2012 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie la Chavaroche
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Dark purple. A heady, exotically perfumed boquet evokes black and blue fruit liqueur, incense, smoked meat and floral pastille, with a minerally nuance lending vivacity. Broad and sappy on the palate, offering intense boysenberry and cherry compote flavors and a wild twist of passion fruit. Densely packed yet lively, finishing with outstanding power and persistence. Even tannins come in late and fold smoothly into the wine's intense fruit.
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Inky ruby. A wild, exotically perfumed bouquet evokes candied black and blue fruits, passion fruit and violet, with smoky mineral and cured meat nuances in the background. Sappy, concentrated and sharply focused, offering incisive blueberry and bitter cherry flavors that become sweeter with air. Fine-grained tannins build slowly on the finish, which shows excellent clarity and floral persistence.