Online Blind Tasting #4: *** brief notes from online blind tasting *** Note is based on a tasting sip in the morning on day one, ~4cl on the evening and 0,1l filled in a bottle and sealed with argon gas on the evening of day three. Glass: Zalto Burgundy From perfect bottle. Clear, medium garnet color, unfiltered. Clean, medium+ developing nose. Lots of fine red fruit, some underbrush, dried leaves, petals, herbs. Very round, soft and intoxicating. Dry, high, perfectly integrated acidity. High, extremely silky and fine tannin. At first you can barely notice them because they are so well integrated. Fine red fruit, herbs, mineral notes. Very elegant, wonderful balance, harmony and a velvety texture. The pressure, grip and tension are so well packed that you don’t realize it on the first look. Very long, lingering and salty finish. Potential at least for another decade. 94-95
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Nese med parfyme, mørkere bær. Lekker munn med svarte kirsebær, bjørnebær, bringebær. Syrefrisk balansert, mineralsk mere i retning svarte stein. Flott dybde, deilig balanse og høy konsentrasjon . Lang ren, pen vinmaking. 94
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12 th Burgundy tasting - Reds part 2 (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Opaque-ish, somewhat more sombre medium intense ruby. The medium-plus intense nose is downright freaky and displays candied orange rind, bergamot oil (earl-grey tea), pain d’epice and some sweet black fruits, while the 30% new barrels are most likeky the source of a hint of vanilla… I’ve NEVER encountered anything remotely like it in a red wine! On the attack, this similarly Musigny-adjacent 1er Cru achieves Grand-Cru weight at a mere 13% alcohol. In the structural sense, the medium-big-plus acidity is reasonably refined, but it also brings to the fore ripe and firmly medium tannins which are far more burly than I typically encounter in Chambolle. Notwithstanding that, pronounced flavours of red cherry & blackberry, dried Asian spices, cloves and roasted meat restore balance on the exceptionally extracted mid-palate. It’s not until well into the expansive half minute finish that a hint of caramel manifests itself.We were wondering whether this bottle was entirely representative, but even so the matière here is impressive and it may just have been unsettled at this early stage. Given the extraordinary nose and its discrepancy with the mid-palate scoring it seems pointless, but a minimum of a decade in the cellar may see this wine reach as high as (firmly) into the nineties. For now, it’s Hors Categorie....... TN Mike de Lange.
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9/13/2023 - Burgnick wrote: 88 Points
Good power but fading fruit, and a bit lean. Not 2010 at all.
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2/19/2021 - NoTrollingerPlease Likes this wine: 95 Points
Online Blind Tasting #4: *** brief notes from online blind tasting ***
Note is based on a tasting sip in the morning on day one, ~4cl on the evening and 0,1l filled in a bottle and sealed with argon gas on the evening of day three.
Glass: Zalto Burgundy
From perfect bottle. Clear, medium garnet color, unfiltered. Clean, medium+ developing nose. Lots of fine red fruit, some underbrush, dried leaves, petals, herbs. Very round, soft and intoxicating.
Dry, high, perfectly integrated acidity. High, extremely silky and fine tannin. At first you can barely notice them because they are so well integrated. Fine red fruit, herbs, mineral notes. Very elegant, wonderful balance, harmony and a velvety texture. The pressure, grip and tension are so well packed that you don’t realize it on the first look. Very long, lingering and salty finish. Potential at least for another decade. 94-95
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1/13/2020 - "Rhône Rider" Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nese med parfyme, mørkere bær. Lekker munn med svarte kirsebær, bjørnebær, bringebær. Syrefrisk balansert, mineralsk mere i retning svarte stein. Flott dybde, deilig balanse og høy konsentrasjon . Lang ren, pen vinmaking. 94
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2/13/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote:
12 th Burgundy tasting - Reds part 2 (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Opaque-ish, somewhat more sombre medium intense ruby. The medium-plus intense nose is downright freaky and displays candied orange rind, bergamot oil (earl-grey tea), pain d’epice and some sweet black fruits, while the 30% new barrels are most likeky the source of a hint of vanilla… I’ve NEVER encountered anything remotely like it in a red wine! On the attack, this similarly Musigny-adjacent 1er Cru achieves Grand-Cru weight at a mere 13% alcohol. In the structural sense, the medium-big-plus acidity is reasonably refined, but it also brings to the fore ripe and firmly medium tannins which are far more burly than I typically encounter in Chambolle. Notwithstanding that, pronounced flavours of red cherry & blackberry, dried Asian spices, cloves and roasted meat restore balance on the exceptionally extracted mid-palate. It’s not until well into the expansive half minute finish that a hint of caramel manifests itself.We were wondering whether this bottle was entirely representative, but even so the matière here is impressive and it may just have been unsettled at this early stage. Given the extraordinary nose and its discrepancy with the mid-palate scoring it seems pointless, but a minimum of a decade in the cellar may see this wine reach as high as (firmly) into the nineties. For now, it’s Hors Categorie....... TN Mike de Lange.
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6/20/2012 - kevincheng wrote: 90 Points
Big powerful fruits and punchy tannins. Big floral chambolle nose with a long finish.
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