This was a light garnet color with considerable browning on rim. Perhaps more advanced in color than it should be at this age. There may have been a temperature problem at some point. This was purchased on Winebid. This nose was beautiful with the expected beet root and meaty nuances, but not the depth and expansiveness noted by others for this wine..
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SF Wineberserkers Offline (BerserkerDay) (San Francisco, CA): Initially seemed like riper styled fruits, but then it developed a lovely funky sweaty complexity, lots of red fruits; palate has light smooth tannin, nice fruits. Very nice, made in a slightly riper style than the lignier-michelot, but still obviously old world. 90-92
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Lovely wine. Nose quite secondary with earth, pine needles and quite dark fruits on the nose. With air it filled out and pushed the earthy side of NSG. Palate is just midweight but tannins and fine and nearly fully resolved. May lack just a bit of density but this is more a vintage thing than winemaking. Really speaks of its place with no winemaking artifice. Notgreat length but beautifully balanced. A lovely, honest NSG. Drinking very well now but another couple of years may just add a bit more complexity.
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No notes taken. Popped and poured. I thought this showed really well, but many couldn't drink it at all. There's a touch of brett that was the probable source of this reaction. It also suffered by being poured after the divine '98 Vieux Donjon.
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London CT Event II (The Hide Bar, London): This was wonderful and the red of the night for me. Had depth but also elegance with a lovely finish. One to find and buy.
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London CT II Event (The Hide Bar, London): Oh my oh my. How good was this stuff. Wonderful deep elegant, great balance of fruit, tannins and acidity gives up a wonderul mixture that only Burgundy can produce. Probably the stand out Burg of the night for me. Persistent, moved between deep and primary to feathery and ethereal and then back again. More please!!!
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Tasting Group Dinner - Miscellaneous (Heidi's, Minneapolis): Dark color. Enchantingly complex, perfumed, elegant nose. The palate is somewhat reticent, but with coaxing, shows lovely spicy red fruit. Moderately intense, nicely balanced, and smoothly textured. Delicious.
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Wednesday at Heidi's: Opened ~1 hour before serving, and seemed to need every minute. Darker color than the '00. A bit more brooding on the nose, but with awesome aromas of dark fruit, spice and coffee (and no VA). Much more structured on the palate, but with great flavor intensity and nice expansiveness. Has good acidity and is still very tannic. Showing well now, but should continue to improve for many years.
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Popped and poured. Watery red-orange color. Soaring nose of black cherry and coffee. The nose is really something special. Mid-weight on the palate. Expansive flavors of red cherry, spice and coffee on the palate. Surprisingly, this is still fairly tannic, with really nice acidity and the finish is long and very satisfying. This is showing very well now, but given all the components, I would expect this to continue to improve for quite awhile into the future.
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Chicao Wine Geeks do Pinot (Hyde Park, Chicago (Collin's place)): Ruby red hue, but shows some browning. Full bouquet of subtle red fruit. Decidedly less cherry than the Cali wines. Palate was nicely structured. Again fruit was subtle in the mouth. But evolved nicely over the evening. Shorter than I would have liked on the finish. Solid in an understated sort of way. I knew this was Burg as I brought the wine and recognized the foil wrapping.
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6/10/2014 - godx wrote:
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (Vancouver) (Zest): This was quite peppery in comparison to the 01 Roncieres with an overall darker fruit profile as well. This could use more time. Excellent.
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11/28/2013 - wineack Likes this wine: 88 Points
This was a light garnet color with considerable browning on rim. Perhaps more advanced in color than it should be at this age. There may have been a temperature problem at some point. This was purchased on Winebid. This nose was beautiful with the expected beet root and meaty nuances, but not the depth and expansiveness noted by others for this wine..
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1/27/2013 - aagrawal wrote: 91 Points
SF Wineberserkers Offline (BerserkerDay) (San Francisco, CA): Initially seemed like riper styled fruits, but then it developed a lovely funky sweaty complexity, lots of red fruits; palate has light smooth tannin, nice fruits. Very nice, made in a slightly riper style than the lignier-michelot, but still obviously old world. 90-92
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3/4/2012 - Pverd wrote: 90 Points
Lovely wine. Nose quite secondary with earth, pine needles and quite dark fruits on the nose. With air it filled out and pushed the earthy side of NSG. Palate is just midweight but tannins and fine and nearly fully resolved. May lack just a bit of density but this is more a vintage thing than winemaking. Really speaks of its place with no winemaking artifice. Notgreat length but beautifully balanced. A lovely, honest NSG. Drinking very well now but another couple of years may just add a bit more complexity.
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3/6/2011 - Dave Dalluge wrote:
No notes taken but this showed consistent with previous notes. Glad to have a few more tucked away in the cellar.
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10/11/2010 - Dave Dalluge wrote:
No notes taken. Popped and poured. I thought this showed really well, but many couldn't drink it at all. There's a touch of brett that was the probable source of this reaction. It also suffered by being poured after the divine '98 Vieux Donjon.
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11/21/2009 - Wrighty wrote:
London CT Event II (The Hide Bar, London): This was wonderful and the red of the night for me. Had depth but also elegance with a lovely finish. One to find and buy.
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11/21/2009 - pjaines wrote:
London CT II Event (The Hide Bar, London): Oh my oh my. How good was this stuff. Wonderful deep elegant, great balance of fruit, tannins and acidity gives up a wonderul mixture that only Burgundy can produce. Probably the stand out Burg of the night for me. Persistent, moved between deep and primary to feathery and ethereal and then back again. More please!!!
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11/4/2009 - Siggy wrote: 92 Points
Tasting Group Dinner - Miscellaneous (Heidi's, Minneapolis): Dark color. Enchantingly complex, perfumed, elegant nose. The palate is somewhat reticent, but with coaxing, shows lovely spicy red fruit. Moderately intense, nicely balanced, and smoothly textured. Delicious.
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11/4/2009 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Wednesday at Heidi's: Opened ~1 hour before serving, and seemed to need every minute. Darker color than the '00. A bit more brooding on the nose, but with awesome aromas of dark fruit, spice and coffee (and no VA). Much more structured on the palate, but with great flavor intensity and nice expansiveness. Has good acidity and is still very tannic. Showing well now, but should continue to improve for many years.
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10/28/2009 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Popped and poured. Watery red-orange color. Soaring nose of black cherry and coffee. The nose is really something special. Mid-weight on the palate. Expansive flavors of red cherry, spice and coffee on the palate. Surprisingly, this is still fairly tannic, with really nice acidity and the finish is long and very satisfying. This is showing very well now, but given all the components, I would expect this to continue to improve for quite awhile into the future.
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5/20/2006 - trond1 wrote: 93 Points
Very tasty, powerful burgundy with nice bouquet
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2/26/2006 - Nanda wrote: 88 Points
Chicao Wine Geeks do Pinot (Hyde Park, Chicago (Collin's place)): Ruby red hue, but shows some browning. Full bouquet of subtle red fruit. Decidedly less cherry than the Cali wines. Palate was nicely structured. Again fruit was subtle in the mouth. But evolved nicely over the evening. Shorter than I would have liked on the finish. Solid in an understated sort of way. I knew this was Burg as I brought the wine and recognized the foil wrapping.
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