2017 Clos de la Roche
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The 2017 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru works much better on the nose compared to the 2019 with crisp red cherry and raspberry fruit, very perfumed and delineated. The palate is framed by fine tannins, quite sappy with decent weight, maybe missing a little weight on the finish considering the vineyard in question, yet balanced. To put it in banal terms, just enjoyable.
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The 2017 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has a clean, pure bouquet, more fruit-driven than its peers and certainly more floral, but very well defined. The palate is modern in style, showing a lot of flashy new oak, and very sweet and candied. The oak slightly smothers the fruit toward the finish. Very attractive and sensual, but only time will tell whether it has soul. I suspect it might. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.