February 3, 2024 - Just a taste, but this was gorgeous and in a perfect place for drinking. Seductive dried florals, sous-bois nose with pure evolved red fruits and beautifully integrated acidic thrust on the palate. Thanks David!
September 14, 2023 - See 11/18/21 note. Oddly, this bottle showed a bit more acidity than the previous bottle. Good Burg value (oxymoron?).
November 18, 2021 - Agree with Nandas 2018 note, though did not find any stemminess. Representative Chambolle without the preferred acidity.
October 11, 2018 - Pop n' pour. I am really digging '07 Burgundy right now. The nose here was so captivating and deep -- punched way above its Village level -- loads of whole cluster and spice that is well integrated with berry and cherry. Good concentration on the palate with more, fun and delicious stemmy, savory spice. Terrific suave and long finish.
February 8, 2016 - Very primary nose of blackberry and raspberry. Underlying spice note of cardamom - medium to rich intensity. On taste rich flavors of blackberry and mineral with a long finish. Full of tannins but approachable. Probably needs twenty years to come to full potential but has its merits now.
September 1, 2014 - Wines with Larry, Huw and Paul in Martinborough: A bouquet of largely blackberries with a feral or underbrush component (without being unhygienic). The bouquet also showed quite a sulphur influence. The flavour profile was consistent with again perhaps a little too much sulphur. The flavours seemed to be classic Morey St Denis with darker berry fruit, black ink, iodine and some sous bois. Villages level fruit weight. This was a good Villages level wine that suffered next to the superb Fourrier.
July 14, 2013 - Very pleasant and ready to go. Very ripe red and black fruits, very little acid and even less tannin, slightly deeper than it should be but absolutely enchanting. Ur-Chambolle village.
March 30, 2013 - Lovely red fruit bouquet. Red fruit filling out an elegant structure of soft and luscious tannins. A nice well integrated wine but lacking some intensity/interest. Drank side by side with the 2007 Morey St. Denis which I preferred the for the racy spice that the CM lacked.
May 18, 2011 - opening up versus a year ago...solid village Chambolle but doesn't overachieve...bit austere on finish
April 17, 2011 - Popped and poured. Very deep garnet-red color with very little lightness at the rim. Nose rather closed at with scents of beets, a dark fruitiness and some earth. With time, about 1 hour, it opened to reveal iron, violets, more fruit, and sous bois. Supple and balanced on the palate with fruit, acid and moderate tannin all in harmony with one another. Long, rather tannic finish. Drank from the winelist at New Sammy's Cowboy Bistro in Talent, Oregon to accompany green garlic flan with morels and asparagus, and mustard crusted rabbit with black trumpet mushroom risotto.