Jean Tardy, Nuits Saint Georges Bas Combe

Jean Tardy, Nuits Saint Georges Bas Combe(from 50+ year old vines). Notes of anise and humus add interest to the slightly riper yet still fresh aromas of poached plum, raspberry and pungent earth. There is once again very good volume to the solidly concentrated and tautly muscular flavors that possess a relatively seductive texture that contrasts with firm, serious and youthfully austere finale that is noticeably more structured. This is a wine of textural contrasts as the finish is firm yet

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backward and brooding finish

it's probably not you that will detect its true class but your successors

There is lovely detail to the sleek and beautifully refined middle weight flavors that retain a fine sense of delineation before terminating in a balanced

The wines aged just fine

An old school Mazis

There is excellent intensity to the obviously stony

concentrated and with depth of flavor and length

It is medium to full-bodied on the palate

This is a bit woody though the underlying material appears to be present to absorb it in time

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