2008 Jérôme Chezeaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  4/30/2024 - Rabun Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From 750. Bought on release and never moved. Perfect provenance. 2008 is a cool, low fruit vintage and now after 16 years, this wine is at its peak and far beyond what I ever imagined it would develop into. Perfect balance with a hint of the 2008 acidity much like 2002 and 1996, but not too much. This is a welcome experience after tasting 1999, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020. All ripe vintages with fruit. What this shows me is Burgundy has an uncanny ability to improve in bottle with age. 2008 has turned out to be a beautiful vintage where all facets of this wine are in perfect harmony, and I would say the wine will drink well for another decade if cellared at 55 degrees. A real joy to drink. The 2008 vintage was down played by most wine critics. They were wrong. Beautiful harmonious vintage now.

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  10/15/2022 - enoconsultant Likes this wine:

  Conistent note with previous bottle in October 2021 but now more completely into its secondary nuances. Still needed time to present. (I do not typically decant red Burdundy of this age). Initially nose was dominated by a forest floor mustiness, with time it showed its Vosne spice, a touch of violets and black fruit that continued on the palate. Medium body. Harmonious with the right amount of acidity to give it lift without poking through the fruit. Fine example of Suchots with a number of years ahead. Outperformed expectations for the vintage and producer.

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  8/4/2021 - Mwach Likes this wine:

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  Drank at Sean and Mary’s goodbye dinner at our house with Chez Panisse takeout. I double decanted a few hours before, then wine opened in glasses over two hour meal. Rich, expressive, lively, spicy, herbal garden profile. Minty. Fresh and energetic, full secondary evolution. Gorgeous aromatics and an absolute pleasure to smell and taste. Very well balanced with fruit and structure, still nervy in a good way. Seems to be going strong, I am guessing will continue to evolve but darn good right now

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  7/14/2021 - talbot61 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This bottle helps to restore my faith in red Burgundy (and the wine even beguiled my burgundophobic wife), and it has validated my longstanding belief (on the basis of very slim evidence) that Les Suchots is the perfect 1er cru vineyard. Medium-bodied, light-footed, with a complex woodsy flavor, no tannin, and a strong slash of acidity. The tertiary characteristics suggest that the wine has reached its peak, the acidity suggests that it might last a while longer.

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  2/13/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points

  Pretty red fruit with sweet baking spice, coming across as classically Vosne styled. Ripe and fleshy for the vintage (perhaps harvested slightly later than most?) with just enough acidity to retain its freshness. Very good now, but probably little or any upside.

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