Community Tasting Notes 15

• Collector1855 wrote: 95 points

  July 9, 2021 - Tasted blind. Really nice nose here sour cherry, sweet spices, some gamy elements. The palate was crisp with polished tannins. The 20 years in bottle has done this wine well. Nicolas Potel is a hit or miss producer, so glad to see that this bottle did well.

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• Unterco Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 1, 2020 - Stored at 55 since release, nearly perfect cork shows a trace (1mm wide streak) of color up 3/4 of the way up one side. Decanted, little sediment.
  Color is a medium drop ruby to a thin watery rim.
  Very pretty nose of exotic spice (Chinese five spice, star anise, all spice, cloves) approaching floral aromatics, but not quite violet, and a faint resinous note. Ripe blackberries, no signs of decay, with an underlying cool soil like minerality.
  Ripe forward fruit and zingy acidity on the attack along with some drying tannins. Medium bodied, medium high acid and ripe but still drying tannins. Solid core of ripe mature fruit. Long juicy finish starts fruity and turns stony.
  Overall drinking beautifully at or near peak.

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• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 points

  May 1, 2019 - May Day at Maison Dakota. Leftover from 2 days ago.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, garnet colour. Legs.
  Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of soy sauce, tertiary earth, dark rred d cherries, floral spice, musk. Developed.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), powdery almost integrated meidum tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of dark red cherries, black cherries, red plums, soy sauce, earth, animal leather, spice. Long finish.
  Very good quality. Apparently was rather tight austere when poped on day 1. Tastes like it probably should be drinking at prak now already, so maybe just needs some air time then good to go. Or could be lots of bottle variation also.

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• Chaochao wrote: 83 points

  June 26, 2017 - Dark brick and cloudy in appearance. Not much of nose left. Little life in the beginning but surprisingly after several hours in the glass, gave some nose of rose, some dark cherries and spice on the palette

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• Alex G. Likes this wine:

  June 18, 2016 - Served from magnum, and this got drunk by the group faster than everything else, so that speaks volumes. Lovely exotic spice nose, rich dark fruit, long finish. Evolved well and softened in the glass. No rush to drink this will probably live a long time. To my palate, this is a "sweet spot" Red Burgundy. Potel seems to have done really well in this vintage, this bottle and the '01 Richebourg are the best Potels I've had in years - and oddly had a string of terrible '99's.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Nicolas Potel
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Aux Malconsorts
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

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