2010 Clos Vougeot
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Good bright, medium red. Aromas of black raspberry, cherry and exotic dusty spices are lifted by a peppery element. Dense but light on its feet, offering very pure, sharply chiseled flavors of red fruits, pepper and fresh herbs. This sweet but restrained grand cru finishes with very fine-grained tannins and terrific lingering perfume. The most clenched of these 2010s today but far from painful. (Note that I have previously listed these wines under Pascal Marchand; Canadian Morey Tawse is Marchand's partner in this venture and the founder of Tawse Winery in Niagara.)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Instantly lovable nose, smoke, bacon, fragrant oak, meat, minerals. I particularly like the early approachability. It combines modern fruit ripeness with the complex earthiness of burgundy. Really bewitching. GV for this level of burgundy! (RH)
(vinified with 30% whole clusters): Red cherry, orange zest and a sweaty note of cumin on the oak-spicy nose. Juicy and taut in the mouth, with dark cherry and spice flavors firmed by underlying minerality. Very pure and youthfully imploded wine; less suave than the Echezeaux but more powerful. Finishes with substantial tongue-coating tannins and excellent length.