Profitant d'une journée plus fraîche en cet été encore très chaud,ce vin a montré de grandes qualités: une robe certes évoluée,un bouquet bien complexe de fruits noirs (cassis),de fleurs (rose fanée),d'épices douces.C'est assez envoûtant comme peuvent l'être les cuvées de VR.Ce premier cru offre une bouche remarquable: c'est sensuel,volutupueux,d'une élégance magnifique.Longueur imposante.Très beau vin
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Part of a Chardonnay / Pinot Noir tasting. Double-decant recommended. Delicate and elegant with beautifully thin layers of red cherry and raspberry fruit, dried flowers, very fine earthy notes, underwood and truffles. Such a finely layered palate, softly textured with structural acidity. Second bottle within a few weeks and as with the last one I would argue this is an amazing spot right now.
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Double-decanted which worked well. Ripe raspberry fruit, earth und truffles, sous-bois, crushed white pepper and a touch of meaty aromas. Ethereal scents of sweet baking spice or strawberry candy settle on top of this like morning mist. The palate was nice and fresh, although just a tad thin on the texture, but with acidity well controlled. Beautifully light with cigar box notes accompanying a medium length finish. This effortlessly slides down your throat. The plan was to have a glass or two and leave the rest for the next day, but the bottle was empty faster than you can say “another glass”.
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Gorgeous nose with vosne spice, dark red fruit, forest floor, mocha and some lilac. The palate oozes class with a balanced structure, mouthcoating texture and enormous length. Great finish. Simply phenomenal and even better than the last bottle; in a prime drinking window. WOTN for the entire group (2010 Mouton has more upside)
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After 30 minutes, beautiful nose emerges with secondary and tertiary notes of spice, wet stone, muted cherry and dark red fruit, and wet forest floor. Body is structured but melding to the character of the fruit with great length and mineral laced acidity, multi dimensional shape and huge finish. In its prime drinking window. Fantastic
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During a blind tasting, my bottle. Medium garnet. Offers a nose that shows mature Burg notes with forest, cured meat and Vosne spices. There is also a lot of fruit and ripeness on the palate, so must be from a sunnier vintage. People at the table were guessing this right 2002/1999 Vosne 1er Cru was the consensus. Nice bottle, unfortunately my last one.
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Pinot Noir theme dinner at Maison Dakota. Tasted blind. Drank in Grassl Cru. Appearance is not clear - murky, medium intensity, garnet colour. Legs. Nose medium+ intensity, with a lovely tertiary bouquet of undergrowth earth, autumn leaves beginning their decay, hints of mushroom, licorice, underlying dark red cherries. Developed. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium+ tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of undergrowth earth sauvage, dusty dark red cherries, dark mint, distinct Vosne spice, stony minerality. Long long finish. Very good quality. At peak already. On the cusp of decay and decline. Drink up now and enjoy. I was guessing quite confidently that this was a 1999 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru - maybe a Beaux-Monts?. Didn't have enough producer signature, or maybe I just lacked the skills to guess maker.
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More advanced from an aging perspective than its Beaumonts sibling. A little more bricking. Very earthy nose -- quite nice there. Solid acidity and red fruit on the palate; less balance than noted in the Beaumonts. A little more sauvage here too. Quite good on the overall, with no obvious reason to hold a lot further.
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A Special Dinner (Park 75, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta): A little soapy at first, but it blows off quickly to show sweet red fruit, still a little tight, but attractively elegant. It blossoms with air, picking up spice and sap and adding layers of complexity. It's approachable, but has plenty of life left.
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BWC 2015 - Lafarge Clos des Chênes (mostly) and a few examples of Vosne Romanée: The other source of dispute on this night. The wine was flawed, at the end we all agreed. But it could have been the very mildest TCA, or it could have been what i think the French call 'le jeune' - affected by cork (but not TCA). In some glasses the wine was marred in its aroma and constricted a bit in flavor. In other glasses it showed better, and my glass was one of the good ones. Even the good ones were flawed, but less so. Mine had very enjoyable moments, with classic Vosne hard spices, bright and pungent red fruit, and a lovely mineral streak. There were also moldy and constricted moments. A shame, I bet the wine is really good when it's not flawed.
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Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy, Vosne-Romanee (Rodwell House): Light dull maroon. Tertiary characters of sous-Bois, forest floor, medicinal as well as cough syrup and cherry/strawberry aromas. Rich, sensual texture with freshness, minerals and red fruits, yet a little lean with firm, chewy tannins. Masculine style but lacks complexity and touch of Brett on the finish distracts. Pity, hard to score.
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7/17/2023 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Profitant d'une journée plus fraîche en cet été encore très chaud,ce vin a montré de grandes qualités: une robe certes évoluée,un bouquet bien complexe de fruits noirs (cassis),de fleurs (rose fanée),d'épices douces.C'est assez envoûtant comme peuvent l'être les cuvées de VR.Ce premier cru offre une bouche remarquable: c'est sensuel,volutupueux,d'une élégance magnifique.Longueur imposante.Très beau vin
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8/19/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 96 Points
Part of a Chardonnay / Pinot Noir tasting. Double-decant recommended. Delicate and elegant with beautifully thin layers of red cherry and raspberry fruit, dried flowers, very fine earthy notes, underwood and truffles. Such a finely layered palate, softly textured with structural acidity. Second bottle within a few weeks and as with the last one I would argue this is an amazing spot right now.
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6/25/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 96 Points
Double-decanted which worked well. Ripe raspberry fruit, earth und truffles, sous-bois, crushed white pepper and a touch of meaty aromas. Ethereal scents of sweet baking spice or strawberry candy settle on top of this like morning mist. The palate was nice and fresh, although just a tad thin on the texture, but with acidity well controlled. Beautifully light with cigar box notes accompanying a medium length finish. This effortlessly slides down your throat. The plan was to have a glass or two and leave the rest for the next day, but the bottle was empty faster than you can say “another glass”.
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3/31/2022 - mchern02 wrote: 96 Points
Gave it air for 45 minutes then dove in.
Gorgeous nose with vosne spice, dark red fruit, forest floor, mocha and some lilac. The palate oozes class with a balanced structure, mouthcoating texture and enormous length. Great finish. Simply phenomenal and even better than the last bottle; in a prime drinking window. WOTN for the entire group (2010 Mouton has more upside)
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5/9/2020 - mchern02 wrote: 94 Points
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After 30 minutes, beautiful nose emerges with secondary and tertiary notes of spice, wet stone, muted cherry and dark red fruit, and wet forest floor. Body is structured but melding to the character of the fruit with great length and mineral laced acidity, multi dimensional shape and huge finish. In its prime drinking window. Fantastic
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10/7/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
During a blind tasting, my bottle. Medium garnet. Offers a nose that shows mature Burg notes with forest, cured meat and Vosne spices. There is also a lot of fruit and ripeness on the palate, so must be from a sunnier vintage. People at the table were guessing this right 2002/1999 Vosne 1er Cru was the consensus. Nice bottle, unfortunately my last one.
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10/6/2019 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 94 Points
Pinot Noir theme dinner at Maison Dakota. Tasted blind. Drank in Grassl Cru.
Appearance is not clear - murky, medium intensity, garnet colour. Legs.
Nose medium+ intensity, with a lovely tertiary bouquet of undergrowth earth, autumn leaves beginning their decay, hints of mushroom, licorice, underlying dark red cherries. Developed.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium+ tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of undergrowth earth sauvage, dusty dark red cherries, dark mint, distinct Vosne spice, stony minerality. Long long finish.
Very good quality. At peak already. On the cusp of decay and decline. Drink up now and enjoy.
I was guessing quite confidently that this was a 1999 Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru - maybe a Beaux-Monts?. Didn't have enough producer signature, or maybe I just lacked the skills to guess maker.
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7/23/2016 - Sycamore wrote: 90 Points
More advanced from an aging perspective than its Beaumonts sibling. A little more bricking. Very earthy nose -- quite nice there. Solid acidity and red fruit on the palate; less balance than noted in the Beaumonts. A little more sauvage here too. Quite good on the overall, with no obvious reason to hold a lot further.
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8/5/2015 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 92 Points
A Special Dinner (Park 75, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta): A little soapy at first, but it blows off quickly to show sweet red fruit, still a little tight, but attractively elegant. It blossoms with air, picking up spice and sap and adding layers of complexity. It's approachable, but has plenty of life left.
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2/1/2015 - brooklynguy wrote:
BWC 2015 - Lafarge Clos des Chênes (mostly) and a few examples of Vosne Romanée: The other source of dispute on this night. The wine was flawed, at the end we all agreed. But it could have been the very mildest TCA, or it could have been what i think the French call 'le jeune' - affected by cork (but not TCA). In some glasses the wine was marred in its aroma and constricted a bit in flavor. In other glasses it showed better, and my glass was one of the good ones. Even the good ones were flawed, but less so. Mine had very enjoyable moments, with classic Vosne hard spices, bright and pungent red fruit, and a lovely mineral streak. There were also moldy and constricted moments. A shame, I bet the wine is really good when it's not flawed.
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8/6/2012 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 Points
Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy, Vosne-Romanee (Rodwell House): Light dull maroon. Tertiary characters of sous-Bois, forest floor, medicinal as well as cough syrup and cherry/strawberry aromas. Rich, sensual texture with freshness, minerals and red fruits, yet a little lean with firm, chewy tannins. Masculine style but lacks complexity and touch of Brett on the finish distracts. Pity, hard to score.
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