Community Tasting Notes 18

• ChristP Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 14, 2024 - Opened one of the few remaining bottles from a case bought a number of years ago. The cork was perfect, and the color is still a deep red. It's a light expression of Bugundy with subtlety, yet depth. The palate displays red berries with just a background tinge of black currant. Tannins are now smooth as silk. I guess this is at its very peak but would hold good for a year or two longer. Class act from Nicolas Potel.
  
  PS: holding up well on day 3, absolutely gorgeous still!

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• ChristP Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 26, 2021 - This is in a similar place to where it was on 2/11/2020 when last tried. It's dark, sumptuous and perhaps just slightly better than I remembered, hence the extra point. This is on the fuller side of Burgundy. There's perfect harmony of fruit, acidity and tannins, and there isn't a lot more that I could ask from a Premier Cru from a class producer. It still has some years of life ahead, but it's hard to see how it could dramatically improve from what is now a great place!

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• isaacjamesbaker wrote: 90 points

  February 20, 2020 - Primrose Dinner (Primrose - Washington, DC): At first, it was some tomato paste and goats, and I was sketched. But wow this changed quite a bit over the night. Grippy tannins, spicy, mulled strawberries, the fruit is aged more than I expected. Fresh acidity, some earthy, mushroom elements. Seems like the tannins will way outlast the fruit, so this was a good place to drink and let it open up with food.

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• ChristP Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 11, 2020 - On pulling the cork there was an immediate waft of fruits. This was not replicated in the glass where the nose revealed notes of flint with rose in the background. The color was quite a dark red but the body was medium with decent acidity and some well integrated tannins. It had a satisfying mid-palate, which was light, nibble yet quite sophisticated with a mineral touch. It literally glided effortlessly from the glass. It drank well over 2 days, and when down to the last, there was a medium-light sediment in the bottom of the bottle. This 2005 1er Cru is at a beautiful drinking stage right now, and should hold good for another couple of years.

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• Rollerball wrote: 90 points

  October 29, 2017 - Earthy, currants, hints of citrus, great with food. A little disjointed.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Nicolas Potel
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Rugiens
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Pommard 1er Cru

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• Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
• In Cellars 152 (58%)
• Consumed 108 (41%)

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