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Bouchard Père et Fils, La Romanée 1996
Grand Cru, Côte de Nuits
In original wooden cases
1996***** Outstanding for Red & White
Tough wines with an acidic backbone which needed time to show its charm. Amazingly great, complete whites of length and balance.
Exceptional vintage of long distance runners. The initial tight appearance didn’t make this an easy vintage to understand.
The dry end of winter continued into April with low temperatures going on until end of May when finally warmer weather arrived. Fortunately there were some good rainy periods during that month bringing the water levels in the ground back up so the vines would be prepared for the hot and dry summer which was to arrive. September was cold and dry ensuring good sugar levels and acidity in the grapes.
Recorked November 2015.
Tasting notes: Good intensity, coppery highlights but still fresh color. Nose of red fruits cooked that evolves on notes of grilled coffee, black spines. Good attack on the palate served by a good acidity but not too marked for a 1996, silky tannins. A well balanced 1996. BPF.
Grand Cru, Côte de Nuits
In original wooden cases
1996***** Outstanding for Red & White
Tough wines with an acidic backbone which needed time to show its charm. Amazingly great, complete whites of length and balance.
Exceptional vintage of long distance runners. The initial tight appearance didn’t make this an easy vintage to understand.
The dry end of winter continued into April with low temperatures going on until end of May when finally warmer weather arrived. Fortunately there were some good rainy periods during that month bringing the water levels in the ground back up so the vines would be prepared for the hot and dry summer which was to arrive. September was cold and dry ensuring good sugar levels and acidity in the grapes.
Recorked November 2015.
Tasting notes: Good intensity, coppery highlights but still fresh color. Nose of red fruits cooked that evolves on notes of grilled coffee, black spines. Good attack on the palate served by a good acidity but not too marked for a 1996, silky tannins. A well balanced 1996. BPF.
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