This was a surprise for a weak vintage. It highlighted what a superb grower can do and it had an amazing mature nose floral and truffles with a structured palate with concentrated fruits and a finish that was mid to long.
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France 2013 - Côte d'Or; 4/20/2013-4/23/2013 (Beaune): Tasted at the Domaine. Served blind. Crazy nose, maturing but fairly young still. Softer structure, beautiful red fruit with medium acidic. This is why we age them. Excellent.
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Burgundy Wine Club Dinner 2013 (The Breslin, NYC): Drunk next to 94 Vaucrains, and immediately and clearly showed that it is the finer terroir. Deeply pitched and complex dark primary fruit with a stone baseline. One taster said that the alcohol was a tiny bit out of whack, and at 13.5 it was a tick higher than Vaucrains. But showed lots of class, and a pure and delicious expression. Lovely, and another vote for good producers and good terroir in 94.
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"Simple" Friday Dinner (Imperial Treasure, Great World City): This bottle appeared far more advanced than we would have thought for a 1994. Very nice though. About as elegant as a Les St Georges gets. Colour was all orangey. Nose had layers and layers of funk on first pour with lots of tertiary notes under which appeared when it blew off, like red tea, earth, funky mushrooms, dried strawberries, meaty umami tones and a touch of flowers - very nice, but also very old smelling, almost like a late 70s or early 80s type nose. Palate was a lot younger though. Nice lifted flavours were held up with fresh, almost zippy acidity and the remnants of fine, firm tannins. I got cherry, bramble, strawberries, mushroom, mandarins and orange peel, all streaked with bits of ferrous minerality. Very charming, nicely put together, if just lacking a bit of weight for a vineyard of this stature. Finish lacked power, but had a nice, gently dissipating tail, with orange and spice notes lightly gripping the back palate. A very enjoyable wine without being great, this bottle was at its peak when we poured it.
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5/13/2021 - LB88 wrote: 94 Points
This was a surprise for a weak vintage. It highlighted what a superb grower can do and it had an amazing mature nose floral and truffles with a structured palate with concentrated fruits and a finish that was mid to long.
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4/23/2013 - godx wrote: 92 Points
France 2013 - Côte d'Or; 4/20/2013-4/23/2013 (Beaune): Tasted at the Domaine. Served blind. Crazy nose, maturing but fairly young still. Softer structure, beautiful red fruit with medium acidic. This is why we age them. Excellent.
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2/12/2013 - steinersing Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very impressive - good demonstration of terroir and vintage. W J and M in Ho Chi Minh.
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1/13/2013 - brooklynguy wrote:
Burgundy Wine Club Dinner 2013 (The Breslin, NYC): Drunk next to 94 Vaucrains, and immediately and clearly showed that it is the finer terroir. Deeply pitched and complex dark primary fruit with a stone baseline. One taster said that the alcohol was a tiny bit out of whack, and at 13.5 it was a tick higher than Vaucrains. But showed lots of class, and a pure and delicious expression. Lovely, and another vote for good producers and good terroir in 94.
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11/2/2011 - Alex H wrote: 87 Points
. A bit of balsamic fruits, v expressive nose. Aged sour cherries. A bit flowery. At it's peak. Smoothed out tannins
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11/13/2009 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
"Simple" Friday Dinner (Imperial Treasure, Great World City): This bottle appeared far more advanced than we would have thought for a 1994. Very nice though. About as elegant as a Les St Georges gets. Colour was all orangey. Nose had layers and layers of funk on first pour with lots of tertiary notes under which appeared when it blew off, like red tea, earth, funky mushrooms, dried strawberries, meaty umami tones and a touch of flowers - very nice, but also very old smelling, almost like a late 70s or early 80s type nose. Palate was a lot younger though. Nice lifted flavours were held up with fresh, almost zippy acidity and the remnants of fine, firm tannins. I got cherry, bramble, strawberries, mushroom, mandarins and orange peel, all streaked with bits of ferrous minerality. Very charming, nicely put together, if just lacking a bit of weight for a vineyard of this stature. Finish lacked power, but had a nice, gently dissipating tail, with orange and spice notes lightly gripping the back palate. A very enjoyable wine without being great, this bottle was at its peak when we poured it.
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