Jason's birthday: Brought for a friend. The colour was worryingly cloudy and pale as the previous notes mentioned, but thankfully the palate was fine. Typical NSG brawniness with firm and structured tannins, dark fruits and sous bois. Nice length and a good example of an older Burgundy in its drinking window.
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Mature color. Plenty of structure and dry tannins, a bit rough on the finish, wouldn’t win any finesse award. Just an okay wine. Middle of the pack in tonight’s tasting. Being a Vacucrains, there is hope the tannins may smooth out eventually, +1 point for that possibility.
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From a bottle purchased on release, this had deep red center with oranging rims. Medium+ intensity nose of black cherries, pomegranate, tan spices, and some plum.
In the mouth, ripe and rich with notable rounded tannin, decent acidity, and good length. While a bit fruity and somewhat monotoned at first, this developed well after 4+ hours of air and showed an attractive firmness in the finish.
In my view, this wine is still a bit young and it may improve by a point or so with another 5-19 years in the cellar
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4/23/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 91 Points
Jason's birthday: Brought for a friend. The colour was worryingly cloudy and pale as the previous notes mentioned, but thankfully the palate was fine. Typical NSG brawniness with firm and structured tannins, dark fruits and sous bois. Nice length and a good example of an older Burgundy in its drinking window.
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4/23/2023 - astroman Does not like this wine: 91 Points
J's Birthday Dinner (Taste Paradise Ion): Blinded. Cloudy ruby, sour cherry, forest floor, tobacco, high grippy tannins, fully body lots of structure with a bitter finish.
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4/23/2023 - pclin wrote: 91 Points
Mature color. Plenty of structure and dry tannins, a bit rough on the finish, wouldn’t win any finesse award. Just an okay wine. Middle of the pack in tonight’s tasting. Being a Vacucrains, there is hope the tannins may smooth out eventually, +1 point for that possibility.
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3/10/2023 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 89 Points
Extremely cloudy bright ruby colored robe. Nice fruit and balance.
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11/19/2022 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
From a bottle purchased on release, this had deep red center with oranging rims. Medium+ intensity nose of black cherries, pomegranate, tan spices, and some plum.
In the mouth, ripe and rich with notable rounded tannin, decent acidity, and good length. While a bit fruity and somewhat monotoned at first, this developed well after 4+ hours of air and showed an attractive firmness in the finish.
In my view, this wine is still a bit young and it may improve by a point or so with another 5-19 years in the cellar
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