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Casual Red Burgundies
La Mangeoire
Tasted May 26, 2016 by The Vines That Bind with 406 views
Flight 1 (10 notes)
Red
2005 Domaine Robert Groffier Bonnes Mares
92 points
Beautiful bouquet already, best aromatics of the evening. Ripe red cherry fruit with fresh minerality. Powerful but well rounded. Very pretty and expressive but also well built. Curious spices intermittent with strong fruit. Second best wine of the night and was actually edged out by the 2002 Groffier Les Sentiers.
Red
2002 Domaine Robert Groffier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers
93 points
Gorgeous nose, actually superior to that on the '05 Groffier Bonnes Mares enjoyed beforehand. Soft and ethereal but with plenty of fruit power lurking in the background. Elegant and highly expressive. Very flavourful and deeply complex on the palate with a great finish as well. Wine of the night.
Red
2001 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays
91 points
Highly expressive nose with good complexity. Quite leafy and stemmy on top of maturing black cherry and currant fruit. Lovely on the palate too. Big and expansive fruit but with good earth developing as well. Better than some other Lambrays tried out in the past and a pleasant surprise.
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Red
1993 Domaine Bruno Clair Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
89 points
Savoury and a little bready. Dark with some coffee grinds. Palate is better than the nose suggests but has higher tannin that would be preferable. Good acid and good finish. A little uncertain as to whether to take now or wait out for a few more years...
Red
2005 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts
90 points
Nice nose, a touch green but clearly very juicy. Big and rich on the palate. Great acid provides for a big finish. The fruit strikes and expands very nicely. Severe tannins on it at this point. Probably put this away for some time.
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1990 Domaine Jean Gros Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Clos des Réas
91 points
Minty and ethereal nose with cool cherry and some menthol. Some leafy green and stem notes linger. Palate seems to come and go quickly, providing some ripeness but also leather fruit. Showing its 26 years of age here for sure.
Red
1995 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques
89 points
A little further advanced than one would hope for out of '95. Very leathery fruit and also maderizing somewhat. Sadly this bottle just isn't on tonight.
Red
2005 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Roncières
91 points
Great aromatics already: quite rustic but also perfumed. Drinks nicely right now bit also showing potential. A little big and green on the palate just now, but seems like a good bottle to keep around.
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2002 Nicolas Potel Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers
90 points
Fairly expressive aromatics: a little leafy on top of ripening red cherry and cranberry. Nose is prettier than the palate. Palate is nicely integrated and makes for enjoyable drinking right now.
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1997 Chauvenet-Chopin Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots
89 points
Rustic aromatics with a bit of spice. Getting very soft. Palate makes for easy / soft drinking and is beginning to weaken somewhat. Take this now.