France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Showed slightly green but with telling chambolle rose florals with pretty red fruit. Palate not exceedingly complexed, tannins silky, medium acidity but finish shorter than expected. Not too excited with this particular showing.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Great showing. Baking spices, savory meats, dark red fruit and macerated cherries with regal opulence and power. This showed power amidst velvety viscosity with silky and integrated tannins. 2004 greenness completely missing in this gem and the result, layered complexity, great structure, wonderful finish and easily my WOTN.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Drinking REAL nicely indeed. Initial bouquet felt like it's going to be hugely stubborn - dried flower petals and sage, but actually drinking really well at this stage! Exuding class and power, whilst showing off good complexity and structure. Tannins starting to integrate nicely at this point.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Perfumed notes of roses, purity of fruit with an ethereal and weightless sense of elegance. Lingonberry strangely persistent with some icing sugar on the palate with footprints of spices and a sliver of gevrey gameyness. Overall, great finesse and purity.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
A lifted style complete with dark ripe fruit which was showing quite correctly for the vintage. Good depth and layered with some complexity while showing quite elegant. What was slightly confusing to me was that my experience with Potel wines have always been a bit more burly, masculine and at times, even a little brash with a stubborn tannic structure - this has changed my mind about Potel!
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Last had this at the turn of the year and this experience was much better. Dark and ripe red fruit, sage and violets with nice extraction. A little burly and masculine with some strong oak/cedar and spices. Showing quite different from the last bottle I had and starting to drink.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Drank alongside Leflaive Chevalier
Straw yellow in glass. Bouquet a tad reticent and not quite showy. Jasmines, limestone and pear emerged after some coaxing. Spices, pear, grapefruit, limestone on the palate and overall presenting a touch leaner than the Chevy, I thought this could be down to age and that it needed a bit more time to flesh out. Great finish with the same zingy and lifting acidity as the Chevy.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Pale yellow in glass. Absolutely loved the bouquet on this from the get go, intoxicating kaffir lime/curry leaf, raw sesame, lemon butter and jasmine. This had a touch of unriped apricots, a ton of minerals and white flowers (lilies and jasmine). Overall this was showing good strength, tension but most importantly, incredible precision with crisp and zingy acidity.
2006 Domaine Bertheau (Pierre et François) Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Showed slightly green but with telling chambolle rose florals with pretty red fruit. Palate not exceedingly complexed, tannins silky, medium acidity but finish shorter than expected. Not too excited with this particular showing.
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2004 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Great showing. Baking spices, savory meats, dark red fruit and macerated cherries with regal opulence and power. This showed power amidst velvety viscosity with silky and integrated tannins. 2004 greenness completely missing in this gem and the result, layered complexity, great structure, wonderful finish and easily my WOTN.
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2014 Maison Albert Bichot Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Drinking REAL nicely indeed. Initial bouquet felt like it's going to be hugely stubborn - dried flower petals and sage, but actually drinking really well at this stage! Exuding class and power, whilst showing off good complexity and structure. Tannins starting to integrate nicely at this point.
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2006 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Perfumed notes of roses, purity of fruit with an ethereal and weightless sense of elegance. Lingonberry strangely persistent with some icing sugar on the palate with footprints of spices and a sliver of gevrey gameyness. Overall, great finesse and purity.
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2005 Nicolas Potel Clos Vougeot 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
A lifted style complete with dark ripe fruit which was showing quite correctly for the vintage. Good depth and layered with some complexity while showing quite elegant. What was slightly confusing to me was that my experience with Potel wines have always been a bit more burly, masculine and at times, even a little brash with a stubborn tannic structure - this has changed my mind about Potel!
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1989 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru
Corked.
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2010 Domaine Perrot-Minot Clos Vougeot 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Last had this at the turn of the year and this experience was much better. Dark and ripe red fruit, sage and violets with nice extraction. A little burly and masculine with some strong oak/cedar and spices. Showing quite different from the last bottle I had and starting to drink.
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2011 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Drank alongside Leflaive Chevalier
Straw yellow in glass. Bouquet a tad reticent and not quite showy. Jasmines, limestone and pear emerged after some coaxing. Spices, pear, grapefruit, limestone on the palate and overall presenting a touch leaner than the Chevy, I thought this could be down to age and that it needed a bit more time to flesh out. Great finish with the same zingy and lifting acidity as the Chevy.
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2011 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Pale yellow in glass. Absolutely loved the bouquet on this from the get go, intoxicating kaffir lime/curry leaf, raw sesame, lemon butter and jasmine. This had a touch of unriped apricots, a ton of minerals and white flowers (lilies and jasmine). Overall this was showing good strength, tension but most importantly, incredible precision with crisp and zingy acidity.
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