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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 94/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Dec 2016

Dark red-ruby. Very ripe, perfumed scents of blackberry, black raspberry, licorice and violet. At once thick and sharply delineated, conveying an impression of creamy depth to its flavors of black fruits, tropical bitter chocoate and violet. In a distinctly ripe style for Amoureuses despite the fact that these vines were picked early (the malolactic fermentation was very late). But this wine, notes Saouma, has been perfectly balanced from the start. He described it as "a gentleman, from a happy piece of land." He also told me that "this is the only wine you won't need to cafare. Why? Because I'm not going to sell it!" A small percentage of stems has no doubt contributed to the wine's impression of energy and definition.

Critic scores

Critic scores
94
94/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

About the producer

Lucien Le Moine
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Product details

Grape Blend

Pinot Noir

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13.5%

Classification

Premier Cru

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