Made from 40 year old vines located in Corgoloin which yielded 35 hectoliters/hectare, the medium-to-dark Cote de Nuits-Villages reveals strawberry bubble gum aromas and a beautifully concentrated, medium-bodied, strawberry cola-packed mouth. Drink 1999-2005. This note is the result of tastings I did in Burgundy between January 7 and January 29. My friends that live for California Cabernets and the reds of Bordeaux consistently adore the wines of Bertrand Ambroise. These are not subtle, elegant, cherry and strawberry-filled wines, but rather, are dark, boisterous bruisers that make their presence felt through their power and intensity. Ambroise does not filter his whites and neither fines nor filters his reds. Both are left on their lees for a year and see 100% new oak.
Importer: Robert Kacher Selections, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 832-9083.