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98 Points

Thursday, November 14, 2013 - Lovely redfruited, perfumed and majestic nose. Almost ridiculously spicy. Powerful. The herbs intermingles perfect with the spices. Extremely complex, generous and archetypical burgundian GC. Minerality that reminds of gun-powder. No meatiness, so this is well-deveolped but not totally mature. For us, this is in a perfect drinking window - others would like them more animaly mature...
Full body, concentrated, but ready palate. The forest floor is powerfully present. Perfume, indish bazaar, woodland. Plump and majestic in the "masculine" school. But how it combines the richness with elegance! An intense acidity and fruit makes for a splendid grip. Perfume and forest in parody combination.
Presented by me, the group first went to Chambertin, due to the power and majesty. Told that it lacks a bit of iron and earthiness for a Chambertin, they came to Vosne-Romanee after a bit of hinting.
It is hard to rate a wine like this. For DRC veterans, 98 is probably a bit high, due to the rather weak vintage. But since this was only my 4th DRC ever (2001 Echezeaux, 1993 Grand Echezeaux 3-5 years ago and 1989 La Tache more than 10 years ago), 98 Points is what it gets. For me this ranks among the 10 or 20 best wines I've tasted. It met the expectations. Purchased in 2003, the prices were also more reasonable at that time. I remember paying something like Euro 200.

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  • Comment posted by glassnost:

    11/22/2013 5:59:00 AM - A great note, I am delighted that the Richebourg is showing so well. I can look forward to opening my one and only bottle. Do you think it will last, or even benefit from, a few more years of cellaring?

  • Comment posted by Argrath:

    11/23/2013 1:09:00 AM - You can definitely cellar this for 3-5 more years. I think Coates had 2018-2020 as end dates. It will probably loose some fruit, but gain in complex forest "sub-bois" aromas as well as adding more meat and meat stock aromas. It all depends on what one prefers. I like wines when they just enter the maturity window and retains the fruit core center. Thus this wine was perfect right now! Enjoy your bottle.

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