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Clos Saint Denis, Domaine Stéphane Magnien 2015

Tasting Notes

The 2015 Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru has a ripe, ostentatious bouquet of bold, well-defined black cherry, fig jam, peppermint and mineral scents; the oak neatly is folded into the fruit but certainly extroverted. The palate is sweet, ripe and lower in acidity than I would have liked, and rounded and fleshy with veins of blueberry and cassis toward the finish. A thoroughly enjoyable Grand Cru, its nobility translated by its elegance. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.

95
Neal Martin, vinous.com, September 2018

Glowing purple. Gracious succulent exciting bouquet, lifted, concentrated , dark cherry nose. The fruit is ripe but maintains elegance alongside the heady sensuality of ripe grapes in a great site. Very long finish with a leavening of quality acidity, even a slightly mineral finish. Very well judged.

96
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy, September 2018
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