Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Auxey Duresses (Village AOC)
My early impression is that this pinot noir needs to be consumed over a couple of nights. Dull crimson in colour, unremarkable, but looks about right for the age. Nose is foreceful with sweet polish and oak, almost a chocolate-like sweetness. Palate is similar early with simple, ripe red fruit notes. Some nervy, buzzing acid kicks in mid-palate, lifting the wine nicely. Fruits transform in the back half to reveal a more mineral character, together with some iron and blood. A fraction hot on the finish. Absent the tingle in the mid-palate this is not miles away from the Leroy 1998 Bourgogne Rouge, although it is clear the structure shows much more class.
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