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391 COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ MUSIGNY VIEILLES VIGNES 2006 Côtes de Nuits. Grand Cru Francois Millet thinks that there is considerable latent structure as well as aging potential in all of the De Vogue 2006s, and with the 2006 Musigny Vieilles Vignes both are evident. Diverse jellied berries, citrus oils, and floral perfumes indeed seductively fill the nose, and then flood a seamlessly refined palate. At the same time, a sense of chalky and saline minerality as well as marrowy meatiness mount into the finish, taking on further prominence as the wine opens to the air. On the one hand you feel as though you are watching the wafting of clouds of fruit and perfume; on the other the motion of tectonic plates beneath your palate. This superb Musigny is going to be a great source of metaphors over the next 15 or more years, and one could do worse than start with the familiar iron fist wrapped in velvet, because it fits this wine like a glove. 96 WA Note: PER LOT 2 BTS $1,600—1,800
392 COMTE GEORGES DE VOGÜÉ MUSIGNY VIEILLES VIGNES 2009 Côte de Nuits. Grand Cru The 2009 Musigny Vieilles Vignes fleshes out beautifully with endless layers of fruit that caress the palate in stunning style. Sweet floral notes meld into expressive dark red fruit in this mysterious, evocative Burgundy. There is a weightless intensity to the Musigny that is achingly gorgeous. Waves of flavor continue to build towards the sexy, racy finish as the 2009 shows off its pedigree. The 2009 will always be an exuberant Musigny, but time in bottle will help shed some of the baby fat. This is likely to be a great, great wine for several decades. Anticipated maturity: 2024-2039. 97 WA Note: PER LOT 2 BTS $2,100—2,300
394 DOMAINE PERROT-MINOT CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES 2007 (3) 94 WS DOMAINE PERROT-MINOT CHAMBERTIN CLOS DE BEZE GRAND CRU 2007 (3) 95 WS DOMAINE PERROT-MINOT CHARMES CHAMBERTIN 2007 (3) 93 WS Note: PER LOT 9 BTS $1,700—1,900
395 DOMAINE PONSOT CLOS ST DENIS TRÈS VIEILLES VIGNES 2007 Côtes de Nuits. Grand Cru Teak, rosewood, fresh purple plum, and fresh animal blood fascinatingly scent Ponsot’s 2007 Clos St.-Denis Cuvee Tres Vieilles Vignes, and their counterparts inform a satin-textured, sumptuous, yet animated and animating palate whose sweetness of fruit; depth of marrowy as well as sanguinary meatiness; and alluringly exotic inner-mouth evocations of aromatic woods are underlain also with the array of mineral complexities – imperfectly described as “saline,” “stony,” or “peat-like” that characterize this great site (more than half of whose acreage is incorporated in Ponsot bottling). This finishes with a resonance, clarity, levity (despite its alcoholic richness) and sheer persistence rare even in Burgundy’s highest echelons, to say nothing of in 2007. I predict that this will also transcend other 2007s in its aging potential and continue to offer thrills for 20-25 years. 96 WA Note: PER LOT 6 BTS $3,300—3,600
396 DOMAINE PONSOT CLOS DE LA ROCHE VIEILLES VIGNES 2008 Côte de Nuits. 96 WA
393 DOMAINE ARMAND ROUSSEAU CHAMBERTIN 1997
Note: PER LOT 6 BTS $2,500—2,800
Côte de Nuits. Grand Cru Note: PER LOT 2 BTS $1,800—2,100
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