Community Tasting Notes 16

• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 points

  December 6, 2022 - Third bottle from a half case purchased from the Dutch importer in 2014, second bottle of the night. This bottle has no clear flaws, although it feels a bit uneasy. Decanted two hours in advance. Fragrant, lifted, nervosité bordering on nervousness, dried red berries, white nuts, firm and dry tannins with a fine grain, hints of earth and spice, very good persistence. Difficult phase or just not making good on its promise? Cautious score.

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: flawed

  December 6, 2022 - Not correct. Not sure what the taint is. It's a bit chocolaty and raw. Hint of cocoa powder. Could be low level TCA, or acrolein taint. Probably the latter.

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 points

  August 12, 2020 - After the 2014 tasting at which I first encountered this wine (and David Croix), I purchased a half case of this wine and this is the first bottle. Not decanted, but opened four hours in advance. It is really singing today, with a lovely interplay of primary and subtle tertiary flavours, ripe but fresh fruit, notes of flowers and earth and a hint of stalky energy, a silky texture and a flowing style, refined tannins, and a gently sweet but precise and long finish. Sensitive wine making aimed at elegance and finesse, but not at the expense of power and intensity. This is now on its plateau of maturity, and it should stay there for 5-8 years. I rate this very highly for its balance and panache.

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• kkleg Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 17, 2019 - Very similar notes to the bottle I had two weeks ago, but no signs of TCA this time. Nice bright cherry notes. If served this blind, I might guess a high quality Central Coast California wine, but there’s definitely some Burgundy earth there.

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• kkleg wrote: 91 points

  November 2, 2019 - Bright cherry and wet earth on the nose. The palate shows similar notes, finishing with good acidity and a nice tannic bite. (This bottle showed just the slightest hint of TCA. It blew off after an hour or so. I hope my other two aren’t flawed.)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine des Croix
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
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• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Beaune 1er Cru
• UPC Code 3554770030592

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• In Cellars 27 (44%)
• Consumed 35 (56%)

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