The Cote de Beaune is more temperate then the Cote de Nuits and is much wider and flatter. The lower plateau has deep soils made up of limestone and clay or shale. This is where the great red appellations are based, such as Pommard and Beaune. To the south of the Cote de Beaune the top white appellations such as Meursault are based on complex soils of limestone and gravel.
Tasting notes: "Mild reduction knocks the nose down somewhat but the flavors are everything one looks for in Champans with the iron-infused, rich, full and powerful yet elegant and refined flavor profile that culminates in a tautly muscled, minerally and silky yet firm finish that delivers stunning length." 92-94 BH 04/09
Tasting notes: 93 points Wine Spectator: "A focused beam, this white wraps its lime, mineral, apple and vanilla notes around a core of bracing acidity. Has intensity and balance, yet this is firm and crisp on the finish for now, with real stony length. Best from 2010 through 2030."
Price: £65.00
Size: 75cl
Colour/style: White
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Tasting notes: Good full red. Sexy, complex but withdrawn nose offers an exhilarating sappy quality and an element of crushed stone. The most intense of these 2007s on the palate, with an enticing sweetness leavened by firm spine. The sappy cherry and soil flavors really vibrate in the mouth and on the very long and rather powerfully structured finish. Complex and complete.
Rated: 91-94 by Stephen Tanzer, Mar/Apr 09
Price: £75.00
Size: 75cl
Colour/style: Red
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