Decanted and had a taste. On the nose: earth, dried mushroom, and a bit of spice lift, not much fruit Palate: acid but tannic, not resolved. Very earthy Color: semi translucent ruby, light brown tinge
Opening up to smoky cherry on palate and a few hours later, still needs time but the mushroom scent has faded. After 2 hours got more perfumed, just a touch of raspberry and spiced cranberry with herbs. Nice perfume now but a bit of heat is coming through.
Overall very enjoyable but still needs more time to really shine I suspect.
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Pretty and delicious. Soft grape tannins and strawberry / raspberry fruit throughout the palate with a long clean finish. At this point still one of best buys in the Beaune. There is no rush as this will be solid for several more years.
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Popped-and-poured. Meaty, dense, and so powerful, even if still slightly backward. Long, lingering finish. First time tasting since barrel. Like many 2009s, this needs more time to really strut its stuff.
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The most ready and delicious Pinot on the table tonight. Excellent concentration and intrigue with earth, florals and spice to the red fruits. Early in a long drinking window.
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2009 red Burgundies, TDS x CMJ (Chicago, IL): Probably the best of the 2009 red Burgundies tonight in that it's just drinking the best. Surprisingly well-resolved without the Beaune tannins becoming obtrusive. Relatively open-knit with lots of red fruit and a really nice lift. I'm not sure it's even worth bothering to age this more because this is drinking so well right now.
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Ripe red fruits, fresh and minerally, with a silky feel and a slightly firm finish. Drinking well now, but should be good for a number of years. Excellent bottle.
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this is really nice but somewhat of an unruly teenager at this point. Most the previous notes hit the mark but i think this still needs some time to really come together. I see this hitting it's high point 2026-2029 and most likely staying at a high level for a while after that
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This is a beauty, medium bodied, but full of flavor and entering a sweet spot. Packs black cherry, some orange rind, a little game (maybe suggested by another reviewer). Super interesting wine from start to finish.
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Gamey, black cherry bouquet. Soft cherry fruit flavor with mild tannins. Medium-bodied. Good grip. Moderately persistent finish. This should evolve for an additional 3-4 more years. Clos des Ursules is a specific portion of the premier Cru vineyard Vignes Franches In Beaune. It’s owned entirely by Louis Jadot and is one of the most highly prized vineyard areas of the village. Corked pulled an hour before drinking.
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boy, again this didn't disappoint, and was an amazing departure from your typical '09 burg... this had lifted / elegant / bright red fruit, with a hint of spice started to come around... my prior note said it well... this can be an ager (given the acidity) but lovely to drink now for sure... would have guessed 2007 (or maybe 2014?) if I had it 'vintage blind'
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This may yet develop into something nice but I can't understand the love for this bottle right now. Nose is very muted and muddied. The palate is busted, all over the place with acidity and heat poking out alternately. Legit tastes like a poorly made Cali RRV Pinot, think Kosta Browne. Definitely cellar your bottles for a decade, or better yet, sell them to someone who doesn't see this note.
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saw my prior notes and am encouraged... this was drinking quite nicely... I was struck at how it was medium bodies and downright elegant... UNUSUAL for an '09 for sure... anyway, seems like perhaps the fruit / body may be napping given my prior notes and that would be great cuz this isn't flabby at all and has the structure / acidity to carry a great wine for another two decades (or more?)... hoping I don't get crazy and drink my remaining six bottles in the next 5 years... this could be an ager for sure
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This cant be a 2009. So serious and tight, not a fruit bomb at all. Earthy and savory, not a whole lot fruit, but what is there is dark. I would have said 2006 or 2008. I thoro enjoyed this, but it needed a long decant and even then it wasn't eager to please. I would say years and years from peak. Good value here.
Initially, I thought this wine tasted like basic Village-level Burgundy -- pretty, but uninteresting. But with a little air (or, just as likely, more imagination on my part), this wine began charming me. I noticed more and more prominent notes of earth beneath the fruit. Hints of mint. Hints of black truffle. Hints of cinnamon. Pinot, when it's good, is the most alluring of wines, and this is good pinot. Then, it is so delicate on the palate. Comparing to women is no longer socially acceptable. I should compare to Mozart or Renoir.
My sense is that this wine will improve as it ages over the next few years.
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Red Burgs and Bubbles (The Gage, Chicago IL): The nose is open and giving with a darker take to the fruit with tones of raspberries, dark red cherries, herbs, leather, tobacco, violets, and earth tones. This is well balanced with the fruit still showing a more primary quality that has harmonized well so far. The Medium bodied feel is balanced with crisp, medium+ acidity and youthful, medium+ tannins. This was helped by food as the structure still has some youth to it. This is already starting to show pretty well and there is still plenty of room to grow.
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Poured off a glass and waited an hour. Smooth and balanced. Not the most complex, but beautiful flavors. No tannins or heat. Can wait on other two, but no need.
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Enjoyed with charcoal grilled chicken and asparagus. Did not decant. Took about a half hour to begin to open up. Light color and opacity. Light bodied initially, but closer to medium 90 minutes in. Nice acidity and complexity. Floral aromas with strawberry and spices. Maybe a bit of cinnamon, wonderful flavors of cherry, strawberry, but of citrus, baking spices and a touch of tea. Much more going on here but too much for me to express. Not really a Burgundy fan but this makes me more so. I’d better get a few more for the cellar.
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saw my note from March '19, this bottle was very similar but just a little less body / oomph than that note suggests -- therefore one point deduction... before seeing that note I was going to remark on how much structure this had relative to fruit (great acidity which I like a lot) ESPECIALLY for an '09.... fine wine, and I suspect I might have enjoyed it more (and it might have been more open / giving) if I'd saved some for day two (or decanted in the AM)... but alas we pounded it!!
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Light ruby garnet with medium optical density and very high reflectivity. A tinge of amber on the rim, but just so. Beautiful floral and cherry aromas, with a delicate and sensuous character. The nose also shows is cherry and cherry pit, strawberry, ripe raspberry, rose hips, gravel, and earthy spices. Good complexity and medium intensity. Medium minus body on the palate, with a dancing, light footed texture that is broad and shows integrated tannins. Very lively, and yet in an elegant and graceful way- not in your face, but more of a "catch me if you can"- by the time you think you do, you wonder just how it managed to get away. Still shows fresh acidity (medium or so) with vibrancy, but also is soft and approachable for sure. Flavours of cherry and delicious red fruits on the attack. The intensity is soft yet present, with some sweetness and savoury notes on entry. Shows excellent density and concentration on the front end without any hint of too much. The midpalate evolves to bring on gravel and spices on top of the fruit, but very soft and supportive of the more delicate fruit flavours. Really shows some interesting complexity here, but very very elegant; requires careful consideration! The final transition shows some mouth-watering cherry pit and very light, clean tobacco smoke. Really nice finish with some lingering savoury-sweet fruit, good length, and very much interest-grabbing twist of dusty citrus. So well balanced, it just shows you everything laid bare, and begs for your attention to the various aspects (sweet, savoury, tart, fruit, spice, flowers, juicy tobacco, and aromatic nectar). If you pay attention to one, another might just pass you by. Just classic great wine!
This is showing a bit of age for sure, in a really nice spot. Can age longer I suspect for sure, but really nice at the moment. Has all the class and elegance you could want, with a delicious and just plain gorgeous profile. Gains even more with some air, and provides a pure pleasure to enjoy how ever you find yourself with an open cork of this!
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really good, not surprisingly this was more full bodied than your avg Jadot Ursules, but it also had a mix of fruit (purple) and umami... there was a je ne said quoi about this wine, overall it was luxurious without being cloying or overdone... bravo, and would be interesting to follow for next 20-25 years, happy to have ten more
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Light red. Strawberry aromas. Lighter weight. Similar lacy strawberry and soil flavors, little in the way of remaining tannins. Curious for the vintage in that it has no hint of surmaturité, and in fact, it is one of the lightest and most airy Clos des Ursules I've ever tried. As far as I can tell, fully mature, which is not the usual aging curve of this wine.
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Regrettably I lost my formal notes. This through a lot of people during the blind wine tasting session. Many guessed pinot, but hard to called Beaune. I will try to find and try again.
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Very young, very tight; the fruit is deep and amble, things to come here. Fine notes of strawberry, fine acidity in the warm vintage. Leave this a couple of years, at least. 91++ point. #Bruun&Hjejle
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Nice red fruit, cool minerality, damp earth and leaf litter. Delicious and balanced with good depth and a nice finish. Very nicely balanced and restrained for an 09.
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Clear ruby color. Fig fruit aromas with full secondary accents of mushroom, smoked paprika, hibiscus, and damp cedar. Opens on the palate with fig and apple skin fruit, medium in its intensity, and spice and earth-driven depth consistent with those on the nose, highlighted by a subtle floral-mineral note. Round and rich density to the mid-palate, with medium acid and silky tannins. Medium finish with saline and savory spice notes. Drinking very well. Very nice.
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One the few 2009s that I have found that is very open at this stage, fruit forward and one I would not cellar. Not a big, powerful Beaune but sweet, classy old vine fruit marked by concentrated, lush black cherry and plum flavor that that possesses good detail. I expected a little more from this wine but nonetheless, a nice wine to enjoy over the next 5 years.
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Dark red in color, initially lots of bubble gum and cotton candy. Poured into a decanter for an hour things got better, ripe dark red fruit nose with cherries. Medium plus palate that is still tight, ripe but not overly ripe, with white wine like minerals in the finish. Will be v good in at least 5years plus.
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A tasty, ripe example of Burgundy. I may have actually guessed this to be a balanced Santa Cruz pinot blind. It has lots of ripe cherry and raspberry fruit with some baking spice and earth hints. The palate is forward and ripe yet not overdone and stays together well enough. This should definitely continue to improve with time.
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Nice wine. Fruit dominates the bouquet with black cherry, raspberry, and red currants. There are some hints of damp earth under this. The palate is again fruit forward and very pleasing. There are well integrated tannins that don't show very much and nice acidity. Finishes a little short. Overall this is a fairly good Burgundy.
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Very fruity (cherry, plum, blackberry) with moderate acidity. The tannins are surprisingly soft at this point. Enjoyable wine that would be enjoyed on its own or with more delicate foods.
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Borgogna: fiori secchi e gelatina di frutta, vino che va cercato. Si intuisce quasi il tannino dal naso. tannino perfettamente cesellato. vino che chiama il cibo. Bono!
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The first hour, the wine was tight, acidic, lean, and funky, but just like that, it snapped into place, with a lovely, deep red fruit and mineral palate. Withholding judgement as this clearly needed a few (if not several) more years in bottle to unwind, but it most definitely has the goods.
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Kevin Zraly and Jacques Lardiere tasting at Sherry-Lehmann June 14th, 2012; 6/14/2012-6/16/2012: (Kevin Zraly wine tasting with Jacques Lardiere) Closed nose, some cherry, more primary. On taste very tannic, light fruit, un-balanced. Some minerality, white pepper, awkward. Someone said it was drinkable now but I would disagree. This really needs lots of time to be ready to drink. Only open for educational purposes.
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Pretty wild at first, with almond-like aromas followed by a palate of rich, sappy fruit and a dark, gravelly minerality on the back end. Doesn't take long before the profile segues to more primary fruit elements, but it still has great sap and grip and the mineral elements persist. Tough to choose a favorite between this and the 2008, and they ought to make for an interesting comparison one day. This might show more things going on than the '08 did on release but they seem to be built out of similarly rich material.
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Weak nose. Not able to distinguish fruit. Delicate. Smooth. Light. Light in color. Opened up a little with time in the decanter, but still not as good as I had anticipated.
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1/17/2024 - bonarda674 wrote:
Decanted and had a taste.
On the nose: earth, dried mushroom, and a bit of spice lift, not much fruit
Palate: acid but tannic, not resolved. Very earthy
Color: semi translucent ruby, light brown tinge
Opening up to smoky cherry on palate and a few hours later, still needs time but the mushroom scent has faded. After 2 hours got more perfumed, just a touch of raspberry and spiced cranberry with herbs. Nice perfume now but a bit of heat is coming through.
Overall very enjoyable but still needs more time to really shine I suspect.
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12/12/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Soft, generous, good balanced, a nice surprise.
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9/17/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): Small glass. Lots of black and red cherry here, all very interesting and meaty, but seemingly quite firm and backward tonight. Patience required, like with so many 2009s.
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7/10/2023 - portman63 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pretty and delicious. Soft grape tannins and strawberry / raspberry fruit throughout the palate with a long clean finish. At this point still one of best buys in the Beaune. There is no rush as this will be solid for several more years.
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12/28/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Popped-and-poured. Meaty, dense, and so powerful, even if still slightly backward. Long, lingering finish. First time tasting since barrel. Like many 2009s, this needs more time to really strut its stuff.
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12/19/2022 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points
The most ready and delicious Pinot on the table tonight. Excellent concentration and intrigue with earth, florals and spice to the red fruits. Early in a long drinking window.
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12/19/2022 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
2009 red Burgundies, TDS x CMJ (Chicago, IL): Probably the best of the 2009 red Burgundies tonight in that it's just drinking the best. Surprisingly well-resolved without the Beaune tannins becoming obtrusive. Relatively open-knit with lots of red fruit and a really nice lift. I'm not sure it's even worth bothering to age this more because this is drinking so well right now.
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9/16/2022 - CHINACAT wrote: 92 Points
Ripe red fruits, fresh and minerally, with a silky feel and a slightly firm finish. Drinking well now, but should be good for a number of years. Excellent bottle.
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6/28/2022 - tunaguy Likes this wine:
this is really nice but somewhat of an unruly teenager at this point. Most the previous notes hit the mark but i think this still needs some time to really come together. I see this hitting it's high point 2026-2029 and most likely staying at a high level for a while after that
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1/24/2022 - JCMenendez Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is a beauty, medium bodied, but full of flavor and entering a sweet spot. Packs black cherry, some orange rind, a little game (maybe suggested by another reviewer). Super interesting wine from start to finish.
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7/17/2021 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 91 Points
Gamey, black cherry bouquet. Soft cherry fruit flavor with mild tannins. Medium-bodied. Good grip. Moderately persistent finish. This should evolve for an additional 3-4 more years.
Clos des Ursules is a specific portion of the premier Cru vineyard Vignes Franches In Beaune. It’s owned entirely by Louis Jadot and is one of the most highly prized vineyard areas of the village.
Corked pulled an hour before drinking.
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7/3/2021 - MS86 Likes this wine: 89 Points
This is a very classic wine showing well at 12 years of age.
Medium intensity nose of fur, dusty black fruit, earth and that classic Pinot Noir cherry.
Medium tannins, high acidity.
Flavours of meat, cherry, earth, black liquorice and age / balsamic.
Soft finish of good length.
Drink now.
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5/6/2021 - dougie Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fine for many years. Very enjoyable!
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11/23/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
boy, again this didn't disappoint, and was an amazing departure from your typical '09 burg... this had lifted / elegant / bright red fruit, with a hint of spice started to come around... my prior note said it well... this can be an ager (given the acidity) but lovely to drink now for sure... would have guessed 2007 (or maybe 2014?) if I had it 'vintage blind'
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9/30/2020 - spacewrangler wrote: 79 Points
This may yet develop into something nice but I can't understand the love for this bottle right now. Nose is very muted and muddied. The palate is busted, all over the place with acidity and heat poking out alternately. Legit tastes like a poorly made Cali RRV Pinot, think Kosta Browne. Definitely cellar your bottles for a decade, or better yet, sell them to someone who doesn't see this note.
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8/18/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
saw my prior notes and am encouraged... this was drinking quite nicely... I was struck at how it was medium bodies and downright elegant... UNUSUAL for an '09 for sure... anyway, seems like perhaps the fruit / body may be napping given my prior notes and that would be great cuz this isn't flabby at all and has the structure / acidity to carry a great wine for another two decades (or more?)... hoping I don't get crazy and drink my remaining six bottles in the next 5 years... this could be an ager for sure
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5/20/2020 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 92 Points
This cant be a 2009. So serious and tight, not a fruit bomb at all. Earthy and savory, not a whole lot fruit, but what is there is dark. I would have said 2006 or 2008. I thoro enjoyed this, but it needed a long decant and even then it wasn't eager to please. I would say years and years from peak. Good value here.
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1/28/2020 - rmalloy wrote: 93 Points
Initially, I thought this wine tasted like basic Village-level Burgundy -- pretty, but uninteresting. But with a little air (or, just as likely, more imagination on my part), this wine began charming me. I noticed more and more prominent notes of earth beneath the fruit. Hints of mint. Hints of black truffle. Hints of cinnamon. Pinot, when it's good, is the most alluring of wines, and this is good pinot. Then, it is so delicate on the palate. Comparing to women is no longer socially acceptable. I should compare to Mozart or Renoir.
My sense is that this wine will improve as it ages over the next few years.
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11/4/2019 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points
Red Burgs and Bubbles (The Gage, Chicago IL): The nose is open and giving with a darker take to the fruit with tones of raspberries, dark red cherries, herbs, leather, tobacco, violets, and earth tones. This is well balanced with the fruit still showing a more primary quality that has harmonized well so far. The Medium bodied feel is balanced with crisp, medium+ acidity and youthful, medium+ tannins. This was helped by food as the structure still has some youth to it. This is already starting to show pretty well and there is still plenty of room to grow.
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9/18/2019 - dougie Likes this wine: 92 Points
Poured off a glass and waited an hour. Smooth and balanced. Not the most complex, but beautiful flavors. No tannins or heat. Can wait on other two, but no need.
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7/19/2019 - jyensan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Enjoyed with charcoal grilled chicken and asparagus. Did not decant. Took about a half hour to begin to open up. Light color and opacity. Light bodied initially, but closer to medium 90 minutes in. Nice acidity and complexity. Floral aromas with strawberry and spices. Maybe a bit of cinnamon, wonderful flavors of cherry, strawberry, but of citrus, baking spices and a touch of tea. Much more going on here but too much for me to express. Not really a Burgundy fan but this makes me more so. I’d better get a few more for the cellar.
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6/6/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
saw my note from March '19, this bottle was very similar but just a little less body / oomph than that note suggests -- therefore one point deduction... before seeing that note I was going to remark on how much structure this had relative to fruit (great acidity which I like a lot) ESPECIALLY for an '09.... fine wine, and I suspect I might have enjoyed it more (and it might have been more open / giving) if I'd saved some for day two (or decanted in the AM)... but alas we pounded it!!
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4/21/2019 - ajbergren wrote: 94 Points
Light ruby garnet with medium optical density and very high reflectivity. A tinge of amber on the rim, but just so. Beautiful floral and cherry aromas, with a delicate and sensuous character. The nose also shows is cherry and cherry pit, strawberry, ripe raspberry, rose hips, gravel, and earthy spices. Good complexity and medium intensity. Medium minus body on the palate, with a dancing, light footed texture that is broad and shows integrated tannins. Very lively, and yet in an elegant and graceful way- not in your face, but more of a "catch me if you can"- by the time you think you do, you wonder just how it managed to get away. Still shows fresh acidity (medium or so) with vibrancy, but also is soft and approachable for sure. Flavours of cherry and delicious red fruits on the attack. The intensity is soft yet present, with some sweetness and savoury notes on entry. Shows excellent density and concentration on the front end without any hint of too much. The midpalate evolves to bring on gravel and spices on top of the fruit, but very soft and supportive of the more delicate fruit flavours. Really shows some interesting complexity here, but very very elegant; requires careful consideration! The final transition shows some mouth-watering cherry pit and very light, clean tobacco smoke. Really nice finish with some lingering savoury-sweet fruit, good length, and very much interest-grabbing twist of dusty citrus. So well balanced, it just shows you everything laid bare, and begs for your attention to the various aspects (sweet, savoury, tart, fruit, spice, flowers, juicy tobacco, and aromatic nectar). If you pay attention to one, another might just pass you by. Just classic great wine!
This is showing a bit of age for sure, in a really nice spot. Can age longer I suspect for sure, but really nice at the moment. Has all the class and elegance you could want, with a delicious and just plain gorgeous profile. Gains even more with some air, and provides a pure pleasure to enjoy how ever you find yourself with an open cork of this!
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3/21/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
really good, not surprisingly this was more full bodied than your avg Jadot Ursules, but it also had a mix of fruit (purple) and umami... there was a je ne said quoi about this wine, overall it was luxurious without being cloying or overdone... bravo, and would be interesting to follow for next 20-25 years, happy to have ten more
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2/7/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light red. Strawberry aromas. Lighter weight. Similar lacy strawberry and soil flavors, little in the way of remaining tannins. Curious for the vintage in that it has no hint of surmaturité, and in fact, it is one of the lightest and most airy Clos des Ursules I've ever tried. As far as I can tell, fully mature, which is not the usual aging curve of this wine.
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1/9/2019 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine:
Regrettably I lost my formal notes. This through a lot of people during the blind wine tasting session. Many guessed pinot, but hard to called Beaune. I will try to find and try again.
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11/2/2017 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Very similar notes; the strawberry is evident, and the balance is very fine for the vintage. #B&J
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10/18/2017 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
nice, but no notes
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9/25/2017 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Very young, very tight; the fruit is deep and amble, things to come here. Fine notes of strawberry, fine acidity in the warm vintage. Leave this a couple of years, at least. 91++ point. #Bruun&Hjejle
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7/28/2017 - winemaker Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delicious. Some savory aspects accompanying the red fruits. The acidity here gives it some zip.
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7/27/2017 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
Nice red fruit, cool minerality, damp earth and leaf litter. Delicious and balanced with good depth and a nice finish. Very nicely balanced and restrained for an 09.
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3/17/2017 - MattMauldin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clear ruby color. Fig fruit aromas with full secondary accents of mushroom, smoked paprika, hibiscus, and damp cedar. Opens on the palate with fig and apple skin fruit, medium in its intensity, and spice and earth-driven depth consistent with those on the nose, highlighted by a subtle floral-mineral note. Round and rich density to the mid-palate, with medium acid and silky tannins. Medium finish with saline and savory spice notes. Drinking very well. Very nice.
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2/4/2017 - tb_baltimore Likes this wine: 92 Points
Consistent with other reviewers -- this is drinking very well right now --
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2/27/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
The Verticals Tasting at La Paulée 2015 (Colicchio & Sons, New York): Medium red. The best of the 3 Ursules with gentle ripe cherries and earth. Pretty accessible now.
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12/4/2014 - Drankard wrote: 90 Points
One the few 2009s that I have found that is very open at this stage, fruit forward and one I would not cellar. Not a big, powerful Beaune but sweet, classy old vine fruit marked by concentrated, lush black cherry and plum flavor that that possesses good detail. I expected a little more from this wine but nonetheless, a nice wine to enjoy over the next 5 years.
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7/4/2014 - ddahl Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great fruit, but not overpowering. Decanting opened up the flavor even more. Could drink now or age a few more years for deeper flavors.
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6/25/2014 - Pacalet Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark red in color, initially lots of bubble gum and cotton candy. Poured into a decanter for an hour things got better, ripe dark red fruit nose with cherries. Medium plus palate that is still tight, ripe but not overly ripe, with white wine like minerals in the finish. Will be v good in at least 5years plus.
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4/21/2014 - jnewman77 wrote:
A tasty, ripe example of Burgundy. I may have actually guessed this to be a balanced Santa Cruz pinot blind. It has lots of ripe cherry and raspberry fruit with some baking spice and earth hints. The palate is forward and ripe yet not overdone and stays together well enough. This should definitely continue to improve with time.
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12/15/2013 - jnewman77 wrote:
Nice wine. Fruit dominates the bouquet with black cherry, raspberry, and red currants. There are some hints of damp earth under this. The palate is again fruit forward and very pleasing. There are well integrated tannins that don't show very much and nice acidity. Finishes a little short. Overall this is a fairly good Burgundy.
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12/14/2013 - joekroe Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very fruity (cherry, plum, blackberry) with moderate acidity. The tannins are surprisingly soft at this point. Enjoyable wine that would be enjoyed on its own or with more delicate foods.
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9/10/2013 - ghood wrote: 92 Points
92+. Very good, very young. Not unappealing now, showing '09's relative forwardness, but will surely get better in the cellar.
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2/19/2013 - paolonardi Likes this wine:
Borgogna: fiori secchi e gelatina di frutta, vino che va cercato. Si intuisce quasi il tannino dal naso. tannino perfettamente cesellato. vino che chiama il cibo. Bono!
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2/8/2013 - Billigan wrote:
The first hour, the wine was tight, acidic, lean, and funky, but just like that, it snapped into place, with a lovely, deep red fruit and mineral palate. Withholding judgement as this clearly needed a few (if not several) more years in bottle to unwind, but it most definitely has the goods.
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9/27/2012 - smcilhen wrote:
Best of the Best Tasting (Binny's Lincoln Park): Very good acidity....a food wine for sure.
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8/22/2012 - Rechrom wrote: 93 Points
Very open for business. Deep fruit, primary, great balance.
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6/14/2012 - ashegedyn wrote:
Kevin Zraly and Jacques Lardiere tasting at Sherry-Lehmann June 14th, 2012; 6/14/2012-6/16/2012: (Kevin Zraly wine tasting with Jacques Lardiere) Closed nose, some cherry, more primary. On taste very tannic, light fruit, un-balanced. Some minerality, white pepper, awkward. Someone said it was drinkable now but I would disagree. This really needs lots of time to be ready to drink. Only open for educational purposes.
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5/21/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 93 Points
Pretty wild at first, with almond-like aromas followed by a palate of rich, sappy fruit and a dark, gravelly minerality on the back end. Doesn't take long before the profile segues to more primary fruit elements, but it still has great sap and grip and the mineral elements persist. Tough to choose a favorite between this and the 2008, and they ought to make for an interesting comparison one day. This might show more things going on than the '08 did on release but they seem to be built out of similarly rich material.
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5/2/2012 - europat55 wrote:
2009 Burgundy Soiree (Thomas Fogarthy Winery): Bretty, spicy, fruity nose (A/A+) Soft, but still tannic palate (B)
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4/8/2012 - JOsgood wrote: 92 Points
Quite impressive now and has the stuffing to age. Great mid palate and acidity.
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3/20/2012 - WillersC wrote: 91 Points
Very pretty red fruits although showing a litle simple at present. Lovely wine, very elegant and classy with a great finish. Should age gracefully.
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2/12/2012 - SanFranSoxFan04 Likes this wine: 91 Points
PWTG California Pinot Noir Tasting (Wine Bank, Menlo Park): Blind flight of 5 CA Pinots and 1 Burg. Group's #5 wine, My #2.
Light color. Caramel aromas, nutty and espresso flavors, some wintergreen.
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2/3/2012 - DDS wine lover Likes this wine: 89 Points
Weak nose. Not able to distinguish fruit. Delicate. Smooth. Light. Light in color. Opened up a little with time in the decanter, but still not as good as I had anticipated.
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