France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Rich apple aromas and flavors with some baked apple notes and corresponding spice. Starts out so rich and flavorful, then gets minerally with chiseled textures on long finish. So good now, best to enjoy through the next few years.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Floral with enticing spice. Plenty of red cherry throughout that is faintly starting to age. Very good concentration. Slightly firm finish now that will soften further with more time in the cellar.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. A big step up vs Charmes-Chambertin with more roasted meat and very good depth and concentration along with good black cherry and plum.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Ripe red and black cherry starts of out forward and seemingly accessible for young Chambertin. Density and tannins emerge at the end along with more tannins. Beautiful now, but the sneaky structure makes me confident of plenty of upside.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Forward and fleshy back fruit with good spice. So tasty right now, probably better vs Chambertin for the near-term, even if less long-term potential to evolve.
Slightly reductive start, which blew off in 15 minutes. Nutty with apple, showing good weight and length. Charming. Good to enjoy in th enext few years.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Lots of black cherry with some red cherry hints. Plenty of spice throughout, then more spice. Elegant spice, expanding finish. Wonderful now, with plenty of upside.
Fresh and dried red cherry with floral notes. Very big and long, even of this is brawny and firm for now. Popped and poured, this kept getting better with more air.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. All black fruit with subtle spice notes that didn't come across as particularly Vosne. But very good weight and length. Still backward, so quite 2005 in that regard. Better in another 5+ years, probably 2025 or later.
Small glass, brief note. Floral and ripe aromas come across as very fun. Less exciting flavors, but still tasty and fun, even if somewhat one dimensional.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Pleasant and charming, even if slightly simple. Holding up nicely given its age and the 87 vintage. Tasty, even if not quite displaying Grand Cru density.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Lush and very ripe with so much power alongside the black and red cherry aromas and flavors. Big and powerful throughout, slightly backward from middle through finish. 94-95 point potential, but this will reward 20+ years in the cellar.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Opulent red and black cherry. Borderline jammy, but clearly able to retain very good balance. Tasty now with so much depth, while slightly firm on its finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Slowly cooked mushroom medley with lots of mature black fruit and slightly sweet spice. Very good length. Wonderfully clean for its age. So elegant and harmonious.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Small glass, brief note. Floral nose with poached pear and some tropical aromatic hints. Similar flavors, just more backward and quite firm. Very good 90+ point potential, but this will need a few more years in the cellar.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de Tart Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Clearly rich and ripe, but enough structure for plenty of balance and harmony. Powerful and long. Very tasty now, with the concentration to last for decades.
2010 Blain-Gagnard Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Rich apple aromas and flavors with some baked apple notes and corresponding spice. Starts out so rich and flavorful, then gets minerally with chiseled textures on long finish. So good now, best to enjoy through the next few years.
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2001 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Floral with enticing spice. Plenty of red cherry throughout that is faintly starting to age. Very good concentration. Slightly firm finish now that will soften further with more time in the cellar.
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2013 Charles Van Canneyt Charmes-Chambertin 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Black and red cherry with meaty hints. Good weight, good+ balance. Good to enjoy now.
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2013 Charles Van Canneyt Chambertin 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. A big step up vs Charmes-Chambertin with more roasted meat and very good depth and concentration along with good black cherry and plum.
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2015 Charles Van Canneyt Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Ripe red and black cherry starts of out forward and seemingly accessible for young Chambertin. Density and tannins emerge at the end along with more tannins. Beautiful now, but the sneaky structure makes me confident of plenty of upside.
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2015 Charles Van Canneyt Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Forward and fleshy back fruit with good spice. So tasty right now, probably better vs Chambertin for the near-term, even if less long-term potential to evolve.
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2011 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault Les Narvaux 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Slightly reductive start, which blew off in 15 minutes. Nutty with apple, showing good weight and length. Charming. Good to enjoy in th enext few years.
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2010 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Lots of black cherry with some red cherry hints. Plenty of spice throughout, then more spice. Elegant spice, expanding finish. Wonderful now, with plenty of upside.
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2008 Domaine Francois Lamarche Echezeaux Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Slightly corked.
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2002 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Fresh and dried red cherry with floral notes. Very big and long, even of this is brawny and firm for now. Popped and poured, this kept getting better with more air.
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2005 Chanson Père & Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. All black fruit with subtle spice notes that didn't come across as particularly Vosne. But very good weight and length. Still backward, so quite 2005 in that regard. Better in another 5+ years, probably 2025 or later.
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2006 Domaine Roulot Bourgogne Blanc 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Small glass, brief note. Floral and ripe aromas come across as very fun. Less exciting flavors, but still tasty and fun, even if somewhat one dimensional.
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1987 Louis Jadot Mazis-Chambertin 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Pleasant and charming, even if slightly simple. Holding up nicely given its age and the 87 vintage. Tasty, even if not quite displaying Grand Cru density.
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2015 Faiveley Corton-Clos des Cortons Faiveley
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Lush and very ripe with so much power alongside the black and red cherry aromas and flavors. Big and powerful throughout, slightly backward from middle through finish. 94-95 point potential, but this will reward 20+ years in the cellar.
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1986 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Certainly big, but also lots of signs of decay.
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2015 Jean-Marie Fourrier Clos Vougeot Vieille Vigne 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Opulent red and black cherry. Borderline jammy, but clearly able to retain very good balance. Tasty now with so much depth, while slightly firm on its finish.
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1966 Camille Giroud Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Slowly cooked mushroom medley with lots of mature black fruit and slightly sweet spice. Very good length. Wonderfully clean for its age. So elegant and harmonious.
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2014 Domaine de Montille Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Floral with green and yellow apple and engaging spice. So nicely balanced already. 92-93 point potential.
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2014 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Small glass, brief note. Floral nose with poached pear and some tropical aromatic hints. Similar flavors, just more backward and quite firm. Very good 90+ point potential, but this will need a few more years in the cellar.
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2003 Domaine du Clos de Tart Clos de Tart 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de Tart Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Clearly rich and ripe, but enough structure for plenty of balance and harmony. Powerful and long. Very tasty now, with the concentration to last for decades.
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2009 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs
Germany, Nahe
Small glass, brief note. Lots of apple, lots of brightness. Crisp with a precise, minerally finish.
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