, nutmeg, orange peel, licorice...
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An overtly spicy nose of cool and earthy aromas of red currant and elegant floral notes. There is...
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Good bright, dark red. Pure aromas of rose petal and exotic Middle Eastern spices. Juicy and on the...
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There is excellent complexity to the well-layered nose of red pinot fruit, cherry, plum, earth and...
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Good medium red. Aromas of black cherry, menthol and sweet oak, lifted by topnotes of rose petal...
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(from both Mazis Haut and Bas where the two parcels total a remarkable 1.20 ha). Here the nose is...
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Richer and rounder than the Latricières from the same stable, this is also easier to appreciate...
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In a year that has seen some very impressive wines from Domaine Faiveley, this is one of the finest...
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(from a very large 1.21 ha parcel). A pure and manifestly earthy and sauvage nose offers up notes...
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Made with fruit from three parcels within the Clos, two of them in the wetter soils near the route...
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Typically of Corton, this is quite tannic in current, youthful state. It's also quit marked by new...
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Colder than Les Cazetiers, which is not the warmest site in Gevrey itself, this is one of the last...
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So close to Vosne-Romanée that it borders Les Malconsorts, this is a wine that almost belongs in...
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Azelia's 2010 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is incredibly polished in this vintage. Dried roses, crushed...
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Dark cherry, plum, smoke, menthol, melted road tar and graphite meld together in the 2010 Barolo...
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Tasted previously continues to thrill in mineral char and length. From the Fingerprint File, my...
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There is a good depth of flavor here, a wine that’s both firmly structured with hints of coffee...
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A well-cut, dry version, with a stony mineral undertow and aromatic hints of rose petal, lychee and...
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A well-knit, fresh and accessible white, offering a sense of finesse and restraint to the finely...
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MOB, short for Moreira, Olazabal and Borges, is the Dão joint venture from Poeira's Jorge Moreira,...
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