Very good quite fruit forward and ripe in style. Blackberry and red fruit, forest floor, tobacco, earth. Some tar. Medium weight. Long finish and good complexity. Drinking now, will improve with time.
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The one with MSD + Bonnes Mares (Chapter 1 Wine Bar): Coming right after the Dujac, this was no slouch and although lacking in the elegance department, this was more classic and structured than the Dujac. Fantastic bouquet of dark berries, spice and violets. Black tea, cinnamon and maraschino cherries dominate the palate. Good energy and concentration with acidity typical of the vintage with sturdy tannins. Still youthful today and if you had to open one, I’d give it some air time 😊
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Morey Saint Denis & Bonne Mares: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruits, sour cherry, spices and toast. High acidity with medium+ tannin to high tannin. Feel that both acidity and tannin is high side. Even though tannin is on the higher side, it does not taste austere, just grippy to me. So far, when drinking 2008 Burgundy, always feel that 2008 is not ready to drink for me as the acidity is unbalanced with the body. Tasted blind
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This wine helped secure my place on the Presidium of the Lynehamsas and Hanseatic League of Esteemed Schtiffie Grippers. My stocks had been lowered by the previous weekend's 2015 Rostaings (I am trying not to waver in my role of Rostywallah, but tested I am), which were so disappointingly muted as to lead to sotto voce claims that I was a possible revanchist, or even a right deviationist. People can be fickle.
Clos de Tart is a monopole Grand Cru from Morey-St Denis in the Cote d' Nuits. All good signs, omens and portents. The vineyards of the Tart are located adjacent to Chambolle-Musigny and Gevry Chambertin and can be said to offer some of the more open, scented elements of one and the potent, muscular elements of the other.
The 2008 vintage for Red Burgundy (we must not like the Whites for political reasons) has been described as a good drinking vintage, rather than a classical cellaring year, with plenty of spicy characters, softer tannins and ripe fruit. Many producers used a higher proportion of whole bunches than usual - this can give short term complexity but at risk of tannin nasties unless the stems and seeds have seen tannins well ripened.
This wine shows a depth of colour unusual in any Red Burgundy; the wine is still bright and primary. Reassuring for any wine under the treacherous cork.
The nose and palate are truly exciting. I was receptive to this wine because I felt like drinking, I wanted Burgundy and I liked the rather dowdy label, for some reason. This is relevant because whilst we try ahrd to be objective, assessing wine always involves some elements of the subjective. If we disclose those, the reader has a fighting chance.
I decanted the wine, but from the start what arrested me was the combination of poise, ripeness and power. For every one really good Red Burgundy you drink a lot of crap and it usually is 'expensive shit', to paraphrase Fela Kuti. However, this wine just gets better and better with time open.
I get ripe raspberry and strawberry, but other notes speak of cherry - I guess these are all on the same spectrum. There is some kirsch, earth and smoke, a little pepper/spice and a touch of cinnamon and cedary oak. The wine tastes very fresh and it is intense and long. Strawberry and jube are potent in the finish. You are torn between wanting to guzzle and wanting to savour every sip. You might be torn - I am not. "To guzzle or not to guzzle, that is no question". Guzzle we do as guzzle we must and guzzle we shall.
Tannins are firm, mostly well-mannered and ripe. This drinks really well now but has a comfortable decade ahead of it, probably more; it is presently still in its primary phase. I think it has the makings of something spectacular with more time. Right now, it is merely fantastic.
I did a quick check and saw that the wine had 17 months in new oak (which it has happily absorbed) and had a lot of whole bunch. Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and, especially, Burghound all loved this wine and scored it a little higher (94-96) than me. Jancis Robinson became ecstatic rating this wine at 19/20 before passing out. What higher accolade can there be? Comrades, grippe your schtiffies! Vorwarts! Charge!
An excellent wine. Soaring aromatics from opening, glistening ruby red, red and blue fruits and violets on the nose and palate, and outstanding length. Acid, tannin and fruit very will aligned. Maybe a touch too young still, and the only minor quibbles - a fraction (and only a fraction) too lifted and still a touch too firm. A little more time will resolve the latter and it has the potential to score higher should it do so.
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This is a truly lovely wine, very harmonious and well integrated, truly pinot noir from a great vineyard and very well made. Clos de Tart doesn't hit the sweet spot in every vintage but the 2008 for sure is a truly great wine. It clearly has more years head while it is drinking extremely well today.
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A beauty. Barely a note of secondary development and brimming with energy and class. Robust black cherry fruit in a chiseled frame. A powerful masculine profile of Pinot rather than a floral one. This has a lot more left in store and will undoubtedly last for another two decades but is delicious to drink today.
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evolving very nicely....a few years ago i found this quite backwards but that structure has mellowed, red and black cherry fruit is complemented by earth and modest spice. Perhaps a touch herbaceous
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Very complex, deep fruit that was neither totally black or red; good mouth feel. I suppose it will get better with more age, but it was a stunner. Aromatics were lacking a bit, hopefully time will allow those to evolve.
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Drank at ‘special’ dinner at Brabo restaurant in Alexandria, VA. The chef prepared an off the menu dinner special for my wife and I as a challenge I made several months earlier during a visit. The star of the show was to be Duck l’orange, and it would have been if not for the fact that his initial 3 courses were incredible. In the end the duck was paired with the Clos de Tart. I have read the notes for this wine and can’t really find argument with any of them. This wine was stunning but I believe still very young. Interestingly I felt it had several elements of classic Burgundy but the somewhat fruit forward almost oak laden fruit hinted a bit of a more new world tendencies. Regardless, a beautiful wine that should develop over the years. Stunning balance, fruit, complexity. Very intriguing. Matured in the glass to a more traditional profile over 2 hours.
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Strange. My wife and I both agreed that this bottle tasted completely different from the bottle of the same 08 Clos de Tart we had consumed just 5 weeks ago. The prior one was smooth; this one was not smooth, but rather chock full of density. Most enjoyable, I found , with the English cheddar at the very end of the meal (which I think makes sense given our prior observation of its density: it needed something challenging to match up to. I have no idea why the difference. Admittedly, the food was different, the atmosphere was different, but still ... I would guess it confirms that much depends on when one opens a bottle of Burgundy, even just five weeks can make a world of difference. I guess.
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not sure young Burgundy gets much better than this. incredible length and complexity, I am not the greatest fan of Clos de Tart, think it generally is pretty expensive for what it is, but this surely changes everything. This is certainly a level above anything Clos des Lambrays can put out there, and those wines are fantastic. will it improve? yes, certainly, but it is incredibly difficult to resist right now.
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Clos de Tart Dinner (Tocqueville): The noses on 2010 to 2006 are all very similar, bright red cherry, energetic, clean, youthful, polished but not overwhelmingly woody. The nose on the ‘08 is actually the most floral and elegant of the first young four vintages. The palate here is round, accessible, primary but elegant. Best wine of the first flight for the time being, although the ‘09 is the best built.
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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. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of violets, toasty sweet perfumed spices, elegant sweet red cherries. Developing. On the palate, dry, bright soaring high acidity, medium alcohol (14%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of earth, slight bitter stems, toasty sweet spices, ripe sweet red cherries, darker red cherries with more air. Long finish. Put on a bit more weight on the second pour onwards after more air. Very very good quality. Extremely drinkable and was the first bottle to be finished. Oh so sexy. I would like to try this again in another 5 years' time.
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stunning wine, truly great. Probably just about my best for 2016, and about time too (after a string of perfect wines in 2015, this year has been a little lean for me!!!) hard to describe just how incredibly complex this wine is.Whilst it does not posses the "weight" of it's younger brother the 2009, it has the polish, richness and finesse that elevate this to a significantly higher level than that wine. With the 2002 and 2005, this is one of the three best wines from Clos de Tart this century. stupendous effort from a mysteriously under-rated vintage (it is a mystery to me, anyway) whilst this will continue to improve, it is certainly drinking wonderfully well now.
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Oh my goodness. Opens with a note almost of cognac and deep rich spices. Slightly oaky, with deep dark red fruit and spice. Intriguing mix of flavors. Subtle and long. Apparently more feminine than the 2009, lean, but powerful all the same. Still young, but very drinkable.
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Knightsbridge 30th Anniversary Party (The Bristol - Chicago IL): From 3L. Open several hours prior and part decanted. Alluring aromas with flowers, red fruit, black fruit, spice galore. Similar flavors, but far more restrained and backward. Lots of elegant structure. A great wine will emerge, but probably in another 5 or even 10 years.
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Was very excited to try this, and while it is early to drink, it is still really fantastic (decanted for a few hours). So complex and full of ripe berry, currant, caramel, mineral. Long lingering finish. Beautiful wine. 93-94+
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WINE TO MAGIC; 11/25/2014-11/30/2014 (TORINO - PALAZZO CARIGNANO): Gigante imbrigliato e compresso, anche dal colore incute timore. Frutto cotto concentrato, etereo, marasche sotto spirito, ma ancora chiuso e nascosto là in fondo, nel nucleo. Mette quasi una barriera tra te e lui. In bocca ha tanto potenziale ancora inespresso, sfodera tanti aromi, spezie e mineralità di nobile estrazione, ma è troppo concentrato, manca della sottile finezza che si trasforma in scorrevolezza e bevibilità. Amarissimo, rabarbaro e terra in stile Prieuré Roch. Da attendere molti molti anni, uno spreco ora. 91-94
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Coravin, the kingdom of Argon (Vila Viniteca - Madrid): Extremely pale in colour, very shy on the nose and too much thin on the palate. Alright but that subtle elegancy, that you are feeling all the way even in this particular vintage and we love to feel from time to time, you have to pay, sometimes it is nothing else that an overrun pretentious love, an ethereal yet elusive perfume. Very Morey tonite: It isn't from here, neither there. Even so the wine of the night. It's not the first time.
Muy pálida, muy tímida en nariz y demasiado delgada en boca. De acuerdo pero esa sutil elegancia que se advierte incluso en esta añada y que nos encanta sentir de vez en cuando, hay que pagarla, a veces sobrepasando unas costosas pretensiones por un perfume eterno aunque elusivo. Muy Morey-St-Denis: ni de aquí ni de allí. Aún así el vino de la noche. Y no es la primera vez.
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This is going to be a lovely wine in due course. Today it is pretty closed with tones of red fruit, licorice and a bit of coffee on the nose. Perfect structure and this can ver well be the best wine since 05 in time.
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This is a big wine. I think this could probably be one of the best Clos de Tarts ever made. I might increase my rating with time. It i so very young now but it is very nice with a lovely structure and great length.
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Fine Vines - New Burgundy Releases with Guest Jeanne Marie de Champs (Knightsbridge - Northbrook IL): Great aromas of red and black cherry, espresso, anise and new oak hints. Same fruit on palate with bold spice and great minerality. While not yet perfectly integrated, this wine shows so much of every great component that will undoubtedly show as an exceptional vintage of Clos de Tart for 30 years.
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Tasted 5 months ago and several times over past few days. It is still expressive but less so than 5 months ago, like the 09. Tasted in a line-up of vintages, as well. 09, 08, 05, 02, 00. Youthful, spicy when first opened. Some tannin and wood at the end, mostly young complex pinot fruit. Slightly more restrained than the 09, should be elegant later. A bit closed now, and the potential is huge. I would not touch this for at least 10-15 years.
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Blind. Spice and grassy notes on the nose. Bright but with dark berries mixed in. Muscle and elegance combines here, with a peppery finish. Really quite superb (I guessed Ponsot CdlR which isn't that far geographically...)
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Inky purple in hue but translucent. Peppry nose, heady, spicy. Tree bark and hung meat too. DRC-like, muscular palate. Very good indeed but will need a lot of time... 2022 and beyond.
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Great bottle of wine. Deep dark purple with amazing concentration. Lots of differens spices and dark cherrys. Long taste. Unique terrior. A special wine.
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At the Domaine - Fresh and fine; juicy fruit here and very firm finish, which has nice fruit - this will need a lot of time! Sylvain likened this to the 2001 and says it is a classic vintage.
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Red 2008 en primeur tasting. Dark red color. On the palate ripe dark- red fruit. Flavors of chocolat. Sweet ripe tannins, very concentrated long finish. Interesting wine, outstanding.
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2/15/2024 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very good quite fruit forward and ripe in style. Blackberry and red fruit, forest floor, tobacco, earth. Some tar. Medium weight. Long finish and good complexity. Drinking now, will improve with time.
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12/16/2023 - RayOB wrote: 91 Points
Drank at Home
Rich smooth and elegant
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9/22/2023 - RobinTeo Likes this wine: 95 Points
The one with MSD + Bonnes Mares (Chapter 1 Wine Bar): Coming right after the Dujac, this was no slouch and although lacking in the elegance department, this was more classic and structured than the Dujac. Fantastic bouquet of dark berries, spice and violets. Black tea, cinnamon and maraschino cherries dominate the palate. Good energy and concentration with acidity typical of the vintage with sturdy tannins. Still youthful today and if you had to open one, I’d give it some air time 😊
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9/22/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 95 Points
Morey Saint Denis & Bonne Mares: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruits, sour cherry, spices and toast. High acidity with medium+ tannin to high tannin. Feel that both acidity and tannin is high side. Even though tannin is on the higher side, it does not taste austere, just grippy to me. So far, when drinking 2008 Burgundy, always feel that 2008 is not ready to drink for me as the acidity is unbalanced with the body. Tasted blind
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3/22/2023 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine helped secure my place on the Presidium of the Lynehamsas and Hanseatic League of Esteemed Schtiffie Grippers. My stocks had been lowered by the previous weekend's 2015 Rostaings (I am trying not to waver in my role of Rostywallah, but tested I am), which were so disappointingly muted as to lead to sotto voce claims that I was a possible revanchist, or even a right deviationist. People can be fickle.
Clos de Tart is a monopole Grand Cru from Morey-St Denis in the Cote d' Nuits. All good signs, omens and portents. The vineyards of the Tart are located adjacent to Chambolle-Musigny and Gevry Chambertin and can be said to offer some of the more open, scented elements of one and the potent, muscular elements of the other.
The 2008 vintage for Red Burgundy (we must not like the Whites for political reasons) has been described as a good drinking vintage, rather than a classical cellaring year, with plenty of spicy characters, softer tannins and ripe fruit. Many producers used a higher proportion of whole bunches than usual - this can give short term complexity but at risk of tannin nasties unless the stems and seeds have seen tannins well ripened.
This wine shows a depth of colour unusual in any Red Burgundy; the wine is still bright and primary. Reassuring for any wine under the treacherous cork.
The nose and palate are truly exciting. I was receptive to this wine because I felt like drinking, I wanted Burgundy and I liked the rather dowdy label, for some reason. This is relevant because whilst we try ahrd to be objective, assessing wine always involves some elements of the subjective. If we disclose those, the reader has a fighting chance.
I decanted the wine, but from the start what arrested me was the combination of poise, ripeness and power. For every one really good Red Burgundy you drink a lot of crap and it usually is 'expensive shit', to paraphrase Fela Kuti. However, this wine just gets better and better with time open.
I get ripe raspberry and strawberry, but other notes speak of cherry - I guess these are all on the same spectrum. There is some kirsch, earth and smoke, a little pepper/spice and a touch of cinnamon and cedary oak. The wine tastes very fresh and it is intense and long. Strawberry and jube are potent in the finish. You are torn between wanting to guzzle and wanting to savour every sip. You might be torn - I am not. "To guzzle or not to guzzle, that is no question". Guzzle we do as guzzle we must and guzzle we shall.
Tannins are firm, mostly well-mannered and ripe. This drinks really well now but has a comfortable decade ahead of it, probably more; it is presently still in its primary phase. I think it has the makings of something spectacular with more time. Right now, it is merely fantastic.
I did a quick check and saw that the wine had 17 months in new oak (which it has happily absorbed) and had a lot of whole bunch. Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and, especially, Burghound all loved this wine and scored it a little higher (94-96) than me. Jancis Robinson became ecstatic rating this wine at 19/20 before passing out. What higher accolade can there be? Comrades, grippe your schtiffies! Vorwarts! Charge!
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9/16/2022 - Formerwinemaker Likes this wine: 96 Points
An excellent wine. Soaring aromatics from opening, glistening ruby red, red and blue fruits and violets on the nose and palate, and outstanding length. Acid, tannin and fruit very will aligned. Maybe a touch too young still, and the only minor quibbles - a fraction (and only a fraction) too lifted and still a touch too firm. A little more time will resolve the latter and it has the potential to score higher should it do so.
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6/26/2022 - Ozen Likes this wine: 96 Points
This is a truly lovely wine, very harmonious and well integrated, truly pinot noir from a great vineyard and very well made. Clos de Tart doesn't hit the sweet spot in every vintage but the 2008 for sure is a truly great wine. It clearly has more years head while it is drinking extremely well today.
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12/3/2021 - nywine68 wrote: 96 Points
A beauty. Barely a note of secondary development and brimming with energy and class. Robust black cherry fruit in a chiseled frame. A powerful masculine profile of Pinot rather than a floral one. This has a lot more left in store and will undoubtedly last for another two decades but is delicious to drink today.
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11/23/2021 - kr522 wrote: 94 Points
evolving very nicely....a few years ago i found this quite backwards but that structure has mellowed, red and black cherry fruit is complemented by earth and modest spice. Perhaps a touch herbaceous
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11/1/2019 - Tim2 wrote: 95 Points
With filed mignon on a special occasion
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9/16/2019 - BaroloRob wrote: 94 Points
Still significant tannins.
Good fruit and finish.
Between new world profile and old.
Hold.
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8/3/2019 - mikerando Likes this wine: 95 Points
Very complex, deep fruit that was neither totally black or red; good mouth feel. I suppose it will get better with more age, but it was a stunner. Aromatics were lacking a bit, hopefully time will allow those to evolve.
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12/23/2018 - BillyT wrote: 95 Points
Drank at ‘special’ dinner at Brabo restaurant in Alexandria, VA. The chef prepared an off the menu dinner special for my wife and I as a challenge I made several months earlier during a visit. The star of the show was to be Duck l’orange, and it would have been if not for the fact that his initial 3 courses were incredible. In the end the duck was paired with the Clos de Tart. I have read the notes for this wine and can’t really find argument with any of them. This wine was stunning but I believe still very young. Interestingly I felt it had several elements of classic Burgundy but the somewhat fruit forward almost oak laden fruit hinted a bit of a more new world tendencies. Regardless, a beautiful wine that should develop over the years. Stunning balance, fruit, complexity. Very intriguing. Matured in the glass to a more traditional profile over 2 hours.
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12/4/2018 - Tim2 wrote: 90 Points
Strange. My wife and I both agreed that this bottle tasted completely different from the bottle of the same 08 Clos de Tart we had consumed just 5 weeks ago. The prior one was smooth; this one was not smooth, but rather chock full of density. Most enjoyable, I found , with the English cheddar at the very end of the meal (which I think makes sense given our prior observation of its density: it needed something challenging to match up to. I have no idea why the difference. Admittedly, the food was different, the atmosphere was different, but still ... I would guess it confirms that much depends on when one opens a bottle of Burgundy, even just five weeks can make a world of difference. I guess.
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11/10/2018 - felixp Likes this wine: 98 Points
not sure young Burgundy gets much better than this.
incredible length and complexity, I am not the greatest fan of Clos de Tart, think it generally is pretty expensive for what it is, but this surely changes everything. This is certainly a level above anything Clos des Lambrays can put out there, and those wines are fantastic.
will it improve? yes, certainly, but it is incredibly difficult to resist right now.
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11/1/2018 - Tim2 wrote: 95 Points
at the Riggsby restaurant on a special occasion
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11/1/2018 - Tim2 wrote: 100 Points
Perfection. One almost wishes it had an imperfection, so there’d be something other than perfection to describe it.
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4/27/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 92 Points
Clos de Tart Dinner (Tocqueville): The noses on 2010 to 2006 are all very similar, bright red cherry, energetic, clean, youthful, polished but not overwhelmingly woody. The nose on the ‘08 is actually the most floral and elegant of the first young four vintages. The palate here is round, accessible, primary but elegant. Best wine of the first flight for the time being, although the ‘09 is the best built.
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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.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of violets, toasty sweet perfumed spices, elegant sweet red cherries. Developing.
On the palate, dry, bright soaring high acidity, medium alcohol (14%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of earth, slight bitter stems, toasty sweet spices, ripe sweet red cherries, darker red cherries with more air. Long finish.
Put on a bit more weight on the second pour onwards after more air.
Very very good quality. Extremely drinkable and was the first bottle to be finished. Oh so sexy. I would like to try this again in another 5 years' time.
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12/5/2016 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Floral, stemmy and pleading aromatics. Pretty pure though felt a touch over-extracted and slightly medicinal finish with time in glass.
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11/17/2016 - Eros Coniglio wrote: 94 Points
Too young. 5-10 more years and will go much longer. Still enjoyable.
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10/9/2016 - felixp Likes this wine: 98 Points
stunning wine, truly great. Probably just about my best for 2016, and about time too (after a string of perfect wines in 2015, this year has been a little lean for me!!!)
hard to describe just how incredibly complex this wine is.Whilst it does not posses the "weight" of it's younger brother the 2009, it has the polish, richness and finesse that elevate this to a significantly higher level than that wine. With the 2002 and 2005, this is one of the three best wines from Clos de Tart this century.
stupendous effort from a mysteriously under-rated vintage (it is a mystery to me, anyway)
whilst this will continue to improve, it is certainly drinking wonderfully well now.
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6/16/2016 - FamilyLarsson wrote: 94 Points
Underbart vin med kraft och kryddighet och ändå så otroligt elegant och silkigt
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6/16/2016 - Peter Kleban Likes this wine:
***
Oh my goodness. Opens with a note almost of cognac and deep rich spices. Slightly oaky, with deep dark red fruit and spice. Intriguing mix of flavors. Subtle and long. Apparently more feminine than the 2009, lean, but powerful all the same. Still young, but very drinkable.
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5/27/2016 - Sycamore wrote:
Still quite tannic, big and oaky. Great underlying material, but don't touch again for at least 5 years.
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5/16/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Knightsbridge 30th Anniversary Party (The Bristol - Chicago IL): From 3L. Open several hours prior and part decanted. Alluring aromas with flowers, red fruit, black fruit, spice galore. Similar flavors, but far more restrained and backward. Lots of elegant structure. A great wine will emerge, but probably in another 5 or even 10 years.
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11/30/2015 - SonnyChiba wrote: 94 Points
Was very excited to try this, and while it is early to drink, it is still really fantastic (decanted for a few hours). So complex and full of ripe berry, currant, caramel, mineral. Long lingering finish. Beautiful wine. 93-94+
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11/26/2014 - galenico wrote: 91 Points
WINE TO MAGIC; 11/25/2014-11/30/2014 (TORINO - PALAZZO CARIGNANO): Gigante imbrigliato e compresso, anche dal colore incute timore.
Frutto cotto concentrato, etereo, marasche sotto spirito, ma ancora chiuso e nascosto là in fondo, nel nucleo. Mette quasi una barriera tra te e lui.
In bocca ha tanto potenziale ancora inespresso, sfodera tanti aromi, spezie e mineralità di nobile estrazione, ma è troppo concentrato, manca della sottile finezza che si trasforma in scorrevolezza e bevibilità.
Amarissimo, rabarbaro e terra in stile Prieuré Roch.
Da attendere molti molti anni, uno spreco ora.
91-94
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11/19/2014 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:
Coravin, the kingdom of Argon (Vila Viniteca - Madrid): Extremely pale in colour, very shy on the nose and too much thin on the palate. Alright but that subtle elegancy, that you are feeling all the way even in this particular vintage and we love to feel from time to time, you have to pay, sometimes it is nothing else that an overrun pretentious love, an ethereal yet elusive perfume.
Very Morey tonite: It isn't from here, neither there. Even so the wine of the night. It's not the first time.
Muy pálida, muy tímida en nariz y demasiado delgada en boca.
De acuerdo pero esa sutil elegancia que se advierte incluso en esta añada y que nos encanta sentir de vez en cuando, hay que pagarla, a veces sobrepasando unas costosas pretensiones por un perfume eterno aunque elusivo.
Muy Morey-St-Denis: ni de aquí ni de allí. Aún así el vino de la noche. Y no es la primera vez.
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3/16/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 96 Points
Harmony oozes out of this beauty. Heavenly fruit and lovely minerality. This is so good it might even rival the 2005 in time.
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3/16/2012 - St Paul wrote: 95 Points
This is going to be a lovely wine in due course. Today it is pretty closed with tones of red fruit, licorice and a bit of coffee on the nose. Perfect structure and this can ver well be the best wine since 05 in time.
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2/24/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 95 Points
The baby fat is fading away now and its youth is showing. Still very pleasing right out of the bottle. Super juice.
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2/23/2012 - St Paul wrote: 95 Points
This is a big wine. I think this could probably be one of the best Clos de Tarts ever made. I might increase my rating with time. It i so very young now but it is very nice with a lovely structure and great length.
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2/18/2012 - IWineAlot wrote: 93 Points
KnightsBridge Afternoon tasting with Jean-Marie de Champs and Fine Wines (Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe): Big nose of red berries and coffee. Followed up on thr palate with more of te same along with spice. Great tannic structure. This wine is built for the long haul.
SS 93+pts.
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2/18/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
Fine Vines - New Burgundy Releases with Guest Jeanne Marie de Champs (Knightsbridge - Northbrook IL): Great aromas of red and black cherry, espresso, anise and new oak hints. Same fruit on palate with bold spice and great minerality. While not yet perfectly integrated, this wine shows so much of every great component that will undoubtedly show as an exceptional vintage of Clos de Tart for 30 years.
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2/12/2012 - gnosis wrote:
Tasted 5 months ago and several times over past few days. It is still expressive but less so than 5 months ago, like the 09. Tasted in a line-up of vintages, as well. 09, 08, 05, 02, 00. Youthful, spicy when first opened. Some tannin and wood at the end, mostly young complex pinot fruit. Slightly more restrained than the 09, should be elegant later. A bit closed now, and the potential is huge. I would not touch this for at least 10-15 years.
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8/24/2011 - Rani Likes this wine: 96 Points
Blind. Spice and grassy notes on the nose. Bright but with dark berries mixed in. Muscle and elegance combines here, with a peppery finish. Really quite superb (I guessed Ponsot CdlR which isn't that far geographically...)
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4/11/2011 - Rani Likes this wine: 96 Points
Inky purple in hue but translucent. Peppry nose, heady, spicy. Tree bark and hung meat too. DRC-like, muscular palate. Very good indeed but will need a lot of time... 2022 and beyond.
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1/19/2011 - Tavastgatan wrote: 96 Points
Great bottle of wine. Deep dark purple with amazing concentration. Lots of differens spices and dark cherrys. Long taste. Unique terrior. A special wine.
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11/16/2010 - lepetitchateau wrote: 94 Points
At the Domaine - Fresh and fine; juicy fruit here and very firm finish, which has nice fruit - this will need a lot of time! Sylvain likened this to the 2001 and says it is a classic vintage.
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5/9/2010 - Barry Rothof wrote: 93 Points
Red 2008 en primeur tasting. Dark red color. On the palate ripe dark- red fruit. Flavors of chocolat. Sweet ripe tannins, very concentrated long finish. Interesting wine, outstanding.
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