2006 Gevrey Chambertin Cuvee Bertin
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Also recommended, but no tasting note given. Virgile Lignier shared the surprise expressed by many growers at how steadily the 2006s improved in the course of their elevage. He experienced only a 15% drop in net yield vis-a-vis 2005, noting that most of the fruit he discarded was what had suffered from hail rather than succumbed to rain and rot. Becky Wasserman Selection (various importers), Le Serbet; fax 011-333-80-24-29-70
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(Lignier lost 20% of the fruit here due to hail) Good deep red. Less fruit on the nose, and more mocha, meat, underbrush and nutty oak. Lush and supple in texture but with only moderate complexity and definition. Shows a slightly medicinal cast and finishes with substantial dusty tannins. Today I don't find the fruit of the best '06s here.