So Chambertin tonight! Less Charmes, with a welterweight profile that knocks one out with depth, Chambertin girth, deep dark dark cherry, shiitake mushroom, black pepper hint, smoke and great breeding . A beauty. Ready now
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Ah,Charmes at its highest and best(next to Rousseau). The 2011 has risen to true GC status ,with a palate redolent with deep dark cherry, sweet blue and black berry flavors, a lush velvety, feminine side of Chambertin expressed in a very long palate journey, with depth all along the way. Just wonderful now with only a brief decant needed. The nose is riper now as well, showing medium-toned cherry, forestry wood and a perfumed overtone that carries over onto the palate.
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Wonderful yet again, displaying a true grand cru breeding with that slightly more substantial Perrot Minot fruit style of the past two decades. The nose was redolent with dark fruits, wonderful soil and a hint of cherry/leather/smoke . Mellifluous throughout. With time, perhaps because the temperature outside was a bit higher than ideal, the wine did not follow through as magnificently as it had with prior bottles.This could be evolution or variation, but this was nonetheless a crowdpleaser at a high-level.
Heidi's Gang: Back in Saddle Again (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Medium dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over 90 minutes. Drinking well, medium plus body, deep red fruits, dried earth, twigs and wood spices, lots of old world minerality.
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One of 3 red Burgs I regrettably gave short shift to tonight. My bad. Between this, a '09 Bachelet Charmes Chambertin & a '08 D'Angerville Caillerets. I think I simply found myself more infatuated with my 08 Bouchard Beze in the same lineup. There was also a little confusion in the plating of the accompanying dishes that likely distracted me from the mission. 2 coursed dishes showed up at the same time.
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I am leaning toward the 2021 Meadows start date, not because it reflects when the teased apart, sophisticated high toned, bright-red fruit flavors began to flower (last year), but because it recognizes that this 2011 has more evolution ahead. I dropped the score one point from the other three bottles because while it stands as the best early-drinking Grand Cru I have had in a while, there was a mid-bottle pull-back that ultimately took 15+ minutes to coax forward. so the slightly masking tannic acid let free those gorgeous, nicely delineated lingonberry, tart cherry, raspberry, and forest flower notes after more breathing. Can be consumed now with a minor carafe time(not decant) or wait a year to get a slightly richer corps with a bit more earthiness.
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Tasted blind – A flamboyant array of rose petals, dark earthy soil and musky cherry of Gevrey Chambertin? Lifted nose with good backbone, a modern style of winemaking approach (i.e. whole cluster and light extraction). Silky soft tannins with young cherry fruits character. Fresh with lovely acidity. Gevrey Chambertin Grand Cru? Latricieres Chambertin? 2013/2014? (92/100)
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Bingo! The 4th bottle and it was every bit as good as the other three. Opening bid is a melange of bright red, almost crunchy red fruit, with raspberry and cranberry leading the lighter high toned parade. The nose is pure Grand Cru despite the young vintage and, as noted earlier, the delineation of sophisticated notes is unusual for such young great wine. Just delicious now, with no decant needed, it goes from bright well-blended red fruiit to a more somber deep corps with mid-level rich depths emerging, demonstrating a tiny bit of plum, much multi-dimensional deep red fruit and a finish that makes one long for more. It will of course age but this is one of those rare true grand crus that is ready to enjoy now.
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Once again, exquisite! Right out of bottle, the wine is first the embodiment of lighter, almost auburn burgundy color delivering those precise sinews of teased apart red fruits, deep soil and perfumed elegance worthy of a top performer. After 30 - 45 minutes, a lush , deeper red Chambertin emerges with rich red currant, black cherry, moss and softer perfumed notes. A pleasure throughout the journey with no drop- off in fruit or reversion to acid.
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Knocking on the door of ethereal red burgundy. While not a DRC, the irrestible nose on this wine in a nice glass (Zalto Burgundy here ) leads one to higher levels occupied by only a few in Valhalla. Teased apart already despite the youthful age, wafts of crisp higher toned red fruit like lingonberry, cranberry, raspberry and also bright cherry lead. On the palate , as it evolved over hours, the wine developed a rich dark red corps befitting the Chambertin soil, along with emerging strawberry, wet soil, dark wood, some foresty notes and a crisp, fine finish. This will no doubt evolve further, but despite the early reveiws saying 2023, I suggest opening one now and not decanting.
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8/23/2022 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points
So Chambertin tonight! Less Charmes, with a welterweight profile that knocks one out with depth, Chambertin girth, deep dark dark cherry, shiitake mushroom, black pepper hint, smoke and great breeding . A beauty. Ready now
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3/26/2022 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points
Ah,Charmes at its highest and best(next to Rousseau). The 2011 has risen to true GC status ,with a palate redolent with deep dark cherry, sweet blue and black berry flavors, a lush velvety, feminine side of Chambertin expressed in a very long palate journey, with depth all along the way. Just wonderful now with only a brief decant needed. The nose is riper now as well, showing medium-toned cherry, forestry wood and a perfumed overtone that carries over onto the palate.
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10/17/2021 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
I loved this wine. Delicious and already drinking great now. This was only decanted for 30 minutes, it got better over time in the glass.
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6/15/2021 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 Points
Wonderful yet again, displaying a true grand cru breeding with that slightly more substantial Perrot Minot fruit style of the past two decades. The nose was redolent with dark fruits, wonderful soil and a hint of cherry/leather/smoke . Mellifluous throughout. With time, perhaps because the temperature outside was a bit higher than ideal, the wine did not follow through as magnificently as it had with prior bottles.This could be evolution or variation, but this was nonetheless a crowdpleaser at a high-level.
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5/11/2021 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Heidi's Gang: Back in Saddle Again (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Medium dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over 90 minutes. Drinking well, medium plus body, deep red fruits, dried earth, twigs and wood spices, lots of old world minerality.
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5/11/2021 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
One of 3 red Burgs I regrettably gave short shift to tonight. My bad. Between this, a '09 Bachelet Charmes Chambertin & a '08 D'Angerville Caillerets. I think I simply found myself more infatuated with my 08 Bouchard Beze in the same lineup. There was also a little confusion in the plating of the accompanying dishes that likely distracted me from the mission. 2 coursed dishes showed up at the same time.
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12/27/2019 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 Points
I am leaning toward the 2021 Meadows start date, not because it reflects when the teased apart, sophisticated high toned, bright-red fruit flavors began to flower (last year), but because it recognizes that this 2011 has more evolution ahead. I dropped the score one point from the other three bottles because while it stands as the best early-drinking Grand Cru I have had in a while, there was a mid-bottle pull-back that ultimately took 15+ minutes to coax forward. so the slightly masking tannic acid let free those gorgeous, nicely delineated lingonberry, tart cherry, raspberry, and forest flower notes after more breathing. Can be consumed now with a minor carafe time(not decant) or wait a year to get a slightly richer corps with a bit more earthiness.
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7/12/2019 - Jammy Wine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted blind – A flamboyant array of rose petals, dark earthy soil and musky cherry of Gevrey Chambertin? Lifted nose with good backbone, a modern style of winemaking approach (i.e. whole cluster and light extraction). Silky soft tannins with young cherry fruits character. Fresh with lovely acidity. Gevrey Chambertin Grand Cru? Latricieres Chambertin? 2013/2014? (92/100)
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5/18/2019 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points
Bingo! The 4th bottle and it was every bit as good as the other three. Opening bid is a melange of bright red, almost crunchy red fruit, with raspberry and cranberry leading the lighter high toned parade. The nose is pure Grand Cru despite the young vintage and, as noted earlier, the delineation of sophisticated notes is unusual for such young great wine. Just delicious now, with no decant needed, it goes from bright well-blended red fruiit to a more somber deep corps with mid-level rich depths emerging, demonstrating a tiny bit of plum, much multi-dimensional deep red fruit and a finish that makes one long for more. It will of course age but this is one of those rare true grand crus that is ready to enjoy now.
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8/24/2018 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points
Once again, exquisite! Right out of bottle, the wine is first the embodiment of lighter, almost auburn burgundy color delivering those precise sinews of teased apart red fruits, deep soil and perfumed elegance worthy of a top performer. After 30 - 45 minutes, a lush , deeper red Chambertin emerges with rich red currant, black cherry, moss and softer perfumed notes. A pleasure throughout the journey with no drop- off in fruit or reversion to acid.
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7/22/2018 - Sotto325 wrote: 94 Points
Knocking on the door of ethereal red burgundy. While not a DRC, the irrestible nose on this wine in a nice glass (Zalto Burgundy here ) leads one to higher levels occupied by only a few in Valhalla. Teased apart already despite the youthful age, wafts of crisp higher toned red fruit like lingonberry, cranberry, raspberry and also bright cherry lead. On the palate , as it evolved over hours, the wine developed a rich dark red corps befitting the Chambertin soil, along with emerging strawberry, wet soil, dark wood, some foresty notes and a crisp, fine finish. This will no doubt evolve further, but despite the early reveiws saying 2023, I suggest opening one now and not decanting.
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2/16/2016 - Markus IWC wrote: 93 Points
Orange kant, aromer av röda bär och frukt. Sträv, ceder, tobak, fin terriorton, hög koncentration, elegant!
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