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2016 Domaine Denis Bachelet Cote de Nuits Villages (Pre-Arrival)

SKU #1408498 90-92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark The 2016 Côte de Nuits-Villages finished its malolactic fermenation earlier than its siblings this year, and so it was racked in June. It has a gorgeous and pure bouquet of dark berry fruit, a hint of soy and mineral, all beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with more red fruit than the Bourgogne Pinot Noir but, again, silky smooth in texture with startling panache and focus on the finish. What a fabulous wine. (NM) Inner quote mark (12/2017)

89-91 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

Outer quote mark This is aromatically similar to the Bourgogne but with notably better complexity. The delicious, succulent and generously proportioned flavors possess a caressing mouthfeel where the fine depth flashed by the nose is also present on the finish. Lovely stuff that should offer much pleasure young but should also be capable of rewarding 5 to 7 years of cellaring too. *Outstanding, Top Value* Inner quote mark (1/2018)

88-91 points Vinous

Outer quote mark (50% new oak): Medium red. More musky aromas of black raspberry and smoked ham; smells sweeter than the Bourgogne. Then fat with dark berry fruit, offering compelling sweetness and ripe, fine-grained tannins. Bachelet says this wine is more closed than it was in November, but I find it quite pliant--and an outperformer for its appellation.(ST) Inner quote mark (1/2018)

90 points John Gilman

Outer quote mark The 2016 Domaine Bachelet Côte de Nuits Villages is another wine of lovely purity and sappiness to its fruit tones, as the wine wafts from the glass in a lovely mix of sweet dark berries, black cherries, black minerality, espresso, woodsmoke and a topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and quite elegant in profile out of the blocks, with a superb core of fruit, fine soil signature and a long suavely tannic and very well-balanced finish. This will only need a few years to start to drink very well, but will also age quite nicely over a couple of decades. (Drink between 2020-2040) 90+ Inner quote mark (12/2017)

Decanter

Outer quote mark From vines in the Que de Hareng lieu-dit in Brochon, on the border with Gevrey-Chambertin's Les Evocelles, this cuvée is always one of the smartest buys in the Bachelet portfolio. Aromas of red and black fruit, mossy soil and a framing of spicy oak lead into a vibrant, fine-grained palate with elegantly chalky tannins and a bright core of fruit, driven by a lovely line of ripe acidity. Drinking Window 2022 - 2038. (WK) Inner quote mark (10/2017)

Jancis Robinson

Outer quote mark Heady perfume – very attractive and charming. Very silky tannins. *Good Value* 16.5/20 points. (JR) Inner quote mark (11/2017)

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Pinot Noir

- One of France's most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world. In France, it is part of the trifecta of grapes that can go into Champagne, and it is also grown in Alsace, Irancy, Jura, Savoie, Lorraine and Sancerre. Outside of France it is produced under the names Pinot Nero and Blauburgunder in Italy's mountainous regions, as Spätburgunder in Germany and as Blauburgunder in Austria. In the US, Pinot Noir has found suitable growing conditions in the cooler parts of California, including Carneros, the Russian River Valley, the Anderson Valley, the Sonoma Coast, Monterey County, the Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County, as well as in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In recent years, New Zealand has demonstrated its ability to interpret this hard-to-grow varietal, with successful bottlings coming from careful and attentive growers in Central Otago, Martinborough and Canterbury. Chile is also an up-and-coming region for Pinot Noir, creating fresh, fruit-forward, early-drinking and affordable Pinots from the coastal Casablanca Valley and the Limari Valley.

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France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them.

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Burgundy

- The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Côte d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Côte de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Côte de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Côte d'Or. Also include by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.