One of the Magnien domaine’s two grand crus (the other Clos St. Denis, which I found marginally less impressive), their 2005 Clos de la Roche offered an unusually fat, luscious example of this cru, full of dark chocolate and liqueur-like black fruits and with amazingly sweet length, tinged by coconut, ... more

(from Mazoyeres) Ruby-red. Rather tight, brooding nose hints at blackberry and violet. Then sappy, sweet and surprisingly fleshy if not especially complex, with very primary dark berry flavors. Seems a bit unformed today., Ample wood spice frames red pinot fruit and warm earth aromas where the earth component can also ... more