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97 Points

Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 2001 Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): The wine of the night – this was truly breathtaking. It had an amazing nose, fanning out from the glass in a multiplicity of beguiling scents, from cigar smoke to glorious woody spice – cedar and sandlewood, burnt ends and cherry wood over a warm fire – all drifting over a sweetly perfumed core of dark cherries and violet flowers, and then a little tail of minerality kicking on behind. Glorious stuff. The palate was just about perfect on the night. It was deep, delicious and powerful, with all the sinewy strength of a great Vosne Grand Cru, but this was also soft, seductive and lushly elegant, showing a superb clarity in deep, creamily textured reservoirs of dark cherries, wild berries and orange peel. For all its strength and depth, this was a wine with an absolutely feminine shape, it was so pure and transparent that one could imagine seeing all the way through the fruit right through to the terroir even as it enveloped the palate in layers of silky flavour. There was a serious backbone behind all that though, with lovely integrated acidity and the finest tannins running right through the entire palate into a tremendous finish, where juicy wild berry notes were wrapped around a seemingly endless tail of fragrant wood spice, savoury herb and a lovely floral perfume. Wow. An incredible wine, drinking almost at peak, this took my breath away.

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  • Comment posted by Winetex:

    8/21/2014 3:42:00 PM - Wow is right. We loved this wine. Thanks for the great note. It makes me want to pop one right now. :)

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