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Burgundy 2012 – D-F

Friday 24 January 2014
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For all other articles and more than 1,600 tasting notes on this sparse vintage, please see Burgundy 2012 – a guide to our coverage.

The tasting notes below are grouped in alphabetical order by producer (sur)name and then under each producer by colour first (white then red), then by quality level (regional, then village, then premier cru, then grand cru), and finally, where there is more than one wine within a level, they are in alphabetical order by appellation/vineyard name.


DOMAINE PIERRE DAMOY

Dark and savoury and inviting. On the palate, moderate fruit...

DOMAINE DANIEL DAMPT

This has the substance missing from their Les Lys bottling –...
White peach, light-grained texture. Lovely citric bite with...
Chalky, slaty and fresh on the nose. Just a tad light on the...

DOMAINE SÉBASTIEN DAMPT

Mealy, cereal aromas and a milky character with lovely green...
Apple, nuts, even a bit of hard cheese. Refreshing but soft...
Dry, layered, textural with lots of dense fruit. Refined and...
Mealy nose, quite subtle fruit. Soft palate – less well defined...
Rich, succulent fruit – apricot, peach, almost pineapple...

DOMAINE VINCENT DAMPT

A little riper smelling than the Vaillons, light note of orange...
Intense minerally aroma but suggesting fruit depth. Intense and...

Deeply mineral and deeply creamy. Broader on the palate than the...


DOMAINE HENRI DARNAT

Creamy overlay on crisp, mouthwatering citrus. Moderate...
Monopole. Sweet oak toastiness but plenty of fruit to shine...

DOMAINE DARVIOT-PERRIN

A welcome hint of oak here just adds enough spicy complexity...

DOMAINE BERNARD DEFAIX...
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