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2011 Burgundy Preview: A Cellar Full of Gems at Lucien Le Moine

Mounir Saouma's counter-culture winemaking ideology has paid off in 2011, with potentially classic Pinots and Chardonnays
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 3:30pm ET

Wine Spectator senior editor Bruce Sanderson is blogging from Burgundy as he previews the 2011 vintage. Some of the wines he is tasting have yet to be racked, while others have been assembled in barrel but not yet bottled; consequently, scores are given in ranges as these are unfinished wines that will continue to be refined before being bottled.

Today he tasted the 2011 lineup of Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays at Lucien Le Moine. Here are his scores and tasting notes.

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