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John Gilman: 93+ Points
The 2018 les Vergelesses is probably the ripest red wine chez Bize this year coming in at 13.8 percent but in the context of the vintage this is still pretty low octane juice! The bouquet is deep pure and very classy wafting from the glass in a mix of dark berries black cherries gamebird woodsmoke gentle spice tones just a whisper of fruitcake and a very complex base of soil. On the palate the wine is pure full-bodied and very elegant in profile with a sappy core fine mineral drive ripe buried tannins and outstanding length and grip on the complex and very refined finish. This is the most elegant premier cru terroir in the domaine’s lineup but often that elegance takes a full decade or more to start to really make its presence felt; this year it is there right from the outset! (Drink between 2028-2060)
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Wine Advocate: 92 Points
The 2018 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses has turned out nicely mingling hints of rose petals and exotic spices with aromas of sweet berries and forest floor in an inviting mélange. Medium to full-bodied layered and multidimensional it's deep and complete with a muscular chassis of tannin and a rich core of fruit. I can't remember tasting a more thrilling young vintage at Domaine Simon Bize. Certainly the frost-depleted 2016s were brilliant but those wines were more introverted from barrel and tank. The 2019s are concentrated vibrant and strikingly perfumed almost without exception soaring from the glass with captivatingly floral aromas. Chisa Bize and her team in short have excelled themselves and this visit stood out as one of my finest tastings of the year. As ever whole-cluster fermentation was the order of the day with comparatively little pigeage?less than in 2018 a vintage revisited in bottle in the accompanying notes?to moderate extraction. I will be adding a case or two of the Bize 2019s to my personal cellar and I warmly recommend readers to do the same.
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