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2009 Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet (Hervé Souhaut) La Souteronne
What a great Gamay. A lot of class and purity. Interesting as this is definitely not Beaujo and not Pinot like but shows true character.
Beautiful nose, wet stones, hint of stems, floral with plenty of fruit (mainly blue, always restrained). Only 12.5%, superb balance, some olives.
Beautiful wine.

2004 Lucie & Auguste Lignier Morey St. Denis
When just opened, the oak showed a little (nothing annoying though) and then really became just part of the wine. A lot of dark fruits with cassis and violets but from time to time you get a burst of cranberry and red cherry. Enjoyable fruit "sweetness". Some green with a stemmy touch as well as a light green vegetal note. Lots of spices and a hint of tobacco.
Show true Morey St Denis character. Really nice wine, drinking well but will certainly improve for a few years.

2006 Királyudvar Tokaji Sec
As always a very solid, consistent delicious wine. A very light touch of oxidation on the nose (none on the palate), mineral with apricot and mango. A hint of bruised apple. Round and almost fat but lively thanks to the acidity. Pretty long finish.
I love this wine and it never disappoints.

2002 Benedicte de Rycke Jasnières Cuvée Louise
Smoky nose with obvious minerality and honey. Subtle spices (almost some cumin, curry). Piercing acidity, baked apples lemon and hint of pear with a long yeasty finish. Fruit is ripe, almost exotic from time to time but the fabulous acidity keeps you coming back for more.
Lovely.

2008 Clos Ste. Magdeleine Cassis
Really fresh nose with more weight that you would expect after that nose. Quite grassy, hint of hay with some raspberry and strawberry notes. A touch of lemon and orange but there's not really any particular fruit standing out. Actually there's not much fruit right now, almost like lemon water. Good acidity that cuts the oiliness of the texture. A bitter finish.
Well made and I really liked it.
 
2004 Lucie & Auguste Lignier Morey St. Denis
When just opened, the oak showed a little (nothing annoying though) and then really became just part of the wine. A lot of dark fruits with cassis and violets but from time to time you get a burst of cranberry and red cherry. Enjoyable fruit "sweetness". Some green with a stemmy touch as well as a light green vegetal note. Lots of spices and a hint of tobacco.
Show true Morey St Denis character. Really nice wine, drinking well but will certainly improve for a few years.
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I've had a couple of this couple's 2004 M-S-D's (premier cru) that were just lovely and pretty good for the vintage. Sounds like you had good luck as well.
 
originally posted by Arno Tronche:
All over2009 Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet (Hervé Souhaut) La Souteronne
What a great Gamay. A lot of class and purity. Interesting as this is definitely not Beaujo and not Pinot like but shows true character.
Beautiful nose, wet stones, hint of stems, floral with plenty of fruit (mainly blue, always restrained). Only 12.5%, superb balance, some olives.
Beautiful wine.
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Thanks for this. I used to really enjoy their wines in the early 2000s but then just sort of stopped following. Plus I got nervous about bottles having been mauled in the US supply chain as they seemed to be in the very low sulfur crowd (and my bottles in the US were so much less delicious than those in France).
 
Glad to hear the Clos Ste Magdeleine had sufficient acidity - the fear that it wouldn't, because of the heat, has up to now kept me away.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Arno Tronche:
All over2009 Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet (Hervé Souhaut) La Souteronne
What a great Gamay. A lot of class and purity. Interesting as this is definitely not Beaujo and not Pinot like but shows true character.
Beautiful nose, wet stones, hint of stems, floral with plenty of fruit (mainly blue, always restrained). Only 12.5%, superb balance, some olives.
Beautiful wine.
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Thanks for this. I used to really enjoy their wines in the early 2000s but then just sort of stopped following. Plus I got nervous about bottles having been mauled in the US supply chain as they seemed to be in the very low sulfur crowd (and my bottles in the US were so much less delicious than those in France).
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Those wines are indeed very low in sulfur. I got this bottle through CWS and used to buy them at Caves Auge.
Have you ever tried to age his wines? I always had them quite young and wonder if they're meant to be aged (10+).
 
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Those wines are indeed very low in sulfur. I got this bottle through CWS and used to buy them at Caves Auge.
Have you ever tried to age his wines? I always had them quite young and wonder if they're meant to be aged (10+).
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I never aged them and they never struck me as serious cellar wines (even the top St Joseph). But I certainly have no first-hand information.

If I remember correctly the domaine began in the late 90s, so there might be somewhat of a 10year track record out there if anyone kept the early vintages.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Glad to hear the Clos Ste Magdeleine had sufficient acidity - the fear that it wouldn't, because of the heat, has up to now kept me away.
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Well while this is certainly no chenin blanc like acidity wise, there's absolutely no heat and good acidity. The 2007 is still my favorite but remember this is still Provence !
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
I never aged them and they never struck me as serious cellar wines (even the top St Joseph). But I certainly have no first-hand information.
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I kind of feel the same way. He's probably in the same mold as Dard&Ribo.
 
originally posted by Arno Tronche:
... but remember this is still Provence !
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Exactly, so there could be a tendency towards leniency, towards pronouncing as satisfactory what wouldn't be further north. I'm counting on you to show no such leniency.
 
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