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The Clos de Vougeot is also showing fine form – although this is perhaps not the ideal vintage for this slightly dense terroir. The nose offer layers of relatively dark fruit spiced with chocolate and a fine earthy minerality – textbook Clos de Vougeot. On the palate juicy and quite weighty fruit – silky with a quite fine energy and freshness. A very fine Clos de Vougeot in the making … well done. Jun 2016, www.winehog.org
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Steen Öhman, Winehog
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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(from a .72 ha parcel). A distinctly earthy nose is composed of very fresh red and dark currant laced with humus and underbrush nuances. The concentrated, serious and powerful broad-shouldered flavors possess a round and relatively supple mid-palate that contrasts substantially with the firm and youthfully austere finale. This too is going to require extended cellaring to resolve the prominent tannic spine Dec 2016, www.burghound.com
The 2015 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a clean and pure bouquet with raspberry preserve, cranberry cordial and light slate aromas developing in the glass, although they took five to eight minutes to really get going (unlike the more immediate Chambertin for example). The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe red cherry and raspberry fruit, crisp acidity, quite saline in the mouth with plenty of sappiness on the finish. I would have just liked a little more sustain on the aftertaste, but otherwise this is fine. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Based in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Domaine du Clos Frantin is Albert Bichot’s top estate. The domaine has an exceptional range of Grand Cru and Premier Cru sites in the Côte de Nuits and has for several years been producing top drawer-Burgundy.