This is the best Clos de Tart I've had and probably will be the best Morey I will ever drink. Blown away from the nose. Wild brambles on the balanced palate. Lucky for this evening. 05 worth holding.
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Beautiful, floral nose with baking spices, red cherries, and plenty of depth despite the youthful and still quite primary flavor profile. Well structured but not overly tannic palate with nice acidity, more red cherry flavors, strawberries, and just a hint of forest notes. Long finish. Fantastic wine that will be even better in another 10 years.
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my only bottle (sadly), this was a very nice burg, with depth and yet lifted... umami on the palate along side blue fruit... delicious (as it should be for the $375 I paid a while back... couldn't help notice the bottling is now going for $750 on WineSearcher)
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Rouge rubis, nez sur la mure fraiche, un peu de thym, petite touche florale, très expressif. En bouche, le vin présente une belle minéralité ainsi qu'une belle richesse. Camerise , cassis, Un GC assez structuré mais a la fois élégant qui peut tenir la route encore quelques années sans problème. Grand vin ce Clos de Tart 2005 !
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I have little experience with high end Burgundy wines, preferring Bourdeau or Napa styles. The 2004 Clos de Tart was very mellow...almost boring. Easy and ready to drink. Went very well with a roast dall sheep saddle.
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Beautiful dark cherry, spice, and coffee nose, intense in the mouth, underlying earthiness and herb notes, with beautiful tannins, and lingering mouthfeel.
Wine Group Dinner #176, Harvey's Restaurant, Brisbane. 2005 Grand Cru ( Ex-Gevrey ) Burgundy Dinner. (Harvey's Restaurant, James St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.): Wine Group Dinner #176, Harvey's Restaurant, Brisbane. 2005 Grand Cru Burgundy Dinner. Unfortunately the Clos de Tart did not live up to expectations tonight with a dense dark cherry colour and savoury lifted nose of dark cherry, blackberry, tilled loam and some spice but marred initially by some VA characters. The palate was quite dense and closed giving up little on the night. While the structure was all there it was very tightly packed and with the nose it all left me wondering whether it needed time or whether this was simply an unrepresentative bottle.
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Bu après le Cheval Blanc. A lire les autres commentaires, il semble hélas qu'il y avait un léger goût de bouchon que j'attribue peut-être à la mauvaise filtration lorsque quelques fragments de liège sont hélas tombés dans le vin lors de l'ouverture...
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2005 Clos de Tart. Not your typical Pinot Noir, not your typical Burgundy. Purple, extracted, youthful looking. Gorgeous, effusive nose of plums, cassis, fruit cake, and baking spices. Full bodied with plush ripe tannins, this drink very well with 2 hours in a decanter which I highly recommend as this was rather tight on initial opening. I drank this beauty from barrel in 2006 at the Grand Jour de Bourgogne and it was my wine of the trip after tasting hundreds of Burgundies, bought quite a few on release with no regrets. At 15 this is just starting to come into maturity but I think this will continue to drink well for another 15 years no problem, such is the power, concentration, and balance of this beauty. No longer true infanticide to open one now though either. Had this at a friends dinner alongside 1990 Jaboulet La Chapelle (RP 100), and a 1990 and 1998 Beaucastel and this was consensus WOTN. I'd give it a 96+.
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{Poured by DE from a Double Mag after our Confrerie's Richebourg tasting so we would not suffer from a lack of wine during dinner. (!) Waxed capsule, perfect fill} In this format, very dense and unresolved wine. Still very tight, and over the following 90 minutes it remained so. Dark fruits, not yet displaying any of the fireworks aromatics I associate with Clos de Tart. Needs 20 years in this format. Based on structure and prior bottles this is likely to be a 95 point wine but for now, it remains (in this format) still hidden.
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Stewed. If I tasted this blind I would say Aussie Shiraz and a mid level one at that and past it’s prime. Gonna sell the rest. This isnt going to turn around. Unlike any other clos du tart I’ve had before.
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Clos de Tart Dinner (Tocqueville): Dark, closed, brooding, even a little stewed. Licorice and tar. Not pretty right now. Medicinal. Not a fair comparison but this is miles off of the Mugnier Musigny last night. Palate is shut down too. Completely. Over extracted. Just looking at the glasses you can see a huge difference in colour. Don't like this and struggle to see the upside. Feels like a miss...
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Clos de Tart Horizontal Blind Tasting (Extra Space): Tasted blind. First round poured from bottle and second round from decanter over 2 hours. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Colour pale but definitively darker colour than the 2008 Clos de Tart. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of earth, black cherries, dark red cherries, spice, some funky undergrowth. Nose closes up and open ups periodically. Tight. Better with more air in the decanter. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (14%), firm medium+ tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, sweet earth, mushrooms, black cherries, dark red cherries, ripe stems, some savoury meat, spice. Long finish. Outstandingly good quality. Lots of fine balance in this bottle. Still some more age required to unlock its full potential. Grand Cru weight and finesse. Clearly a ripe good vintage. Correctly identified as a Clos de Tart. Will surge to 96 points when the time is right.
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Quite a bit darker than the 2011 Rousseau Clos St Jacques it paired with. More masculine to the Rousseau's lightness and femininity, with deep, darker cherry fruit, a pomegranate note buried in there, plenty of power and verve. Still young, but quite drinkable, and utterly delicious. Fabulous.
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Popped and let it sit in the decanter for about 5 hours. it was pretty nice when first popped, but coming back to it later it mellowed considerably and was amazing with more complexity showing itself. Outstanding nose, palate, and lengthy finish.
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DRC RSV & Other '02 Red Burgs at The Kenwood (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. Funny - my experience is very similar to the bottle 18 months ago and I have to echo Chablis28 again. While I found this fun to drink, I couldn't help be struck by how little it had moved and how much time this needs to show its full color. Big, full bodied, deep and layered, anise, black fruits, vanilla, oak, firm tannins, but the savory core on the palate resonates. Needs 5 to 10 years still.
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Tasted this 18 months ago thanks to Steve O and delighted to drink it again. A fascinating study in balance, delicate red fruit, spice, earth and ethereal elegance. Still need a good 5yrs plus before this really shows it layers and rocks big time. Lovely and fun now but need to bury these for the future if you have more of them. 93 plus
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Whoa... Everything that's always been true about this wine was true in this bottle... But better integrated, softer, less sauvage. More later but thus is a wine I'm very glad I have a few more bottles of!
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Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (La Belle Vie, Mpls): I can't add much more than Chablis28 and I agree with the comment that it is pretty tightly wound. The few things I wrote down were muted nose, raspberry, leather, and LONG. 93(+)pts.
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My good fortune to get a taste of this one thanks to Steve. Right now, as you'd expect this is still very tightly wound, relatively closed and years from its true drinking window. If you own 3 or less of these don't touch them until 2020+. I think this will truly be rocking around 2025-2030. Right now can't say it delivers much pleasure. The oak is in good check but the structure is out in front of the fruit and much is hidden at this point. I hoping someone pours me some of this in 2020 though! I heard it had been decanted for a couple hours too. With much more time, this could reach Burgundy perfection as you sense its power and depth.
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Likely better in 5+ years time, though fantastic now. Extraordinarily well-balanced. Tinge of heat on the nose, but nothing to worry about. Great mouthfeel. Fantastic mix of still-vibrant fruit and emerging secondary components. Excellent stuff and easily the most pleasing CdT that we've had for some time, regardless of vintage.
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Probably the best Clos de Tart in today's vertical tasting. Good nose. Notes of dark berry, spice wood, and wet earth. Sweet and smooth tannins. Long with good acidity level. No hint of alcohol. Good structure and complexity. Yum! 94-95 pts
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Served double blind and this was mighty tasty stuff. Lots of concentration and extraction, still rather primary but very well balanced and with a good sappy mouth filling texture. Definitely hedonistic and ripe, a curvy silhouetted, classy young lass... that said, it stays focused and it never looses it's identity. This will be a fun wine to follow as it evolves. Thank you Mitch !
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Deep color. Massive structure. Not at all closed down at this time but it is very premature to drink (although highly enjoyable). It's going to be huge.
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King of vintages. 2005 is magical and always the best wine in any Burgundy vertical. This Clos de Tart is close to perfect. Massive structure, perfect acidity, divine fruit, all in absolut balance. This magnum lasted all night and kept improving. Grand Vin.
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Lovely perfumed nose with deep red fruit. Perfect structure in the mouth. A strawberry explosion that goes on forever. Can this be the best Clos de Tart ever made?
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Tasted in a line-up of vintages 09, 08, 05, 02, 00. Just at the point of turning, evolving. You can start to see the excellence of the vintage, with balance, power, great structure, fruit and heady notes. Can drink now, but given the potential that the 02 and 00 showed, I would wait till the 10 yr mark min to open this. Great note shown on the wine page in the "professional tasting history" section by Bill Nason, "Deep colour. Very tight aromas with dark, creamily oaked fruit notes at the core, slowly releasing raspberry notes. A little prickly carbon dioxide then tongue saturating flavours of coffee and roast nuts. Lots of structure, but balance too. As it loses the CO2 it becomes close to a complete wine." Pretty much my same impression, minus the CO2. The wine had been open for a while, and also in the glass for a while, so didn't notice this.
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Clos de tarts and Vintage Madeira Tasting at John V.'s: An impressive wine and not totally shut down as many 05's are. Pretty purple ruby in color. The nose is tight with cherries and powdered cherries. Sweet and balanced. Lots of cherries. Very deep, with most of the flavors lurking just a bit to deep to quite pick out. Like looking into the ocean from a pier, you just can't quite make out what is swimming at the bottom. But it is obvious there is something there. In the end, this will be the best wine (93-95), but for tonight, it still provides plenty of pleasure.
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Pas trop marqué par le bois, j’ai étrangement moins aimé que le 2004. Du pinot bien mur et massif, qui ne fait pas dans la dentelle. M’est apparu comme un vin qui veut trop en faire, sans dégager de réelle magie, quoiqu’objectivement on ne puisse nier qu’il soit bien fait. Mais à ce prix on s’attend à plus.
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Ridiculously young and behaving like a barrel sample just prior to bottling. Super powerful red and dark fruits are underpinned by some spicy oak. It is a big, dense monster that explodes in the mouth but is not too heavy. Way too young but one can get a glimpse of the harnessed power and a bit of a sense of how good it may be in several decades.
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Clos de Tart and Clos de Lambrays with Anthony Hanson MW (Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London): Deep ruby, narrow pale purple rim. Nose shows ripe, darker purple fruit, vanilla. Very intense, slightly smoky with just a hint of sauvage complexity about it already. Fuller, riper and richer than the Lambrays on the palate, a fair amount of oak but there is plenty of fruit here as well as mouth-coating, dense tannins, but it all seems in balance with electric acidity carrying a mouth-coating, exceptionally long, smooth finish. Lovely, and certainly one for the long term. WOTN ***(**).
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Uncorked DK tasting: 2005 Burgundy (Karlebo Kro): Tight nose of extremely dark fruits. In the mouth this is tight, yet intense, with a high level of acidity and frightingly dark and concentrated fruit. Also minerals that seems to cut like a bullit. Still seems to hold everything in balance. Probably a bit closed, but what a beast. Best "value" of the evening. Group average: 96.1.
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Tasted twice in the last month. This is absolutely fantastic stuff. Deep, gorgeously fruited nose of blue-black fruit, with substantial underlying structure. Fantastic balance for such a big wine. I would suspect this will have a very long life... A knock-out.
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1/21/2024 - Dan_K wrote: 95 Points
This is the best Clos de Tart I've had and probably will be the best Morey I will ever drink. Blown away from the nose. Wild brambles on the balanced palate. Lucky for this evening. 05 worth holding.
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5/26/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Too rich, lacking a bit of freshness, suffering from the late picking era.
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12/24/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Beautiful, floral nose with baking spices, red cherries, and plenty of depth despite the youthful and still quite primary flavor profile. Well structured but not overly tannic palate with nice acidity, more red cherry flavors, strawberries, and just a hint of forest notes. Long finish. Fantastic wine that will be even better in another 10 years.
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8/4/2022 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 94 Points
my only bottle (sadly), this was a very nice burg, with depth and yet lifted... umami on the palate along side blue fruit... delicious (as it should be for the $375 I paid a while back... couldn't help notice the bottling is now going for $750 on WineSearcher)
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6/15/2022 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 95 Points
Rouge rubis, nez sur la mure fraiche, un peu de thym, petite touche florale, très expressif. En bouche, le vin présente une belle minéralité ainsi qu'une belle richesse. Camerise , cassis, Un GC assez structuré mais a la fois élégant qui peut tenir la route encore quelques années sans problème. Grand vin ce Clos de Tart 2005 !
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2/20/2022 - MJReb wrote: 94 Points
Chez JPL: A wonderful mix of red and black fruit, harmonious, well balanced. In a perfect shape tonight.
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12/21/2021 - rttpv wrote: 90 Points
Ultra fin, mais nez un peu trop marqué par légère madérisation
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11/12/2020 - yukoner Likes this wine: 93 Points
I have little experience with high end Burgundy wines, preferring Bourdeau or Napa styles. The 2004 Clos de Tart was very mellow...almost boring. Easy and ready to drink. Went very well with a roast dall sheep saddle.
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11/7/2020 - Doctor Koulodare Likes this wine: 98 Points
Beautiful dark cherry, spice, and coffee nose, intense in the mouth, underlying earthiness and herb notes, with beautiful tannins, and lingering mouthfeel.
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10/10/2020 - Miceri Likes this wine: 96 Points
Dark red; dark fruit nose, some tobacco, licorice; mild and rounded with good depth, some black pepper, long aftertaste; nice and gentle
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7/29/2020 - drjb Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wine Group Dinner #176, Harvey's Restaurant, Brisbane. 2005 Grand Cru ( Ex-Gevrey ) Burgundy Dinner. (Harvey's Restaurant, James St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.): Wine Group Dinner #176, Harvey's Restaurant, Brisbane. 2005 Grand Cru Burgundy Dinner. Unfortunately the Clos de Tart did not live up to expectations tonight with a dense dark cherry colour and savoury lifted nose of dark cherry, blackberry, tilled loam and some spice but marred initially by some VA characters. The palate was quite dense and closed giving up little on the night. While the structure was all there it was very tightly packed and with the nose it all left me wondering whether it needed time or whether this was simply an unrepresentative bottle.
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5/23/2020 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
excellent wine in the making here, but as all GC 2005 this is still tight.
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5/8/2020 - rttpv wrote: 90 Points
Bu après le Cheval Blanc. A lire les autres commentaires, il semble hélas qu'il y avait un léger goût de bouchon que j'attribue peut-être à la mauvaise filtration lorsque quelques fragments de liège sont hélas tombés dans le vin lors de l'ouverture...
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2/23/2020 - MJReb wrote: 93 Points
Chez JPL: cherries, still too young, very good, the note is a potential one, I would wait at least 5 years.
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1/18/2020 - Burgundy Mitch Likes this wine: 96 Points
2005 Clos de Tart. Not your typical Pinot Noir, not your typical Burgundy. Purple, extracted, youthful looking. Gorgeous, effusive nose of plums, cassis, fruit cake, and baking spices. Full bodied with plush ripe tannins, this drink very well with 2 hours in a decanter which I highly recommend as this was rather tight on initial opening. I drank this beauty from barrel in 2006 at the Grand Jour de Bourgogne and it was my wine of the trip after tasting hundreds of Burgundies, bought quite a few on release with no regrets. At 15 this is just starting to come into maturity but I think this will continue to drink well for another 15 years no problem, such is the power, concentration, and balance of this beauty. No longer true infanticide to open one now though either. Had this at a friends dinner alongside 1990 Jaboulet La Chapelle (RP 100), and a 1990 and 1998 Beaucastel and this was consensus WOTN. I'd give it a 96+.
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11/22/2019 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points
{Poured by DE from a Double Mag after our Confrerie's Richebourg tasting so we would not suffer from a lack of wine during dinner. (!) Waxed capsule, perfect fill} In this format, very dense and unresolved wine. Still very tight, and over the following 90 minutes it remained so. Dark fruits, not yet displaying any of the fireworks aromatics I associate with Clos de Tart. Needs 20 years in this format. Based on structure and prior bottles this is likely to be a 95 point wine but for now, it remains (in this format) still hidden.
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11/2/2019 - jpbach13C Does not like this wine: 83 Points
Stewed. If I tasted this blind I would say Aussie Shiraz and a mid level one at that and past it’s prime. Gonna sell the rest. This isnt going to turn around. Unlike any other clos du tart I’ve had before.
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2/1/2019 - hprphf wrote:
Acker 2019/02 (Vaucluse): From magnum. Second time and confirmed previous rating.
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12/28/2018 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
Still searingly oaky with sweet jammy fruit. Both elements mellow out some with time in the glass but then the structure gets more ragged. Hold
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11/17/2018 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Acker 2018/11 (Marea): From Jeroboam. Cherry, caramel, vanilla, earth. Good balance and straight finish. 93
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10/28/2018 - rttpv wrote: 91 Points
quelques bulles
ultra fin et équilibré avec tabac (un très léger twist un peu bizarre humide), tabac caramel groseille
Une impression globale très agréable
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4/27/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 89 Points
Clos de Tart Dinner (Tocqueville): Dark, closed, brooding, even a little stewed. Licorice and tar. Not pretty right now. Medicinal. Not a fair comparison but this is miles off of the Mugnier Musigny last night. Palate is shut down too. Completely. Over extracted. Just looking at the glasses you can see a huge difference in colour. Don't like this and struggle to see the upside. Feels like a miss...
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12/6/2017 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 95 Points
Clos de Tart Horizontal Blind Tasting (Extra Space): Tasted blind. First round poured from bottle and second round from decanter over 2 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Colour pale but definitively darker colour than the 2008 Clos de Tart.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of earth, black cherries, dark red cherries, spice, some funky undergrowth. Nose closes up and open ups periodically. Tight. Better with more air in the decanter.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (14%), firm medium+ tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, sweet earth, mushrooms, black cherries, dark red cherries, ripe stems, some savoury meat, spice. Long finish.
Outstandingly good quality. Lots of fine balance in this bottle. Still some more age required to unlock its full potential. Grand Cru weight and finesse. Clearly a ripe good vintage. Correctly identified as a Clos de Tart. Will surge to 96 points when the time is right.
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11/1/2017 - alanr wrote: 95 Points
Quite a bit darker than the 2011 Rousseau Clos St Jacques it paired with. More masculine to the Rousseau's lightness and femininity, with deep, darker cherry fruit, a pomegranate note buried in there, plenty of power and verve. Still young, but quite drinkable, and utterly delicious. Fabulous.
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10/28/2017 - King Julien wrote: 96 Points
Popped and let it sit in the decanter for about 5 hours. it was pretty nice when first popped, but coming back to it later it mellowed considerably and was amazing with more complexity showing itself. Outstanding nose, palate, and lengthy finish.
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11/8/2016 - rougevin wrote: 88 Points
Ripe, dark fruit, lots of wood, medicinal notes, massively concentrated. Certainly well made and it needs age, but I doubt I'll ever be a fan.
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6/21/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
DRC RSV & Other '02 Red Burgs at The Kenwood (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. Funny - my experience is very similar to the bottle 18 months ago and I have to echo Chablis28 again. While I found this fun to drink, I couldn't help be struck by how little it had moved and how much time this needs to show its full color. Big, full bodied, deep and layered, anise, black fruits, vanilla, oak, firm tannins, but the savory core on the palate resonates. Needs 5 to 10 years still.
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6/21/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Tasted this 18 months ago thanks to Steve O and delighted to drink it again. A fascinating study in balance, delicate red fruit, spice, earth and ethereal elegance. Still need a good 5yrs plus before this really shows it layers and rocks big time. Lovely and fun now but need to bury these for the future if you have more of them. 93 plus
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2/15/2016 - reaston Likes this wine: 95 Points
A great wine
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1/21/2016 - pablopilot Likes this wine: 97 Points
Whoa... Everything that's always been true about this wine was true in this bottle... But better integrated, softer, less sauvage. More later but thus is a wine I'm very glad I have a few more bottles of!
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12/6/2014 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (La Belle Vie, Mpls): I can't add much more than Chablis28 and I agree with the comment that it is pretty tightly wound. The few things I wrote down were muted nose, raspberry, leather, and LONG. 93(+)pts.
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12/6/2014 - pablopilot Likes this wine: 95 Points
A little bit of chalkiness, very fine tannin and some chunky redness. Very Clos de Tart...
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12/6/2014 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
My good fortune to get a taste of this one thanks to Steve. Right now, as you'd expect this is still very tightly wound, relatively closed and years from its true drinking window. If you own 3 or less of these don't touch them until 2020+. I think this will truly be rocking around 2025-2030. Right now can't say it delivers much pleasure. The oak is in good check but the structure is out in front of the fruit and much is hidden at this point. I hoping someone pours me some of this in 2020 though! I heard it had been decanted for a couple hours too. With much more time, this could reach Burgundy perfection as you sense its power and depth.
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6/23/2013 - Sycamore wrote: 94 Points
Likely better in 5+ years time, though fantastic now. Extraordinarily well-balanced. Tinge of heat on the nose, but nothing to worry about. Great mouthfeel. Fantastic mix of still-vibrant fruit and emerging secondary components. Excellent stuff and easily the most pleasing CdT that we've had for some time, regardless of vintage.
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3/12/2013 - pclin wrote: 95 Points
Probably the best Clos de Tart in today's vertical tasting. Good nose. Notes of dark berry, spice wood, and wet earth. Sweet and smooth tannins. Long with good acidity level. No hint of alcohol. Good structure and complexity. Yum! 94-95 pts
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8/18/2012 - bon vivant wrote:
Served double blind and this was mighty tasty stuff. Lots of concentration and extraction, still rather primary but very well balanced and with a good sappy mouth filling texture. Definitely hedonistic and ripe, a curvy silhouetted, classy young lass... that said, it stays focused and it never looses it's identity. This will be a fun wine to follow as it evolves. Thank you Mitch !
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3/26/2012 - eromer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep color. Massive structure. Not at all closed down at this time but it is very premature to drink (although highly enjoyable).
It's going to be huge.
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3/22/2012 - samil wrote:
good potential, but too young to drink. It was a mistake to open these bottles at this time.
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3/16/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 97 Points
King of vintages. 2005 is magical and always the best wine in any Burgundy vertical. This Clos de Tart is close to perfect. Massive structure, perfect acidity, divine fruit, all in absolut balance. This magnum lasted all night and kept improving. Grand Vin.
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3/16/2012 - St Paul wrote: 97 Points
Lovely perfumed nose with deep red fruit. Perfect structure in the mouth. A strawberry explosion that goes on forever. Can this be the best Clos de Tart ever made?
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2/12/2012 - gnosis wrote:
Tasted in a line-up of vintages 09, 08, 05, 02, 00. Just at the point of turning, evolving. You can start to see the excellence of the vintage, with balance, power, great structure, fruit and heady notes. Can drink now, but given the potential that the 02 and 00 showed, I would wait till the 10 yr mark min to open this. Great note shown on the wine page in the "professional tasting history" section by Bill Nason, "Deep colour. Very tight aromas with dark, creamily oaked fruit notes at the core, slowly releasing raspberry notes. A little prickly carbon dioxide then tongue saturating flavours of coffee and roast nuts. Lots of structure, but balance too. As it loses the CO2 it becomes close to a complete wine." Pretty much my same impression, minus the CO2. The wine had been open for a while, and also in the glass for a while, so didn't notice this.
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11/12/2009 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 92 Points
Clos de tarts and Vintage Madeira Tasting at John V.'s: An impressive wine and not totally shut down as many 05's are. Pretty purple ruby in color. The nose is tight with cherries and powdered cherries. Sweet and balanced. Lots of cherries. Very deep, with most of the flavors lurking just a bit to deep to quite pick out. Like looking into the ocean from a pier, you just can't quite make out what is swimming at the bottom. But it is obvious there is something there. In the end, this will be the best wine (93-95), but for tonight, it still provides plenty of pleasure.
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10/9/2009 - ludwigbpm wrote: 93 Points
Pas trop marqué par le bois, j’ai étrangement moins aimé que le 2004. Du pinot bien mur et massif, qui ne fait pas dans la dentelle. M’est apparu comme un vin qui veut trop en faire, sans dégager de réelle magie, quoiqu’objectivement on ne puisse nier qu’il soit bien fait. Mais à ce prix on s’attend à plus.
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9/9/2009 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Ridiculously young and behaving like a barrel sample just prior to bottling. Super powerful red and dark fruits are underpinned by some spicy oak. It is a big, dense monster that explodes in the mouth but is not too heavy. Way too young but one can get a glimpse of the harnessed power and a bit of a sense of how good it may be in several decades.
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10/21/2008 - Paul D wrote:
Clos de Tart and Clos de Lambrays with Anthony Hanson MW (Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London): Deep ruby, narrow pale purple rim. Nose shows ripe, darker purple fruit, vanilla. Very intense, slightly smoky with just a hint of sauvage complexity about it already. Fuller, riper and richer than the Lambrays on the palate, a fair amount of oak but there is plenty of fruit here as well as mouth-coating, dense tannins, but it all seems in balance with electric acidity carrying a mouth-coating, exceptionally long, smooth finish. Lovely, and certainly one for the long term. WOTN ***(**).
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2/29/2008 - gorm wrote: 96 Points
Uncorked DK tasting: 2005 Burgundy (Karlebo Kro): Tight nose of extremely dark fruits. In the mouth this is tight, yet intense, with a high level of acidity and frightingly dark and concentrated fruit. Also minerals that seems to cut like a bullit. Still seems to hold everything in balance. Probably a bit closed, but what a beast. Best "value" of the evening. Group average: 96.1.
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2/23/2008 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Big and massive, drinking well today and should last for a long time to come. Concentrated , no see thru, long finish.
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9/23/2007 - tacman wrote: 93 Points
B'Day dinner at Chez Nous; way too young, but I had to try one. A massive, tight wine, in time this will probably rival the '96
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1/15/2007 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Tasted twice in the last month. This is absolutely fantastic stuff. Deep, gorgeously fruited nose of blue-black fruit, with substantial underlying structure. Fantastic balance for such a big wine. I would suspect this will have a very long life... A knock-out.
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