2017 Auxey Duresses
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The 2017 Auxey-Duresses Village has a lovely bouquet of quite precocious red cherries and crushed strawberry on the nose; undergrowth scents and hints of dark chocolate develop with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a citric opening. A little angular at the moment but displays fine depth. This is a fruit-driven Auxey-Duresses that might need another couple of years to smooth its edges.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Mid cherry red. Scented with dark-red fruit. Light herbal/stemmy character giving freshness to the ripeness of the fruit, which is deep and rounded and generous. Sweet cherries on the long finish. Already smooth. (JH)
The 2017 Auxey-Duresses Village offers up aromas of earthy red fruits, espresso roast and recently used wood, followed by a medium-bodied, firm and tangy palate. The wine had just been racked when I tasted it, so I suspect it will have fleshed out by the time it's bottled, but Paul Zinetti told me it might be fined.