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Domaine Humbert Frères

The Humberts racked their 2006s in February, during rather than after the malos. "I don't like evolved wines," said Emmanuel, who believes that this approach helps the wines retain better freshness (Claude Dugat, a cousin to the Humberts, is another winemaker who does this). He told me he racked the 2003s and 2000s after the malos, and those vintages are "not my style." Humbert was one of a minority of vignerons who essentially told me that he preferred 2006 to 2005. "The '06s began with more phenolic maturity," he said. "It was the first time all our cuvees began with over 12% potential alcohol." The wines were chaptalized to between 12.5% and 13.5%. Humbert told me he practices arrosage (a gentle sprinkling of the fermenting juice over the cap) rather than pigeage because he doesn't like hard wines.

From 2006 and 2005 Red Burgundies (Mar 2008) by Stephen Tanzer

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2005 Gevrey-Chambertin Estournelles Saint-Jacques

Release Price: $147

Color: Red

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