Small glass. Dense apple and pear, clearly rich and every more clearly bright and powerful. Good now with upside. Served slightly too warm, which shows this wine's excellence because it makes every flaw more apparent.
Small glass. Rich start is still classically Chablis with its green and yellow apple that never seems to ripe, then finishes even brighter. Good already now.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Late night, small glass, brief note. Red and black cherry with Asian five spice and good density. Rich start, ever-so-slightly bitter finish. Good weight. Probably further upside.
Small glass. Big and rich in the manner only found in old school white Burgundy from this era in botrytis years, but structured slightly awkwardly and a little dirty. But also drinkable.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. Clearly reduced, so impossible to assess in the time allowed at this fast-paced dinner. But certainly enough fresh fruit still here, in a vintage where many wines lost all freshness years ago.
Small glass. Very big and powerful with plenty of yellow and green apple, nicely fresh enough. Lots here, if not perfectly harmonious. Best I can ever recall for this wine.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small pour from 3L. Wonderful expression of the 2014 vintage, fruit-centric with lots of nuance without too much extraction. Maybe not quite the concentration expected from Gevrey Grand Cru, but so elegant and nuanced, this is charming now with further upside from here.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. They say there are no great wines, just great bottles. This exceeded any possible expectation and was absolutely fresh, layered, complex and fantastic.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass. Fully mature red cherry, just fresh and vibrant enough to stand out given the level of cooked mushroom and forest floor. Big and layered spice notes throughout, this is still a charming and nuanced old school beauty.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Small glass. Red cherry and berry throughout with good substance and just barely enough concentration to show its Grand cru pedigree. Better to cellar a few more years.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Small glass. Lots of brawny black fruit followed by more brawny black fruit, ripe throughout and just barely accessible. Good potential when it softens in another year or three.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
One of my bottles, bought locally in Beaune. Black and red cherry with earth. I was expecting slightly more weight and concentration given the vintage, but very good length and finesse.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
One of my bottles tonight, sourced locally in Beaune. Dense and powerful black fruits, slightly coarse tannins but easily showing enough substance to maintain lots of charm.
2020 Domaine du Chateau de Meursault Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc Clos du Château 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Small glass served as we arrived, brief note. Ripe, fleshy, and fun with enough balance and richness to enjoy now, but slightly simple.
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1978 Robert Ampeau & Fils Meursault 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Small glass. Lots of power with equal amounts of fruit and earth, showing rich lemon curd and lemon confit, with just some faint dirt on finish.
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2004 Dom Pérignon Champagne 92 Points
France, Champagne
Small glass. Bright and fun with good weight and length. Like previous bottles, this is a solid vintage for Dom Pérignon.
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2014 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. Bright lemon and apple, so bright with seamless textures through long-ish finish. So good now.
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2008 Domaine Roulot Meursault Les Luchets
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Small glass. Fully mature, but still tasty.
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1990 Lamblin & Fils Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Small glass. Ripe apple, baked apple, caramel apple. Ripeness reduces its classic Chablis-ness, but very tasty and enjoyable right now.
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2020 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass, Fantastic vintage for this typically good wine. Rich and near opulent but with so much energy. So enticing already today.
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2007 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Small glass. Dense apple and pear, clearly rich and every more clearly bright and powerful. Good now with upside. Served slightly too warm, which shows this wine's excellence because it makes every flaw more apparent.
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2015 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Small glass. Rich start is still classically Chablis with its green and yellow apple that never seems to ripe, then finishes even brighter. Good already now.
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1966 Naudin-Varrault Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
Small glass, Fun, but a little more dirty than I would prefer.
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1923 Gabriel Corcol Chambolle-Musigny
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny
Small glass. What treat to taste this wine... Still alive! Much thanks to GG for sharing in honor of the first La Paulee de Meursault in 1923.
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2000 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Small glass. Still so bright with vibrant apple, quince, and lemon. Great length and balance. A highlight of the night.
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2011 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Late night, small glass, brief note. Red and black cherry with Asian five spice and good density. Rich start, ever-so-slightly bitter finish. Good weight. Probably further upside.
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2011 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Small glass. Red fruit with medium weight, some faint bitter notes.
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2014 Domaine Follin-Arbelet Corton Clos Blanche
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Small glass. Ripe and fun already with softer tannins than usual for young Corton.
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2013 Domaine Pinson Frères Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Small glass. Botrytis still protrude a bit today so it is not completely harmonious to me, but I like its potential for those with patience.
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2016 Clai Ottocento Crni
Croatia, Istria and Kvarner, Istra, Zapadna Istra
Small glass, Rich and fun, good balance. Nothing that requires contemplation, but very satisfying.
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1986 Hubert D'Arnonville Beaune 1er Cru Grèves
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Slightly dirty.
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2018 Philippe Pacalet Chassagne-Montrachet
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Small glass. Rich and fun start, but with moderate energy at best. Drink young.
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1970 Domaine Michelot-Buisson Puligny-Montrachet
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Small glass. Still kicking after all these years, so impressive in that regard for Village wine, and certainly drinkable enough.
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1986 Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Small glass. Big and rich in the manner only found in old school white Burgundy from this era in botrytis years, but structured slightly awkwardly and a little dirty. But also drinkable.
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2005 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. Clearly reduced, so impossible to assess in the time allowed at this fast-paced dinner. But certainly enough fresh fruit still here, in a vintage where many wines lost all freshness years ago.
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1995 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Small glass. Very big and powerful with plenty of yellow and green apple, nicely fresh enough. Lots here, if not perfectly harmonious. Best I can ever recall for this wine.
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2014 Faiveley Mazis-Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small pour from 3L. Wonderful expression of the 2014 vintage, fruit-centric with lots of nuance without too much extraction. Maybe not quite the concentration expected from Gevrey Grand Cru, but so elegant and nuanced, this is charming now with further upside from here.
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2001 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. They say there are no great wines, just great bottles. This exceeded any possible expectation and was absolutely fresh, layered, complex and fantastic.
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2000 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru
Small glass. Brilliant bottle with so many bright red fruits with Asian five spice, all with great concentration, depth, and layers.
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1991 Gilbert Caillet Volnay 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay
Small glass. Don't know the producer at all. very charming, very pretty, classically Volnay that has gracefully matured.
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1992 Mongeard-Mugneret Fixin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Fixin
Small glass. I have never liked many 1992 reds. This was no exception.
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1978 Bouchard Père et Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass. Fully mature red cherry, just fresh and vibrant enough to stand out given the level of cooked mushroom and forest floor. Big and layered spice notes throughout, this is still a charming and nuanced old school beauty.
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1993 Domaine Comtesse M. de Loisy Nuits St. Georges
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges
Small glass from magnum. Also an old Burgundy that seemed tired while still firm.
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2017 Pierre Morey Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Épenots 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Small glass. Light and accessible Pommard 1er Cru with moderate density and depth for its level.
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2017 Domaine Arlaud Clos de la Roche 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Small glass. Red cherry and berry throughout with good substance and just barely enough concentration to show its Grand cru pedigree. Better to cellar a few more years.
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2018 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Small glass. Lots of brawny black fruit followed by more brawny black fruit, ripe throughout and just barely accessible. Good potential when it softens in another year or three.
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1997 Domaine Charles Bonnefoy Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Rouge 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass. Very ripe, still vibrant with some rustic charm, good enough weight.
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2001 Domaine Trapet Chambertin 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass. Dense black fruit, maturing slowly, more structure than fruit at this point.
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1985 Rapet Père et Fils Corton 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
One of my bottles, bought locally in Beaune. Black and red cherry with earth. I was expecting slightly more weight and concentration given the vintage, but very good length and finesse.
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1999 Domaine Prieuré Roch Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Le Clos des Corvées
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Small glass. Some people adore these wines, but I am not in that camp.
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1959 François Gaunoux Beaune 1er Cru 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
One of the bottles I brought, sourced locally in Beaune. Light and elegant with medium weight and some faint Madeirization coming through.
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1990 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot La Cardeuse Rouge 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
One of my bottles tonight, sourced locally in Beaune. Dense and powerful black fruits, slightly coarse tannins but easily showing enough substance to maintain lots of charm.
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