1996 Domaine Pierre Amiot et Fils Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
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This bright, medium-to-dark ruby-colored wine displays red berry fruit drenched in charred oak scents and a medium-to-full-bodied, broad-shouldered, and oily-textured character. This thick and concentrated wine possesses seductive cassis, blackberry, earth, stone, and juniper-smoked bacon flavors in its tightly wound and austere personality. Projected maturity: 2003-2009. Note: This is a special wine that is neither fined nor filtered and is bottled by hand for Patrick Lesec, this estate's broker. My understanding is that it is available throughout the world but that other, non-Lesec cuvees, are also available. A Patrick Lesec Selection (Paris Fax # 011-33-1-42-84-38-22), various American importers.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Pierre Rovani
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Similar bright healthy red. Deep aromas of redcurrant, clove, woodsmoke and underbrush. Very sweet and velvety in the mouth; at once thick and backward, not at all forthcoming on the middle palate. In fact, rather austere today, despite possessing very good underlying sweetness.