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Cellar/Tasting Notes
Beaune Premier Cru Couchereaux has a deep ruby colour. Due to its exposure, it develops powerful aromas of matured red fruits. It is a structured wine, with good tannins, rich and able to age.
It will accompany most meat dishes, whether they be light or strongly sauced, as well as most cheese. Burghound (BH): 89-91 "More moderate though far from invisible wood surrounds notes of menthol and cool cherry aromas slides gracefully into supple, vibrant and attractively rich and mineral-driven middle weight flavors that possess a lovely mouth feel thanks to the relatively fine-grained tannins. Despite their fine grain the admirably long finish is notably firm and this will require most of a decade to arrive at its peak." Stephen Tanzer (ST): 88-91 "Good medium red. Perfumed nose offers red cherry, crushed stone, fresh herbs and menthol. Silky and soil-driven, with an underlying rocky character giving the wine noteworthy delicacy...." |