Created
in 1928, the domaine Duclaux never stops making progress. Nowadays,
quality of his Côte-Rôtie is recognized by the specialised
press all over the world.
Article
published by James Molesworth on the winespectator-online (march 2010).
Côte-Rôtie
Maison Rouge 2009
The wine spectator
: 93 points
Shows a lot of range, with blackberry, blueberry and dark plum fruit
woven with toasty spice, black tea and anise notes. Long
and polished through the finish, with a graphite edge
buried deep in the fleshy fruit.
Drink now through 2020.—J.M.
Robert
Parker : 93 points
The
Duclaux brothers have turned out two exceptional Cote Roties in 2009.
Both are seductive,
fruit-forward efforts that are capable of lasting a decade.
Even
richer, fuller, more structured and powerful,
the 2009 Cote Rotie Maison Rouge exhibits a more saturated ruby/plum/purple
color, full body and notes of licorice,
raspberries, black currants, forest floor and spring
flowers. Drink this super Cote Rotie now and over
the next decade.
John
Livingstone: *****
The
two sons have split the wine into two cuvees, successfully.
Now one of the leading names,
thier vineyards centred in the southern sector.
(casks)
bright, promising dark red robe, black tints. Good, safe bouquet –
it is tight, led by light game notes and ripe black fruit – the ripeness
well done, and leading on to a more robust, young barrier – a “do
not pass for now” moment, the oak on guard. The palate`s black fruit
is light on its feet, even with its depth and quality there is a refined
side. It runs consistently, and has elegant
potential. There is a fine line of fruit, the flavour
emerging as blueberry with space, breeze, minerality around it. Good
balance, very good length,
very promising. From 2014. 2025-27 Nov 2010
Le guide des meilleurs
de France*.
Le point-spécial vins-: (16/20).
Guide Bettane et Desseauve.
La revue des vins
de France: A great success.
silky, rich with good balance.
Guide
Gilbert et gaillard : (94/100) Deep color. Very expressive
nose blending notes of cherry, cacao and spices. The mouth is at the
same time generous,
mellow and polished. we can find the same aromatic palette there.
A top vintage bringing power and finesse.
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Côte-Rôtie
La Germine 2009
John
Livingstone: ****(*)
The
two sons have split the wine into two cuvees, successfully.
Now one of the leading names,
thier vineyards centred in the southern sector.
(casks)
good full red; toffee and ripe crop elements on the nose, baked fruit,
cold Darjeeling tea – this is wide, classy, the fruits resemble raspberry,
blackberry. Good strike of clear black fruit at the outset of the
palate: lots of promise for the future. It picks up ripe tannins that
lend it weight, a licorice flavouring. The finale is supple, rubbery,
gummy – this needs time. Inside there lies true fruit with a suave
texture about it. Assured length, good
balance. From 2014. 2023-26. Release Sept 2011. Nov
2010
The wine spectator : 92 points
This has a gutsy core of anise, blackberry
and Black Forest cake, but the edges are polished,
with toasty spice, violet
and cherry compote flavors coursing through the finish. Should settle
in nicely with brief cellaring. Drink now through 2019.—J.M.
Robert
Parker : 90 points
The
Duclaux brothers have turned out two exceptional Cote Roties in 2009.
Both are seductive, fruit-forward efforts that are capable of lasting
a decade.
The
2009 Cote Rotie La Germine reveals abundant
raspberry fruit notes intermixed with notions of flowers, cedarwood,
pepper and smoke as well as a hint of bacon fat. This complex,
round, medium to full-bodied, lush Cote Rotie can be enjoyed over
the next decade.
Le Guide des meilleurs
de France 2012 (17.5/20).
Le Guide Hachette
2012.
Guide Gilbert et Gaillard : (91/100)
Intensive bright red color. Expressive
nose, extremely hiring, linking the ripe black fruits, an acidulous
tonality and a discreet spicy note. In mouth the same uprightness,
the same tipicity. Aromas are clean, frank and persistent.
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Côte-Rôtie
Maison Rouge 2008
The
wine spectator (Blog by James Molesworth)
The
2008 Côte-Rôtie Maison Rouge (which debuted in the '05
vintage) is a selection of their best barrels from the lieu-dit of
the same name. It's 100 percent Syrah, and aged in nearly half new
oak. It offers bay leaf, mulled red cherry and light olive shadings
with a nice supple texture
for the vintage. Both (Maison Rouge and La Germine) could potentially
be outstanding, which is impressive
for the vintage.
This
has become a domaine to watch.
Guide
des vins Gilbert et Gaillard 2011 Note : 93/ 100 -
Steady
crimson color. Red fruits, spices, mineral aromas. Ripe and rich mouth.
Silky tanins. Harmonious .
Good length. exemplary wine .
Guides
des meilleurs vins de France 2011* Note : 17/20
We
were appeal to the vintage 2007, 2008
confirm.
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Côte-Rôtie
La Germine 2008::
The
wine spectator (90/100)
Very
polished, offering a long, pure,
silky palate of red and black currant, iron and black tea flavors
that stay focused through the lengthy
finish, with nicely
integrated acidity. Drink now through 2014.
Guides
des meilleurs vins de France 2011* Note : 16/20
We
were appeal to the vintage 2007, 2008
confirm . La Germine has got a beautiful framework,
with a tasty acidity.
Guide
des vins Gilbert et Gaillard 2011 . Note : 91/ 100 -
"
Harmonious , silky
tanins , spicy"
Guide
Hachette des Vins 2011* :
"
a real success ",
"red fruits, cocoa notes"
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Côte-Rôtie
Maison Rouge 2007 :
Wine
spectator : 92 points
Dark
and brawny, with a lots of briar-edged
tapenade and tabacco notes racing along with a dark
core of black currant, braised fig and mulled spice
notes. There's lots of iron grip on the finnish, especially
for the vintage. Best from 2011 through 2021.
Robert
Parker : (90-93/100)
The
100% Syrah cuvee, the 2007 Cote Rotie Maison Rouge exhibits notes
of Burning embers, tapenade, jammy black cherries,
licorice, and spice
box. It is a full-bodied,
lush, sexy 2007 that
should drink compellingly well for 10-12 years.
Brothers
David and Benjamin Duclaux have ratcheted up their game considerably
as this has become one of the best of the small estate bottlers of
Cote Rotie. Their cellars and vineyards are at the southern end of
the appellation, in the sectors known as Coteaux de Tupin and Maison
Rouge. Their winemaking style utilizes little new oak, but they believe
in 100% destemming and the aging of the wines in 500-liter demi-muids,
and occasionally smaller, used 228-liter casks. Their flagship wine,
Maison Rouge, is 100% Syrah from the Cote Blonde. The 2007s are impressive
efforts for this vintage.
Les
meilleurs vins de France 2010 (guide vert de la RVF) :
« creamy »,
« good lenght », « good job ».
Le
grand guide des vins 2010 Bettane & Desseauve :
« pleasant », « Fruity
and Focused wine », « Strong and elegant
Length ».
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Côte-Rôtie
La Germine 2007 ::
Wine
spectator : 90 points
This
has a lacely framework, with black tea and cedar
notes guiding the soft core of red and black
cherry fruit, incense and dark olive flavors, which
glide through the supple finish. There's nice latent minerality. Best
from 2018 through. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
Robert
Parker : (89-91/100)
“Brothers
David and Benjamin Duclaux have ratcheted up their game considerably
as this has become one of the best of the small estate bottlers of
Cote Rotie. The 2007s are impressive efforts for this vintage.”
“The
2007 Cote Rotie La Germine offers up lovely
aromas of bacon fat, spring flowers, sweet raspberries
and black cherries, camphor, and forest floor. Long, lush, supple-textured,
and sensual, it should
drink beautifully for at least a decade.”
The
Wine enthusiast : 89
"Attractive
and séductive,
with floral berry aromas mixing with notes of sour plum, light oak,
sousbois and spice. The palate is fairly full and creamy,
and overall this is a really nice, functional, solid wine with just
enough heft and toast to qualify as “modern” in style. Made with 5
% viognier. "
Guide
Hachette* : “Long and rich
final”
Les
meilleurs vins de France 2010 : «fresh style »,
« silky in texture »
Le
grand guide des vins 2010 Bettane & Desseauve : « flowers,
red fruits ». « Focused
wine, good tanins »
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Côte-Rôtie
La Germine 2006
:
Robert
Parker, Wine advocate (90/100)
"From
a top-notch vintage for Duclaux, the 2006 Cote Rotie La Germine boasts
a fragrant bouquet
of sweet red and black fruits intermixed with hints of caramel, forest
floor, licorice, and bacon fat. Round, generous, seductive
, and seamlessly constructed, it should provide immense pleasure
over the next decade. Brothers David and Benjamin Duclaux have ratcheted
up their game considerably as this has become one
of the best of the small estate bottlers of Cote Rotie .
Their cellars and vineyards are at the southern end of the appellation,
in the sectors known as Coteaux de Tupin and Maison Rouge. Their winemaking
style utilizes little new oak, but they believe in 100% destemming
and the aging of the wines in 500-liter demi-muids, and occasionally
smaller, used 228-liter casks. About 5% Viognier is co-fermented with
Syrah for the La Germine, and their flagship wine, Maison Rouge, is
100% Syrah from the Cote Blonde. These are all exceptional
wines , with the 2006s showing even better from bottle
than they did from barrel."
The
Wine spectator, (92/100)
Toasty
but otherwise reticent now, with black tea, coffee, crushed
plum and braised fig notes backed by slightly firm
cocoa powder dusted tannins. Yet there's plenty of stuffing in reserve,
so this should knit together fully with mid-term cellaring. Best from
2010 through 2020
Decanter, ***(15,6/20)
"Oaky,
menthol with macerated blackberries.
Oak palate leads black fruit and liquorice.
Length helped by the oak. From 2010."
Guide
Gilbert et Gaillard 2010 (90/100)
"purity,
red and black fruits, mineral".
Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009, Guide vert de la RVF (16/20)
"good
balance"
Le
grand guide des vins 2010 Bettane & Desseauve
Grâce
à l'arrivée des deux frères au domaine familial,
David en 1994 puis Benjamin en 2001, le style des vins a peu à
peu évolué avec bonheur . Les raisins sont éraflé,
les macérations sont plus courtes que par le passé,
et à des températures plus basses, les élevages
ont été raccourcis, et le parc a barriques rajeuni,
avec désormais une bonne proportions de demi-muids. Conséquence :
si les vins pouvaient autrefois paraître droits et un peu austères,
parfois même sur-extraits, ils ont aujourd'hui gagné
en fraîcheur et en élégance . Depuis 2005, le
domaine propose deux cuvées en Côte-Rôtie, à
partir de ses parcelles situées dans le sud de l'appellation :
La Germine, la plus facile des deux et Maison-Rouge, qui offre plus
de chair et de suavité. La Germine 2006 : Charnu , concentré,
un vin rond, au fruité rouge expressif . Il se referme aujourd'hui
(été 2009).
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Côte-Rôtie
Maison Rouge 2006
:
Robert
Parker, wine advocate (93/100)
"Absolutely
sensational , and vastly superior to what I tasted
from barrel, is the brilliant 2006 Cote Rotie Maison Rouge. Its dense
purple color is followed by a gorgeously sweet perfume of scorched
earth, frying lard, sweet raspberries and black cherries, and floral
as well as tapenade undertones. Full-bodied with excellent
concentration and a layered, multidimensional finish
with noble sweet tannins
, this beauty can be drunk now and over the next 12-15 years.
Brothers David and Benjamin Duclaux have ratcheted up their game considerably
as this has become one of the best of the small estate bottlers of
Cote Rotie. Their cellars and vineyards are at the southern end of
the appellation, in the sectors known as Coteaux de Tupin and Maison
Rouge. Their winemaking style utilizes little new oak, but they believe
in 100% destemming and the aging of the wines in 500-liter demi-muids,
and occasionally smaller, used 228-liter casks. About 5% Viognier
is co-fermented with Syrah for the La Germine, and their flagship
wine, Maison Rouge, is 100% Syrah from the Cote Blonde."
The
Wine spectator (93/100)
Ripe
and focused
, with a gorgeous, racy beam of raspberry, blackberry and black currant
fruit held together by suave structure and lilting incense, fruitcake
and warm espresso notes. There's very solid
drive on the finish . The debut for this cuvee and
a new high water mark for this domaine. Best from 2010 through 2020.
JM
Decanter,
***(16,4/20)
"Tight
mulberry and bramble fruit, touch of smoke. Good
charm and clarity.
Sound length. Classic for the vintage. From 2010."
Le
grand guide des vins 2010 Bettane & Desseauve (15/20)
Des
deux cuvées du Domaine Duclaux, Maison-Rouge est celle qui
offre le plus de chair et de suavité . Plus concentré
que La Germine, tanins plus fermes. Un vin droit et équilibré
.
Le
guide des vins de la vallée du Rhône (guidevins.com)
édition 2009/2010
Classé
dans les « vins de style » *****
Œil :
cerise noire limpide à reflets sombres brillants.
Nez :
Intense , délicat, fruits confiturés, framboise.
Bouche :
équilibrée, chaleureuse, chocolat, violette, réglisse,
tannique.
Conclusion :
un vin riche et puissant avec un bel accord entre le nez et la bouche,
un beau potentiel.
Gault
et Millau , 17/20
Une
sève de vin savoureuse et pure autour d'un fruit de cassis
épicé qui tapisse le palais pendant de longues minutes.
Grand vin .
Le
Guide Hachette 2009 *
"elegant
and fine wine with black fruits and flowers. good
balance, rich, with harmonious tanins."
Les
meilleurs vins de France 2009, Guide vert de la RVF (16,5/20)
"fuller-bodied
style, fine"
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Côte-Rôtie
La Germine 2005
:
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Côte-Rôtie
Maison Rouge 2005
:
Robert
Parker Maison Rouge 2005 (90/100)
"The
2005 Cote Rotie Maison Rouge is deep ruby purple, with sweet black
cherries and hints of black olive and earth as well as a touch of
toast in the background. This wine reveals more structure and meatiness,
suggesting 2-3 years of bottle age could be warranted."
Guide
des meilleurs vins de France 2008
"
Great purity ", " silky
mouth ", " superb
"
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Côte-Rôtie
2004 :
Robert
Parker (87)
These
two brothers are up-and-coming producers
in Cote Rotie making soft Cote Blonde-styled Cote Rotie from 100%
destemmed fruit. The 2004 is a very successful
wine which, like most of their wines, includes about
5% Viognier that is co-fermented with the Syrah. Deep ruby in color
with some sweet kirsch-like notes intermixed with hints of smoke,
herbs, and some apricot, this wine has good acidity, attractive
fruit, and medium body. Drink it over the next 4-5
years. It is very much in the style of some of the Jasmin Cote Roties.
Stephen
Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (90-92 points)
“Deep,
bright red. Suave red berry aromas, with a vibrant note of violet.
Silky and elegant in texture
(2004 has burgundy tannins, says Benjamin Duclaux) with bright, sweet
raspberry fruit and no meaty or earthy notes. This understated wine
is all about fruits and fresh flowers. Finishes with fine,
Guide
Hachette 2007.
“Benjamin
and David work in the vines and vinify together their estate situated
in the southern sector of the appellation. Their principal is simple:
to make wine from the 5.5 ha they possess in Côte Rôtie.
The 2004 is already open and expesses a harmonious
bouquet, with notes of smoke, grill, red fruit and
spices. The mouth is concentrated
with a lot of volume and can potential be aged for a long time – three
years minimum. “
Bronze
medal at Ampuis wine fair.
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Press
Review for older vintages :
Côte-Rôtie
2003 :
La revue des Vins de France.
"Sanguine,
spicy, mineral. Mouth of great volume
with tannins a bit extracted, yet harmony is respected in this solid
wine."
Robert
Parker.
(93/100)
"The superb, opaque purple-hued 2003 Côte-Rôtie
boasts a big, sumptuous bouquet of bacon fat, honeysuckle,
litchi nuts, and jammy black cherries and cassis. Dense and full-bodied,
with abundant fruit and glycerin as well as plush, opulent, voluptuous
texture, it will provide plenty of pleasure over the next 10-14 years,
it is the finest Côte-Rôtie I have yet tasted from Duclaux."
Guide
Hachette 2006.
"Macerated
three weeks in open vat, this wine maturate in 228 and 600 litters
oak barrels (15% of new oak). The two brothers look to express all
the elegance of côte-rôtie in this hot
vintage. With success. Same expression (spices, laurel, black fruits)
is present as well in the nose as in the mouth. The structure of the
mouth is very fresh. A wine already agreeable to drink, but asks for
at least four years to discover all of its secrets."
Le
guide vert 2006 édité par la RVF, le classement 2006
des meilleurs vins.
"This
classic domaine of Côte-Rôtie has vineyards solely in
the southern sector and make wines above all fin and delicate, the
wines are quite dense yet remaining supple
and fin. The 2003 Côte-Rôtie is a serious
wine, well-structured with solid tannins."
Gambero
Rosso, Italian magazine
Benjamin
e David rappresentano la quarta generazione del domaine, 5,5 ettari
per una produzione media di 20mila bottiglie esclusivamente di Côte-Rôtie.
Questo 2003, 95% syrah con una piccola aggiunta del 5% di viognier,
ha profumi molto fini di cacao e spezie con eleganti
note minerali e floreali, al palato è succoso
ed è evidente il fruttato maturo, ma i tannini sono di grana
fine e la progressione tesa e decisa. Buona l'acidità che rinfresca
un finale piuttosto lungo e dinamico.
Bronze
medal at Ampuis wine fair.
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COTE-ROTIE
2002
:
Guide
Hachette 2005 .
“Coup
de Coeur” by Hachette guide for the vintage
1998, this family estate reiterates the exploit with the vintage 2002,
proving its control of the vinification with this elegant, powerful,
complex and harmonious wine. The oakyness accompanies by the strong
tanins but fin, and the fineness comes through on blueberry aromas,
dry fruits, cocoa and smoky. A great
success in a difficult
vintage.”
La
Revue des Vins de France.
“we
liked Côte-Rôtie duclaux : this wine had a traditional
style, with fruit and spicy flavours. The final is neat and elegant.”
Cuisine et Vins de France (#°100)
“David
Duclaux is one of the two presidents of the appellation. The vintage
2001 and 2002 come in the lead of the tasting for their
fineness and their elegance. The vintage 2002 has
small game flavour and a spicy attack with black fruit. Tannins are
delicate and ripe.
Le
Point – Spécial vins (15,5/20)
“Soft
spices, candied fruits, not very open, dense
in the mouth, tight and velvety
tannins. The material is rich in a difficult vintage. To keep three
or four years before drinking.
Le
guide Fleurus 2005 (16/20)
“purple
colour with purplish-blue tint. The nose give off ripe black fruits
and spices. A powerful mouth with fruity and spicy aromas. Long final.
A complete and elegant wine.”
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Côte-Rôtie
2001
:
Le
point-spécial vins
16,5/20
(best mark)
“Carnal
nose, pepper, structured, concentrated in the mouth
and well-formed tannins, lots of spices and pepper. Wine with good
potential. Well balanced.”
Gold
medal at Ampuis wine fair.
Le
guide Hachette 2004
“This
wine plays well with the fruit and the tannins respect its terroir.
Still losed but the fruity final is very
pleasant. Wait 3 or 4 years”.
La
Revue des Vins de France.
“
We like the Côte-Rôtie Duclaux. Good colour. Refined nose
with a little bit of reduction. A touch of viognier in the mouth,
in tradition of the appellation. Ripe tannins. Beautiful
wine. Length is long and persistent.”
Cuisine
et Vins de France. Hors série « les
500 meilleures bouteilles de l'année »,
n°11 septembre - octobre 2004.
(17/20)
“Made
with the two grape varietals authorised in this vineyard, the syrah
and viognier, this wine has notes of red fruits, black fruits and
pepper. The white grape variety, Viognier, gives a touch of floral
flowers. Profound in the mouth, its fills palate with pepper and tabacco
flavours. Ripe and velvety tannins. Well structured wine,
exquisite fineness. Wine with good aging capacity.”
Guide
Fleurus des Vins 2006 ( 19/20 )
An
intense ruby color with nuances of violets, its brilliance dulled
by its density. The nose presents quite a lot of elegance,
though it remains still a little tight, with some aeration you get
small notes of black and red fruits (cassis, cherry, prune), also
the aromas of liquorice
and violets. The attack is rich and suave with the
tastes of plenty of Fruit. The mouth is marked by present acids but
not dominated and by very fine and rich tannins.
The
final is very long
with aromas of liquorice and pepper. The finesse and concentration
of this wine announce a great bottle.
This aromatic cuvee stays in its reserve. The domaine is gaining a
reputation only re-confirmed by this vintage and they exceptional
work together.
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Before
2001... :
La
Revue des Vins de France.
“The
vintage 2000 is handsomely classical : a profound color, powerful,
great elegance, intense
flavours, to laid down.“
Robert
Parker.
“The
vintage 1999 is the most important success
that I know about this estate.”
The
wines of the Northern Rhone. Jonathan Livingstone-Learmonth
“1999(*****)
Lovely balance on bouquet; mixes red fruit, with warm, full underlay,
chocolate even; wide variety of flavours-prunes, black fruits, very
generous. Raspberry essence on finish. Délicious,
rich texture. Has never had a hidden moment in its
life.
Winart
(Japanese magazine).
Le
Guide Hachette 2002.
“This
domaine, situated in the regional park of Pilat, confirms the “coup
de Coeur” received last year for the 1998 vintage. 1999 Shows
the high-level of this wine.
One should wait a little drink until the wood blends with the wine.
These wine has all the qualities (fatness, good balance), with a spicy
and black fruit good length.”
In
Vino Véritas (Belgium Magazine, octobre 2001).
Cuisine
et Vins de France.
“The
vintage 1999 had stone a stone fruits elegant nose, rose and orange
peel. Mouth has got the same spirit and had a tannic and a delicious
woody final.”
Le
nouvel observateur (le nouveau guide du vin, 4ème
trimestre 2000).
Le
Guide Hachette 2001.
“Coup
de Cœur“ for the vintage 1998. “A
wine which shows power like the canons of a Côte-Rôtie
: violet, cocoa, liquorice and cherries all have a part in aromas
and thus the ripe fruits are apparent on mouth. This wine is aided
by nice tannins, already expressive, a extreme elegance guarantees
a long cellar life“.
La
route des vins des Cotes du Rhône (édition Flammarion).
“One
of the most famous vine-growers”
The
wine review of France ( 2000, September).
“His
terroir at Tupin gives supple, fruity, delectable
wines”
Bettane
et Desseauve.
“The
1998 Côte-Rôtie has good definition,
fin tannins and pure aromatic expression.”
La
Revue des Vins de France. (1998, June)
“Coup
de Cœur“ de la Revue des Vins de France
for the vintage 1997. “The 1997 Côte-Rôtie has colour
profound nd brilliant, a complete nose fin and pure. The mouth is
ample, ripe, with supple tannins.”
Vins
Magazine (1999, November).
“A
1997 dense Côte-Rôtie, concentrated,
fondue. Remarkable length with successive fruits, spices
and notes of torrefaction. Still young, this wine will be magnificent.”
La Fine Goutte (Canadian magazine)
“The
1996 Côte-Rôtie is distinguished by its subtle fruit,
precision and delicate flavours. Very
nice harmony, this wine distilles an exquisite charm.”
La Côte des Vins de Gaultmillau (#103)
“the
1993 Côte-Rôtie : fruity, fatness,
strong tannins, long, concentrated. Mark :17/20”
Decanter
(1993).
“Côte-Rôtie
1989 Edmond Duclaux has been judged to be Highly
Recommended in an expert Decanter Magazine Blind tasting
“
