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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 29 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Amr_Gva on 7/3/2023 & rated 91 points: This is really hit or miss. I had other bottles from same vintage as well as 2006 and 2010, and sometimes it's really off (too much acidity, no fruit, no lenght, too unripe...) and sometimes it's really good, like now.
Superb nose (fresh red fruit, spices, flowers), nice palate, correct length. I haven't tried enough older Burgundy wines to be able to sample, but I'd say don't look for terroir, for great intensity... this is "just" a very good old Burgundy with acidity and complexity across all types of aroma (primary, secondary, tertiary).
I wouldn't wait to drink, it's good now (521 views) | | | Tasted by SeattleKen on 2/17/2022: This is the last bottle from a half case I bought on release. There is a nice garnet browning. The nose has a gentle sweetness from a distance that smells a bit like stewed cherries, sweet leather, and older tertiary scents. Up close, it’s plums and a slightly tight note of volatile acidity. On the palate, it’s tasting a bit old and weak to my taste. The fruit has clearly faded but so have the tannins. If gentle old Burgundy is your thing, it’s perfect. But I’m glad I don’t have another bottle. (713 views) | | | Tasted by wilkinsmd on 4/9/2021 & rated 86 points: I bought a 6-pack of this on release and it’s been a huge disappointment. Opened the 4th bottle today and it was ok, much better than the first three, but still, ultimately, I wish I had spent my money on something else. (1040 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 6/2/2020 & rated 89 points: PnP and drank with barbecue chicken thighs. Loads of tart cherry and cranberry. Drink or hold. (1259 views) | | | Tasted by SeattleKen on 3/19/2020: Deep color with some browning. Nose is dry plums and a ball of spice (black pepper and Chinese dry mustard). Taste is a llot of NSG dirt and some cherries and plums. Honestly, not my favorite; possibly damaged? (1140 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 6/21/2019 & rated 90 points: This wine continues to perform well with lots of tart cherry, cola, forest floor and earthiness. May be my best drinking '04 Burgundy. Drink or hold. (1401 views) | | | Tasted by moany rhoney on 4/24/2019 & rated 92 points: Very good in the Gouges style, dark fruit and structured. Drinking well. (1259 views) | | | Tasted by danibus on 7/9/2018 & rated 92 points: Drinking perfectly right now. Red fruit, iron, stone. Surprised by how sappy and concentrated the fruit was for an '04. (1198 views) | | | Tasted by RN on 12/28/2017 & rated 88 points: Very four square. Nothing special. (1293 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 11/19/2016 & rated 91 points: A private dinner at a friend's (London, UK): Quite firm and tannic, creamy fruit, earth and iron, fresh, floral stalks. good fruit definition, energetic, very good length. (3040 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 9/21/2016 & rated 89 points: Good pinot. Drank with fresh Coho salmon. (2342 views) | | | Tasted by megropolis on 7/16/2015 & rated 91 points: Yes, there is still some 2004 signature to it but it is not too much of distraction to a good masculine pinot. Drink or Hold. (3358 views) | | | Tasted by ccn on 5/30/2015 & rated 88 points: Thankfully no gout de coccinelles/ ladybird taint / pyrazines here. The only hint of 2004 character is a slightly green / acid finish that isn't a major fault. Pretty aromas of crushed red berries, perhaps dark red. Noticeable tannins though ripe. Medium length, moderate complexity, an attractive wine that didn't develop meaningfully in glass. I don't think this will improve significantly - worry that the finish will dominate over time as the fruit fades. (2998 views) | | | Tasted by Blauweiss on 4/4/2015 & rated 91 points: Classic burgundy nose, red berries, earth. Taste is medium bodied, restarined red fruits, some tea, some leather, wet leaves. High acidity gives length, but the fruit does not follow all the way. This is of course a very nice wine, but not great. A good producer, a good wine in a rather poor vintage, to sum things up. (2947 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 5/5/2014 & rated 90 points: Dull, medium ruby color. Another clean example of this wine: typical red Pinot fruit mixed with crushed stones; maturing palate that has very good extract and a very slight bitterness on the finish that is really the only sign of the vintage. Good wine overall. (90) (3148 views) | | | Tasted by nytiger on 1/4/2014 & rated 91 points: a couple of hours to warm and open up then quite good (3125 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 9/9/2013 & rated 91 points: One of the better '04's I have tasted recently. Ruby color with normal lightening at the rim. Nose has good intensity of earthy red fruit. Precise yet complete with no noticeable green elements. Palate matches the nose as there is good precision and some tannin yet the profile is vibrant fruit mixed with earth. Delicious - this was an absolute steal. This vintage is a total crap shoot. We have a first roll "7" with this one. Better than expected. (91) (2514 views) | | | Tasted by dpolivy on 12/3/2012 & rated 90 points: DRC Tasting Group (Kirkland, WA): Lean nose with some green vegetal notes. Darker purple in the glass. Dark black cherries on the palate, followed by light tannins on the finish. Lots of acidity. Overall, a touch out of balance. (3344 views) | | | Tasted by madflyfisher on 11/6/2012: Very tight-nosed at the outset. But after a while started to give something away. The fruit is not in the forefront of the nose, in fact the nose is quite tight. The only distinguishable fruit is sour cherries. Quite rustic NSG, and not quite settled yet. Seems a bit awkward in the mouth with firm tannins. Has some years left, and will hopefully develop and settle positively. (2778 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff W on 9/6/2012: Oh so tight and unyielding. After a full two hours it starts to open up, in an austere way. There is fruit there, if you stay very patient and go looking for it. Maybe it will give some pleasure one day, but I really can't be bothered to find out. (2617 views) | | | Tasted by ccn on 4/7/2012: Quite disjointed, some VA -- not scored as seemed potentially defective (2585 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 1/2/2012 & rated 89 points: This wine is shaping up nicely. the tannic roughness and acid are beginning to integrate and the fruit is poking through. The color is a beautiful burgundy. the nose has earth, tobacco, fig, smoke and cherry. Palate is pleasant with tart fruit, acid and some earthiness. Very nice with grilled sockeye salmon. This should be really good in a few more years. Is you have a bunch try one now, otherwise I would wait. (2758 views) | | | Tasted by ski695 on 9/26/2011 & rated 88 points: Bought on a super closeout a few years ago. Pretty light colored for a gouges perhaps a mark of the underlying materials. Nose darker and has some 2004 greens going on. Palate is medium weight(unusual for gouges) and finishes with some Gouges tannins, green note but decent depth. With air the character get better and the finish longer. The greenies that mark 2004 became less and the palate filled out. Should be best in 3 years on. Will never be fruit driven nor a great gouges. (2431 views) | | | Tasted by harupeiling on 11/14/2009 & rated 89 points: Too young at the moment, decanting it made it close down even more. Had it at a restaurant with some confit of duck and it showed some promise for the future. May merit a higher score in 5-10 years. (3361 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 10/25/2009 & rated 88 points: Peppery, spicy, depth but ever so mildly astringent - more enjoyable on the nose than the palate but I think it suffered from being insufficiently decanted. (3120 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2015, Issue #56, Domaine Henri Gouges Traditional Excellence In Nuits St. Georges
(Nuits St. Georges “Clos des Porrets St. Georges”- Domaine Henri Gouges) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Mar/Apr 2009, Issue #20, The 2004 Red and White Burgundy Vintages
(Nuits St. Georges “Clos des Porrets”- Domaine Henri Gouges) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2007, Issue #25
(Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St.-Georges Clos des Porrets St. Georges 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, March/April 2006, IWC Issue #125
(Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges Clos des Porrets Saint Georges) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/12/2006)
(Dom Henri Gouges, Clos ds Porrets Nuits-St-Georges Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2006, Issue #21
(Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St.-Georges Clos des Porrets St. Georges 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (9/10/2007)
(GOUGES Clos de Porrets) Gouges DEAL Dear Friends, If you are buying 2005 Burgundy at the high end, and you are buying to drink (not to sell), I urge you to take a step back and think about the prices. As an example, I was just offered 2005 Ponsot Clos de la Roche at a hefty sum and the 2004 version of the same wine for less than a tenth of price - complete insanity but consumers are lining up to pay the prices. All in all, I’ve had the opportunity to taste a number of 1999 and 2002 wines on this trip from the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits and I can't say the 2005s are that far superior. Many are indeed better, but twice as good? I’m not sure. 2001 remains the finest overall vintage for unheralded wines and many of the winemakers I’ve discussed this with have not wanted to part with any of their 2001s but they would gladly sell any 1999, 2002 or 2005 - very telling. They are also quite high on many 2004 examples (winemakers are usually high on the vintage they need to sell and 2004 is no exception). It is a vintage that is not as strong as 2001 by any means but the prices are tough to ignore and it reminds many of them of 2001 at the 1er level. The 2004 Gouges Clos de Porrets is the perfect example of the appeal of many 2004s - terrific quality, great pricing and medium-term ageing ability. The Gouges family considers the 2004 wines to be classic examples in ever sense and they would place the 2004 Clos de Porrets at the level of their 2001 and 2002, although a different expression. They spent a great deal of time on this wine and it is only slightly below the radar of the Les Saint Georges and Vaucrains. When I tasted it last week I was duly impressed and actually asked to take the bottle home - something I rarely do as it is somewhat aggressive (I often ask winemakers to pour a small amount into a glass to take with me but not the entire bottle - it is one thing to taste barrel samples, it is another to try the same samples 4-6 hours later after the wine has had a chance to gobble oxygen - only then can you get the true impression. Keep in mind that most Burgundy reviews are done in the cellar and not after the samples have had the chance to acquire oxygen as Burgundy domaines will rarely give you something to take away - keep this in mind when assessing Burgundy barrel reviews). In this case, I wanted to see how the wine would unfold with oxygen and I’m glad I did - it is extremely impressive - as impressive as the 2005 that I could still taste on my palate from the same afternoon: VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for typicity and outstanding value for this monopole ONE SHIPMENT ONLY at this price directly from the source with perfect provenance: 2004 Gouges Nuits St. Georges “Clos de Porrets Saint Georges” 1er (monopole) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Burg8690 |
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| Domaine Henri Gouges Producer websitePinot Noir Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.
Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.
Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.
The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.
Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.
With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.
Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.Clos des Porrets St. Georges On Weinlagen.infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Nuits on weinlagen.infoNuits St. Georges 1er Cru A.O.C. Nuits-Saint-Georges (Syndicat Viticole de Nuits-Saint-Georges)
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