2012 Red Wine from Cote De Nuits

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A rich version, this savory red evokes cherry, blackberry, beet, black currant, smoke and tobacco notes. Dense yet supple in texture, with a firm underlying structure and a compact finish. The long aftertaste suggests tar...

Vinous, 91 points: Bright medium red. Ineffable aromas of perfumed red fruits, dried flowers and truffley underbrush, complicated by a saline quality. Supple and seamless on the palate, showing a restrained sweetness to its flavors of red...

Vinous, 91 points: (AG89-91 points) The 2012 Nuits St. Georges Aux Lavieres stands out for its energy, precision and overall harmony. I very much like the sense of tension here. Beams of acidity and minerality support a core of bright red...

Vinous, 93 points: (AG91-93 points) The 2012 Clos Vougeot is another huge, explosive wine from Chézeaux in this vintage. Smoke, iron, tar, licorice and dark red fruit notes jump from the glass. Broad- shouldered, rich and intense to the...

View From The Cellar, 92 points: 92+ The Rossignols’ parcel in Combottes is always the very first vines that are harvested at the domaine, as they sit up high in the vineyard where the soil is very much defined by its fine, small stones here that retain...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: (94 - 96) The 2012 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru comes from one 0.65-hectare parcel from vines planted in 1938 planted by Louis Trapet, the other planted in 1965. It has a stony, earthy, introspective bouquet that is...

Vinous, 90 points: Dark red and black fruit, smoke, tobacco and cloves all meld together in the 2012 Gevrey-Chambertin. A big, full-bodied wine within the context of village-level Gevrey, Serafin's 2012 boasts impressive depth and density...

Vinous, 90 points: (ST88-90 points) Good deep red. Very deep aromas of blackberry, licorice and violet. Juicy and tight, with a slightly green, peppery edge to the dark berry fruit. In a distinctly cool style, finishing with dry-edged...

Vinous, 91 points: (ST89-91 points) Good bright, deep red. Very ripe but reduced nose offers scents of black raspberry and mocha. Fat and sweet on the palate, in a distinctly rich style but with less energy to its blacker fruit flavors...

Burghound, 93 points: (90-93) A background application of wood frames the very ripe aromas of cassis, black cherry, earth and a touch of the sauvage. There is a lush and opulent mouth feel to the concentrated and palate coating medium weight...

Burghound, 90 points: A more elegant nose of relatively high-toned red berry fruit enjoys added breadth in the form of earth, sauvage and spice nuances. The supple, round and accessible middle weight flavors possess a lovely sense of energy on...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru from Louis Jadot has a lifted, licorice-tinged bouquet with plenty of guts to it. There aromatics do not hold back. The palate is...