January 18, 2019 - Was really worried about this wine because of bad ratings. Had it with duckbreast, potatoecake, Jerusalem artichoke pure, semi dried tomatoes and a red wine jus. Beautiful wine, full body. A lot of coffee, white pepper, wild raspberries and blackberries with some elegant oak on the nose. Dense wine with an astringens present, full body tones of raspberry, blackberry, cloves and peppery notes. abit short finish. A wine I will remember, love wine because of this type of wine. Peaking right now, may last a while
January 25, 2017 - Pretty grossly underperforms for the climat and vintage. No visible reason why this would be the case -- i.e., still strong red color. Aromatics are really quite nice -- very earthy, which is appealing in this corner of the tasting world. Lack of focus, balance, and all that goes with those negative marks on the palate is what brings this down. A rather surprising overall disappointing experience. There is no evidence in this particular bottle that holding this wine will yield any measure of improvement. Hopefully others show better......
December 24, 2016 - Not sure what happened here. I love red cortons and prieur and 2002 red burg. This was just flat boring muted. Not flawed just a nondescript tired red wine. Cloudy and plummy. Not much fruit left, nor acid, nor tannin. Just not much of anything considering my expectations.
December 18, 2016 - Slightly cloudy Color and nice orange hues with some brick coloring. Lots of wild strawberry and flowers initially followed by lots of tart cherry. Two days later it showed a very nice rocky minerality and more cherry and red fruits. Really very nice.
October 23, 2016 - Nothing more to add about my 2002 Prieur wines, either the Corton-Bressandes or the Clos Vougeot wines. This bottle was the same as its cellar mate and I can say ditto to the cellar note. Am I disappointed? Yes I am. Am I wiser. Yes I am.
June 26, 2016 - Purple color with a definite orange tinge. Bouquet and flavor dominated by cherries, with some beef bouillon and barbecue notes in the finish. Fairly good balance, but with limited nuance and moderate length. A score of 84 seems to be my Burgundy pinnacle, and I have drunk all the great names. I have to say again that the emperor has no clothes, or at least, no wines. Try California and Oregon Pinot Noir and you will save yourself money and heartbreak.
November 26, 2015 - Left open in bottle for about 1.5 hrs before drinking (no decant). Pretty good at first, showing some toast, menthol and earth on the nose. On the palate, medium bodied with good acidity, and a surprisingly grainy tannic finish. This was good, but seems to have thrown off much of its fruit and still shows a fair amount of wood. The tannin might soften, but I'm not sure there is enough fruit to hold things together.
December 20, 2013 - Wow. This wine was a little tight to begin, but it opened up beautifully after a couple of hours. Initially, we got charcoal and menthol on the nose, but it became more herbaceous with time. After it had been open for a while, there were a lot of peppery notes as well. Medium bodied with a very smooth mouthfeel and a beautiful ruby red, this wine had some very nice tannic structure on the end.
June 27, 2007 - Lots of pedegree in this young one. Perfect balance will be achieved after oak fully integrates. Definate buy.