CLOS SAINT DENIS Grand Cru Domaine Stéphane Magnien 2018 vs POMMARD 1er Cru Rugiens Domaine de Courcel 2016
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. POMMARD 1er Cru Rugiens Domaine de Courcel 2016 currently starts £3.75 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £158.75 | £155.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Style | Other | Other |
| Grape | Pinot Noir | Pinot Noir |
| ABV | 13.5% | 13% |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
CLOS SAINT DENIS Grand Cru Domaine Stéphane Magnien 2018
The 2018 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru has quite an intense bouquet with red berry fruit, touches of blackcurrant, pain d'épice and sous-bois. This seems to grow and deepen in the glass, developing some unnecessary headiness and then, as if skulking from out of a darkened corner, noticeable and sadly compromising Brettanomyces. The palate is medium-bodied with quite thick and dense tannins. Backward and rather surly, this is a serious Clos Saint-Denis, more dark than light, with some dryness and austerity on the finish. Like reading Dostoevsky when you just want a simple page-turner. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
POMMARD 1er Cru Rugiens Domaine de Courcel 2016
(from a 1.07 ha parcel in Rugiens-Hauts). This is aromatically quite similar to the Fremiers and also flashes a background note of oak influence. The dense, powerful and super-rich mineral-driven big-bodied flavors possess first-rate levels of dry extract while delivering fine length on the mocha-inflected, bitter cherry pit and noticeably warm finish. This is certainly impressive in its fashion but it’s somewhat particular in the context of the vintage.
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