Community Tasting Notes 10

• hprphf wrote: 93 points

  September 29, 2023 - Decanted. Super interesting development. Mushroom dominated with clear floral spice perfume underneath. After an hour or two, the fungus completely disappeared, with red fruit, earthiness, grilled meat and signature rough-ish vintage tannin, but so cleaned defined. 93

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• MuddyBoots wrote:

  June 30, 2022 - Harvested before the Berlin Wall came down, which doesn’t of itself make the wine particularly memorable- except when you bought it on release and have witnessed it resting undisturbed in the cellar while all those years have swept on by…..alas, only to find the bottle totally corked. Time dedicated to cellaring it makes a corked bottle somehow more painful than if you bought it just last week. Oh well. On we go....

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• KCC320 Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 11, 2017 - Nose: gamey, animal, herbs , tea.
  palate: gamey, tannin backbone still strong, graniy tannin, strong mineral backbone, tea finish, very matured, nicely aged pommard!

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• Burgundy Al wrote: 90 points

  April 18, 2015 - Courcel/ Chanson Tasting with Gilles de Courcel (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): Popped and poured mid-afternoon, served to the tasting group. Slightly musty to start, but that quickly dissipated. Mostly black fruit with subtle spice and a dense, weighty mouth feel I like in well made Pommard. Well structured, but in balance with fruit that is fresh enough I'd have thought it younger than an '88. Final glass poured 8 hours later, at which point there was more earth and mushroom, but still good flavor and balance. This was my final bottle, but well stored bottles will easily drink well another decade+.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  August 12, 2010 - Fuller color than the Jadot of the same year. What a completely different animal from that wine-brambly black fruit and licorice, medium to full bodied for a Pinot and very meaty feel. I must say that you rarely find this much flesh in an '88 Burgundy. Relatively speaking, a brute, and much less resolved than the Clos St. Jacques. Wilder and riper. I always find Pommard a bit rough and jarring, but this one was beginning to soften with its 22 years of age. Maybe my problem is that I don't hold these wines for as long as they need to soften. Very attractive in this chunkier style.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1988
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine de Courcel
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Grand Clos des Épenots
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Pommard 1er Cru

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• In Cellars 52 (54%)
• Consumed 45 (46%)

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