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2005 Domaine des Lambrays, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru, Côte de Nuits, Burgandy, FR

Risqué was recently dining with a favorite lush at a Four Seasons Hotel’s Dining Room and spotted a favorite offering on the wine list. Consistently, one of the top 100 wines in the world and among the most prestigious Twenty-five red producing Grand Cru Chateaus of Burgundy with a rich and distinguished history of producing the finest Pinot Noir’s that dates back more that 600 years to 1365. Risqué was forced to succumb…

This medium bodied treasure of sparkling liquid garnet brays at the olfactory with a dark core of concentrated cherries and plums accented with sweet exotic spice, green herbs and roasted lamb (truly!) all interwoven with an earthy minerality. This Bacchean delight is soft and lush as cashmere as it delivers an abundance of ripe dark cerise and tart Montmorency cherries, warm summer blackberries and rich black Darjeeling tea spun with the finest tannins that all slowly surrender in the persistent and intense finish.

Risqué was astounded with this succulent essence possessing such elegance, complexity and strength. Risqué has since shepherded a few more of this sweet little lamb to his flock, thinking this has all the earmarks of maturing over the next 10 to 15 years into truly a golden fleece.

PS… Wine Spectator gave this a miserly 95 points

Alcohol 13.5% ($155)

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