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Domaine Michel Magnien

The family's vines are now farmed organically, said Frederic Magnien, adding that he is also using the same methods in a growing percentage of the parcels he buys fruit from for his negociant label. In fact, he farmed no fewer than 28 hectares organically in 2012. After destemming all the fruit in 2011, Magnien vinified the family domain's wines with 25% whole clusters in 2012. Magnien told me that he's particularly impressed with the complexity of the wines in 2012. He explained, "The long flowering made the tannins very complex. It was really impossible to have a uniform level of grape ripeness, even if you sorted strictly, and that's what gave the wines their nuance." (I should note that this view goes against what many California producers frequently say--that the best wines would theoretically be made if every berry could be harvested at the perfect moment of ripeness--but I'm with Fred here.) Magnien believes that 2012 will be "a 15-to-20-year vintage, between 2011 and 2010 in longevity."

From 2012 Red Burgundies (Jan 2014) by Stephen Tanzer

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2012 Morey-Saint-Denis Les Chaffots

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