Community Tasting Note

Lorien wrote:

Saturday, April 2, 2005 - I knew this would be a great wine, what I did not know though was how great. I still even now, a day later, still don’t fully comprehend the experience it provided. I do though know very well – it has no doubtfully changed my expectations of wine in general. Onwards is going to be a whole different story.

The second I poured the wine in the glass, it exploded. Masses and I mean masses of aromas were revealed. I have yet to experience a wine providing such huge and complete aromas so fast, especially from such a complex and unique one such as this 91. I will simply quote Mr. John Gillman’s description, as I could not possibly describe it any better “The bouquet soars from the glass in a mélange of sweet black cherries, blood orange, grilled venison, woodsmoke, minerals, violets and a judicious framing of vanillin oak.” So right and so bloody great! I was blown away.. honestly. Full massive body, with incredibly profound flavors. Perfectly structured (and I mean perfect.. as in “it can’t get any better than this” perfect) with an incredibly accurate and easy to full-in-love with balance. An overflow of personality, so much so, that this has to be one of the easiest wines to spot out in a blind tasting. Talk about terroir.. geez. Huge finish with an incredibly appealing aftertaste. Overall this wine exceeded my already high expectations and provided what for me was the ultimate wine experience. Yet fully ready to be enjoyed now, will no doubtfully cellar and probably improve for many more years. Though I am told the 91 Chambertin is “better”, I can’t score this one anything less than 100/100. For me this was as perfect as it gets.

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