Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center and taupe rims. The medium+ intensity nose displayed rhubarb, cherries, jam, and some soil.
This wine needed 5+ hours to open up and was still clearly too young. The wine's texture is so refined and fine-grained that it would be easy to be fooled into thinking this is ready to drink. However, there is a subtle angularity and toughness to this wine that indicates it is still a bit young and closed.
This needs at least 10 more years in the cellar to show its best. If you insist on opening it now, I would suggest a 12 hour decant. Look for this wine to pick up a couple points after extended cellaring.
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Great color and nose. Drinking even better now than the last one I had. Still good fruit: Cherry and kirsch. Tannins are well balanced now. Medium finish. Great with a grilled steak and green beans.
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Medium to deep burgundy in color. Lovely, fragrant nose. Nice aromatics- subtle and sophisticated. Blackberry flavors delivered in a silky, smooth fashion from beginning to long, lingering finish. I opened the last of this Grand Cru in honor of my 50th birthday a couple days before. A very fine wine.
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What is the lesson one should always follow- after ingesting incredible quantities of moderately-priced value wines do not then pull out the big guns and expect to get the full effect or enjoyment from them. In this case, after drinking up multipl bottles of Spanish Garnacha I pulled this out to celebrate my getting a job and shared it primarily with Mark Rucks. I am sure it could have been corked and neither of us would have known the difference. It was a statement bottle though, new beginnings and the ability to celebrate with a bit of abandon. I still have one bottle of this left to enjoy in a more special, appreciative atmosphere and state of mind.
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I pulled this bottle in honor of my Romeo. It was the night of Romeo's surgery to remove the ruptured disk in his neck and I was frayed and afraid. The reason I pulled this was to acknowledge that it is not worth saving the best in life until later because later may never come. I have taken many things for granted and my love for Romeo and my assumption of his long tenure in my life was another. Opening this bottle of great wine was meant to remind me to savor each and every day as the gift it is. This is perhaps the very best wine in my whole collection and it was to honor one of the very best friends in my life- my Romeo. Salud!
I finally have found a French wine thta has lived up to the hype and the price point. This Chambertin which I had tasted and purchased from Knightsbridge was simply elegant and delicious. A bit of alcohol on the nose at opening quickly dissapaited after about a half hour in the decanter. This unfolded beautifully, great mouth feel with initial "puffs" of tannin, but then smoothing out to be a finely structured and complex wine. Mr. Rucks was thouroughly impressed and we ended up splitting a half case more with an online purchase that is sure to please. Great bottle of wine!
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10/5/2014 - fclarity wrote: 92 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center and taupe rims. The medium+ intensity nose displayed rhubarb, cherries, jam, and some soil.
This wine needed 5+ hours to open up and was still clearly too young. The wine's texture is so refined and fine-grained that it would be easy to be fooled into thinking this is ready to drink. However, there is a subtle angularity and toughness to this wine that indicates it is still a bit young and closed.
This needs at least 10 more years in the cellar to show its best. If you insist on opening it now, I would suggest a 12 hour decant. Look for this wine to pick up a couple points after extended cellaring.
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8/4/2011 - monk8miles wrote: 92 Points
Great color and nose. Drinking even better now than the last one I had. Still good fruit: Cherry and kirsch. Tannins are well balanced now. Medium finish. Great with a grilled steak and green beans.
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8/28/2008 - air guitar & pinot noir wrote: 97 Points
Medium to deep burgundy in color. Lovely, fragrant nose. Nice aromatics- subtle and sophisticated. Blackberry flavors delivered in a silky, smooth fashion from beginning to long, lingering finish. I opened the last of this Grand Cru in honor of my 50th birthday a couple days before. A very fine wine.
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6/1/2007 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 89 Points
Tight cherry nose; tight yet, backward, tart cherry and red fruit palate; medium finish (not likely to evolve much more)
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1/12/2007 - air guitar & pinot noir wrote: 97 Points
What is the lesson one should always follow- after ingesting incredible quantities of moderately-priced value wines do not then pull out the big guns and expect to get the full effect or enjoyment from them. In this case, after drinking up multipl bottles of Spanish Garnacha I pulled this out to celebrate my getting a job and shared it primarily with Mark Rucks. I am sure it could have been corked and neither of us would have known the difference. It was a statement bottle though, new beginnings and the ability to celebrate with a bit of abandon. I still have one bottle of this left to enjoy in a more special, appreciative atmosphere and state of mind.
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9/20/2006 - air guitar & pinot noir wrote: 97 Points
I pulled this bottle in honor of my Romeo. It was the night of Romeo's surgery to remove the ruptured disk in his neck and I was frayed and afraid. The reason I pulled this was to acknowledge that it is not worth saving the best in life until later because later may never come. I have taken many things for granted and my love for Romeo and my assumption of his long tenure in my life was another. Opening this bottle of great wine was meant to remind me to savor each and every day as the gift it is. This is perhaps the very best wine in my whole collection and it was to honor one of the very best friends in my life- my Romeo. Salud!
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3/10/2006 - air guitar & pinot noir wrote: 97 Points
I finally have found a French wine thta has lived up to the hype and the price point. This Chambertin which I had tasted and purchased from Knightsbridge was simply elegant and delicious. A bit of alcohol on the nose at opening quickly dissapaited after about a half hour in the decanter. This unfolded beautifully, great mouth feel with initial "puffs" of tannin, but then smoothing out to be a finely structured and complex wine. Mr. Rucks was thouroughly impressed and we ended up splitting a half case more with an online purchase that is sure to please. Great bottle of wine!
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