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Pinot Noir: Responsible for some of the greatest wines on earth - the exhausted red wines of France's Burgundy region. Pinot Noir is a notoriously fickle grape that expresses its origins like no other. It's a vine that needs to struggle to produce great wines but when it does the depth of flavors that range from cherry to cola can be explosive and the wines' bright acidity and gentle tannins make them approachable and widely appealing,

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Obviously, it was an incredible experience to not simply sample this wine, but to enjoy the entire bottle between four people during a very special evening out. It was more like some sort of wine ceremony. Neighboring tables whispered and pointed when the bottle was brought out, and the waiter took unusual care pulling the cork. It was quite a bottle of Burgundy, and I like to think I have had a enough Grand Crus to adequately prepare for the experience. If you love a tooth-staining red monster, don't waste your money on this--buy 50 bottles of (really good) Aussie Shiraz instead. But if you can read more...


April 2009

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It has a gorgeously bright dark ruby/purple color and extremely complex aromatics of fresh herbs, Asian spices, creamy cherries, super-ripe blackberries, and vanilla-imbued oak. This superb wine offers a mouthful of silky-textured cherries, blueberri... Robert Parker. A Pinot Noir wine from Burgundy in France. 1996 Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee Conti 750ml


March 2009

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Rating: (96-98) - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 118 on Aug-98


 

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Rating: 98/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 09/30/99


 

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Rating: 95(+?) - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on Mar-99


 

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Rating: 96/100 - As reviewed by Burghound in Issue 24, Oct 01, 2006


 

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