Sunday Night - pork and Shaun of the Dead: Enjoyed with char siu, dumplings and Shaun of the Dead. Super fragrant - maybe more than other bottles, or maybe my nose is just working overtime tonight. Savoury, just a hint of sourness at the back. Such wonderfully lovely stuff. I find it annoying when people use the word "juice" to describe wine but...in this case it somehow seems appropriate - there is something of the sense of natural bounty here.
I do, though, sometimes I think I fall into the trap of thinking "what joy this brings for a humble villages burg" - just looked at what it would cost me to buy more of these and...wowza - two bottles of this will get you a bottle of Ridge Monte Bello (plus a kebab to eat with it)
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Friday Night Dinner (The leafy West London suburbs): Went down very well. Was pulled into action quickly after a different wine smelled too much like the back end of a horse. Delicious from the first sip to the last. I don’t think you can say this punches above its villages weight, more that there is nothing there that shouldn’t be. None of the cherry sourness I’ve had from previous bottles - which I suspect may be a factor of the food rather than the wine - but all the kind of wild strawberry and savoury delciousness I associate with this producer.
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Opened for 1 hour before drinking and drank over 3 hours. Top quality for a village. Sweet nose of cherries and red berries, with a mild hint of chocolate and leathery flavours as the wine starts to open up. A little bit weak on the palate with a short finish and starts to fade out as the night ends.
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End of the May weekend: All too easy to drink. There's a non-sweet sweetness to it that makes it strangely attractive - a character I often get from Jouan's wines. The nose was brambly, some red fruits, just a hint of substance to it. Could sit and smell this for hours. On the palate - what's to say - everything burgundy should be. Savoury, some red fruits and it keeps going. Went excellently with roast chicken and loud children.
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I give this a 92 but it's a really good 92. Considering this is a village wine, it is terrific; it could easily pass for a 1er cru if tasted blind. I was particularly struck by the bouquet on opening the bottle, cherry and raspberry aromas jumped out of the bottle. Similar fruit in the mouth, decent finish. Light body, maybe a tad rustic, but very satisfying in the mouth. Given that the bouquet is still primarily fruit, I'd guess that this could continue to improve for several more years, despite its supposedly undistinguished pedigree. Because I love fully mature burgundies best, I will hold for another three years until I try another bottle, but that's just me -- it's certainly ready to drink and will give pleasure now.
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Sharper and harder than the 2012, but this too shows fresh raspberry and earth fruit, and it deepens in the glass. Lovely now and I guess this will go on and on getting softer and deeper.
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Drank this way to early, but it was stunning. Bursting with cool, crystalline, wild red berry fruit and laden with lavender, flowers, forest floor, and savory spice. Medium bodied, elegant, and superbly balanced with excellent tart red berry acidity. Surprisingly open at the moment, and has so much promise in the cellar. Drink or hold.
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Taste: Medium bodied with refreshing medium+ acidity and silky tannins. The structure is a bit sneaky, but there are very polished tones of dark red fruits, spice tones, red florals, and red cherries.
Overall: This was a very pretty wine. It actually tightened up with air, but still showed good class to it as well.
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Oh, this is good. Complex, elegant, understated and astounding quality for 'village' wine. Pure red fruits, earth, floral elements and gentle herbal notes coming together seamlessly on a polished frame with barely any sense of weight and wonderful balance.
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Very brief notes on another night of excess (at Salil's): Very pretty, seductive floral and red fruit nose, especially after a few hours of air. Silky mouthfeel. Good acidity, integrated tannins; sour cherry. No shame opening these now, as the nose with a few hours of air is worth the price of admission. A Village wine? Nice! ++
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5/2/2022 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Sunday Night - pork and Shaun of the Dead: Enjoyed with char siu, dumplings and Shaun of the Dead. Super fragrant - maybe more than other bottles, or maybe my nose is just working overtime tonight. Savoury, just a hint of sourness at the back. Such wonderfully lovely stuff. I find it annoying when people use the word "juice" to describe wine but...in this case it somehow seems appropriate - there is something of the sense of natural bounty here.
I do, though, sometimes I think I fall into the trap of thinking "what joy this brings for a humble villages burg" - just looked at what it would cost me to buy more of these and...wowza - two bottles of this will get you a bottle of Ridge Monte Bello (plus a kebab to eat with it)
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4/16/2022 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Friday Night Dinner (The leafy West London suburbs): Went down very well. Was pulled into action quickly after a different wine smelled too much like the back end of a horse. Delicious from the first sip to the last. I don’t think you can say this punches above its villages weight, more that there is nothing there that shouldn’t be. None of the cherry sourness I’ve had from previous bottles - which I suspect may be a factor of the food rather than the wine - but all the kind of wild strawberry and savoury delciousness I associate with this producer.
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4/16/2022 - clementwolf wrote: 92 Points
Opened for 1 hour before drinking and drank over 3 hours. Top quality for a village. Sweet nose of cherries and red berries, with a mild hint of chocolate and leathery flavours as the wine starts to open up. A little bit weak on the palate with a short finish and starts to fade out as the night ends.
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11/15/2021 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Lovely. Hint of sour cherry. Red fruits. Really super for a villages wine. Went down well with roast pork and what we do in the shadows.
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5/10/2021 - lozatron Likes this wine:
End of the May weekend: All too easy to drink. There's a non-sweet sweetness to it that makes it strangely attractive - a character I often get from Jouan's wines. The nose was brambly, some red fruits, just a hint of substance to it. Could sit and smell this for hours. On the palate - what's to say - everything burgundy should be. Savoury, some red fruits and it keeps going. Went excellently with roast chicken and loud children.
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3/21/2021 - Karl Kellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
I give this a 92 but it's a really good 92. Considering this is a village wine, it is terrific; it could easily pass for a 1er cru if tasted blind. I was particularly struck by the bouquet on opening the bottle, cherry and raspberry aromas jumped out of the bottle. Similar fruit in the mouth, decent finish. Light body, maybe a tad rustic, but very satisfying in the mouth. Given that the bouquet is still primarily fruit, I'd guess that this could continue to improve for several more years, despite its supposedly undistinguished pedigree. Because I love fully mature burgundies best, I will hold for another three years until I try another bottle, but that's just me -- it's certainly ready to drink and will give pleasure now.
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12/25/2020 - SixHedgehogs Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep red, curranty aroma, lovely dusty red currant and prune flavour. Mellow
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2/28/2018 - Rupert wrote:
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2/11/2017 - Rupert wrote: 91 Points
After the Tollot Beaut, this had a bit more power and dimension - but both are beauties.
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1/31/2017 - Rupert wrote: 91 Points
Pale, bright, red fruits, and earth, great energy - leaner than the spectacular 12, but lovely nevertheless
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5/12/2015 - Rupert wrote: 92 Points
Sharper and harder than the 2012, but this too shows fresh raspberry and earth fruit, and it deepens in the glass. Lovely now and I guess this will go on and on getting softer and deeper.
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4/6/2014 - Rob and Meg wrote: 93 Points
Drank this way to early, but it was stunning. Bursting with cool, crystalline, wild red berry fruit and laden with lavender, flowers, forest floor, and savory spice. Medium bodied, elegant, and superbly balanced with excellent tart red berry acidity. Surprisingly open at the moment, and has so much promise in the cellar. Drink or hold.
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3/29/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
Friday Domaine Tasting- 09 and 10 Red and White Burgundies (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): Nose: Very fragrant and hi-toned with fresh tones of dark red fruits, fresh picked berries, spice tones, red florals, and red cherries. There is nice depth for a village wine with very good balance too.
Taste: Medium bodied with refreshing medium+ acidity and silky tannins. The structure is a bit sneaky, but there are very polished tones of dark red fruits, spice tones, red florals, and red cherries.
Overall: This was a very pretty wine. It actually tightened up with air, but still showed good class to it as well.
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3/29/2013 - tooch wrote: 81 Points
Final Friday at Domaine (Domaine Wine Storage - Chicago, IL): I was pretty shocked by how sweet this was was. This producer is usually more understated and lithe, but this was just sugary and ripe. Wasn't much of a fan.
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11/11/2012 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Oh, this is good. Complex, elegant, understated and astounding quality for 'village' wine. Pure red fruits, earth, floral elements and gentle herbal notes coming together seamlessly on a polished frame with barely any sense of weight and wonderful balance.
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11/11/2012 - indiscriminate palate wrote:
Very brief notes on another night of excess (at Salil's): Very pretty, seductive floral and red fruit nose, especially after a few hours of air. Silky mouthfeel. Good acidity, integrated tannins; sour cherry. No shame opening these now, as the nose with a few hours of air is worth the price of admission. A Village wine? Nice! ++
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