{"id":8407,"date":"2013-11-03T07:54:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T07:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=8407"},"modified":"2013-11-03T07:54:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T07:54:02","slug":"lunch-with-pol-cloudy-lapierre-jamet-clair-and-bachelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/lunch-with-pol-cloudy-lapierre-jamet-clair-and-bachelet","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with Pol, Cloudy, Lapierre, Jamet, Clair and Bachelet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Popped round for lunch at brother-in-law Beavington’s pad yesterday, which usually means that between us we’ll have something decent to drink. (In the process, I also very nobly assist him with his cellar over-stock issues.) All the wines showed really well yesterday.<\/p>\n

Champagne Pol Roger NV France<\/strong>
\nThis is showing really well: toast, peach and nuts, together with citrussy freshness. Fresh but quite rich with lovely complexity. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Champagne Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV France<\/strong>
\nFine, fresh and precise with ripe, sweet pear and citrus fruit with hints of melon. Lovely purity and precision, showing lots of ripe fruit. Very stylish. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2013 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong>
\nThis is fabulous. Amazing aromatics: beautifully perfumed with fresh grapefruit and passionfruit. Fresh, expressive palate is transparent and delicate with great precision and some lychee and passionfruit richness. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Domaine Bachelet-Monnot Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 2010 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nAmazing nose of nectarine, toast, quince and pineapple. The palate is dense and rich with quince, pineapple, toast and minerals, as well as hints of marzipan and almond. A fabulously rich white Burgundy, showing great concentration. 94\/100<\/p>\n

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Bruno Clair Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2004 Burgundy, France<\/strong>
\nLovely grapefruit, citrus, peach, pear and nut characters here, along with some minerality. There’s a bracing freshness as well as a hint of matchstick. Beautiful poise and complexity. Thoroughly delicious now at 9 years old. 95\/100<\/p>\n

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Marcel Lapierre Morgon 2009 Beaujolais, France<\/strong>
\nThis is showing very well now. Lovely fresh cherries and plums with brightness and elegance. Really pure fruit: great precision and finesse. And so easy to drink. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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Jamet Cote Rotie 2002 Northern Rhone, France<\/strong>
\nA terrible vintage, but the wine is OK. Supple, fresh black cherry fruit with a citrussy edge. Notes of iron, blood, meat and spice, as well as some minerals. Drink now. 90\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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