March 23, 2019 - FWE Gala. Stupendous aged Burg. Floral, resolved. (2774 of 10973)
September 8, 2018 - From an excellent looking bottle with a 2.5 cm fill and a firm cork, this wine had a light red center and light puce rims. The medium+ intensity nose emanated roses, cherries, rhubarb, and some soil. It was a 97 point nose.
In the mouth, this wine was refined but gorgeous. It was pretty but mellow at first. As it aired, it picked up power and presence. It was big flavor without weight.
This wine is certainly at, or slightly past its peak. However, it was awesome! Drink now.
December 9, 2016 - Bottle number two was worth opening. Surprisingly clear and precise fruit. Soft spice across the palate. Great bottle.
December 9, 2016 - Slightly corked
March 5, 2016 - From a good looking bottle with 2 cm fill, this bottle was Reserve Nicholas. It had an appropriately branded cork and the sediment was so heavy I needed to rinse the bottle 8 times. The wine had a deep red center and orange/tan rims. The high intensity nose showed sour cherries, raspberries, rhubarb, brown spices, and some Cuban cigar. It was ripe and rich yet quite sour and firm at the same time.
In the mouth, this wine was gorgeously balanced with light, rounded tannin and outstanding length. It had great acidity and excellent length. After 5 hours of air it was blasting roses and smoked meat. The flavor persistence was outstanding. This bottle was close to 97 point territory.
This was a wonderful bottle that delivered pretty much all you could ask for in a red Burg. As a side note, I would not decant off the sediment for this wine. It added a little something.
December 27, 2015 - A wine of stunning beauty, drank after a 1978 DRC Grand Ech. Popped and poured, beautiful right off, round, luscious, mouth coating and long perfectly balanced and integrated with lovely floral notes, strawberrys, touch of rose petals spice, some earth and some very appealing lean minerality. Unbelievable, gained weight and heft, and got better as the night went on
November 21, 2015 - Evolving with oxidation, this wine went from a thin pale strawberry color to a garnet --- what a magical transformation to experience ! A lot of alcohol spice Ceres always aware of legs and viscosity notes the beautifully thin yet defined medium fast moving legs Bacchus a panoply of spices & fruits. High alcohol nose strangely evocative yet ethereal presence of green pepper and peppery finish now moving into prune aromas (Ceres) ; sous bois with mushrooms on nose , a hour in...cheers to the DRC, full of stars.
April 24, 2015 - Lovely faded floral notes on the nose along with soy, mushroom, dried red fruit and subtle spice. This carried to through to the palate which took on more red fruit and rose petal notes before starting to faded after about 2 hours. This was very pretty, bright and lively although not terribly deep. Love the detail and complexity.
March 3, 2015 - My final bottle of this, and it was good, but did not match the literal perfection of every bottle in the case thus far.
March 1, 2015 - A bit tired at first, but improved as the night progressed. Nice perfume and finish.