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Burgundy 2016 – Ca–Ci

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DOMAINE JACQUES CACHEUX ET FILS, Vosne-Romanée

Cask sample. Mid to deep crimson. Fresh, fragrant dark-red fruit...

Cask sample. Deepish crimson. A little sweeter smelling than the...

Cask sample. Mid crimson. More lifted and with a tarter red...

FRANÇOIS CARILLON, Puligny-Montrachet 
JR: Carillon was in Norway so Thomas Pascal led us quickly through a succession of easy but not compelling modern wines. Looks as though building work has come to a halt. Some changes of cuvées and some frost-enforced blends. 

Fined 10 days ago.
Tank sample. Clean and only slightly lean on...

Tank sample. Very crisp nose without much generosity of fruit. A...

Third vintage. 30% is declassified fruit from young vines in...

The only St-Aubin they managed to make in 2016.

Tank sample...

4.5 ha in several different lieux-dits: Derrière La Velle, Les...

Tank sample. Cruchy, nutty fruit with immediate appeal on the...

Third vintage. Just behind the domaine. Deep soils.
Tank sample...

0.5 ha next to Coche. Hard to work soil – almost like concrete...

Blend of their premiers crus in 2016 because they were all...
1.5 ha on white stones with very poor soils.

Tank sample. Lots...

Bought recently. Red soils that are pretty powerful with big...

Young vines. Matured in 23% new oak.

Tank sample. Pale straw...

25% new oak, which leaves a little spicy note, thanks to the...

DOMAINE JACQUES CARILLON, Puligny-Montrachet 
JR: Jacques Carillon, pictured above, has produced solid, earthy, long-term 2016s and he insisting on showing us some 2015s opened for a previous taster and kept fresh thanks to his new Coravin.

Matured in 15% new oak.
Tank sample. Quite earthy nose. Very...

20% new oak. Only 40% of usual quantity. Just two barrels.
Tank...

Tank sample. Quite creamy on the nose. Fine lemon raciness...

Tank sample. Rather charming ‘golden’ nose with the merest hint...

Tank sample. Yellowy straw. Some dried grasses on the nose...

One (two-year-old) rather than the usual two casks.
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DOMAINE CASTAGNIER, Morey-St-Denis ...

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