The one with Luca Roagna (Teochew Paradise): Very generously shared by ST. Identifiable chambolle on the nose with high toned red fruit concentration, crushed violets and velvety layers of red fruit yet also broody and darker in profile - when it was revealed to be Les Cras, it all made sense. While it had all the hallmarks of a great chambolle, I don't think this escaped the greenness of 04 but it was not quite overbearing as I'd imagined. There is noticeable capsicum, angelica root, peat and unriped vegetables in the background yet it does not overtake the fruit. Finish had good length as well as a sense of elegance.
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Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruit, green bell pepper, cherry, spices, toast. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Drinking at its peak. Will not improve anymore.
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My friend brought this bottle and served it to me double blind. The bar was too dark so could hardly tell the color, but it looked like Pinot noir. Initially, some animalistic earthiness, beautifully fragrant red fruit, strawberry, cherry, and floral notes. On the palate, highly tart and acidic but could tell there was some age on it. Some underripe greenness. Good concentration and long finish. Obviously very well made. I guessed 2004 or 2007 Chambolle. Rarely get to drink wines blind, and as my CT handle denotes, I’m a complete amateur so really surprised myself! The wine seemed to get better on the palate as the evening went on. Yes, it had the marks of the vintage, but it was still elegant and enjoyable.
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A pristine bottle from Thatcher Wines. This is such pure, elegant, energetic, floral, sappy pinot noir. Classic Chambolle. Definitely showing prominent sap / pine tar, but not at all off-putting or over-bearing. It is for sure not too 2004. If someone handed you a glass and told you it was ‘07 or ‘10, most Burg lovers would love it. Great stuff, especially for the vintage.
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(blind) Suprised to see the high TN on CT by some reviewers for this wine. This wine was totally true to vintage and also totally unanimously on this evening the worst wine of the 99-11 vertical. Green, lean, vegetale, Neal Martin remarked like some crushed ladybirds went into it, quite literally. Avoid... Nobody actually drank their small pour.
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With time developed nicely - not a hint of unripe greens here. Credit to plot and winemaker both really shining through. More elegant than Long but very good.
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CdV Un robe bien claire, très bourgogne, de belle facture. Mon attente etait assez ambivalente, entre wouah “les Cras de Roumier” et Ouhh “C'est 2004!”. Autant dire qu'à l'ouverture, j'ai d'abord retrouvé la froideur du millésime, le style végétal (petits pois), métallique au nez, même si derrière un fruité pointait timidement. Beaucoup de finesse en bouche, de l'allonge pour un vin tout en nuances et en délicatesse, en fraicheur. Peu à peu il a perdu de son austérité aromatique, une fraise légère s'est imiscée pour supplanter mes apriori. Pas impressionnant à l'arrivée, mais relativement réussi sur une année difficile et bien souvent décevante. On ne devrait pas trop tarder à les boire (2/3 ans). 91/92
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When I first poured this wine I thought, oh no! The color was a muddy rust. It looked terrible. But, surprisingly, there still was quite a bit of flavor and balance to it, and it ended up being lovely old Burgundy with the roasted quail. I don’t know why it looked so funky - perhaps a marginal cork. But I suspect one should drink this 2004 now none the less.
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cras vertical, and I think it suffered a bit with the other vintages all around, but a very nice wine.... it did have a hint of 2004, but only that there was more than just red fruit, it was not as powerful or pure as 05/01, but if you opened this up on its own it would complement a savory dish very well, has acids and tannin with leafy fruit notes, not showing much age, I think I would start to drink now but +10 still fine
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During a La Paulée lunch, so only brief impressions. Wow, this one did much better than two years ago. It really impressed with smokey terroir, game, musk, stems, cranberry, great depth and length.
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Malheureusement j'ai tardé à écrire mes notes. Une bouteille pour laquelle j'avais des attentes élevées. Ouverte, décanté et carafé, peu de lie retenue dans la bouteille. Le vin se présente bien, dans des teintes de rouge écrevisse, peu soutenu, limpide, le disque est quasi translucide. Le vin est demeuré en carafe environ une heure avant consomation à 16C. Le nez est ouvert, expressif. sois-bois, champignon, puis fraises fraichement écrasées, herbes aromatiques (sauge et thym). En bouche, le vin poursuit sur les mêmes notes, c'est aérien, les tanins sont soyeux et bien dosés, l'acidité se percoit surtout dans une longue finale qui fait saliver. À ce stade seulement, je note ce vin 93. Le lendemain, le vin a perdu 80% de sa structure et de sa complexité. Important lors de l'ouverture du millésime 2005, à boire aussitot ouverte. Tout de même, une belle expérience sensorielle, en bouche particulièrement.
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Tasted at a La Paulee Lunch. Medium garnet. Nose of red fruit predominantly with lots of spices, cloves, raspberry, grape stalks. Very good entry on the palate, builds up spicy with racy acidity. Nice red fruit finish. 93+
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All our wines for this Mugnier-themed dinner was single-blind, except for this. This was inserted as a "surprise" bottle, and double-blind. We were asked if it's Mugnier? And if it's Chambolle? This started with a classic Pinot nose with same age - dried flowers, little spice, tea. Rustic but beautiful structure on the palate, with dark-fruits, smoke. It had that little stem note that added to the overall complexity. The nose held till the very end of dinner. Wonderful!
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Freddy Mugnier dinner at Jade Palace. Last minute addition as an extra bottle, and I'm glad I opted to serve this first as this was totally overshadowed by the Mugniers that were about to follow. Heavy bricking all around, this seemed very mature. Hints of dark violets, sour cherries and pomegranate, but heavily influenced by a rather annoying herbaceouness and medicinal like character. I love the 2004s actually, but this is not an example of a well made 2004 Burgundy. And so it showed on the palate as well - rather one dimensional, with some hints of floral Chambolle like characteristics, but again overwhelmed by tea, medicine, herbs and wet leaf. Decent structure though, and held pretty consistently in the glass, without going downhill (as compared to some of the Mugniers), but no upside on this for sure.
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Pale/medium garnet core, pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose shows sweet red fruit, spice, florals, touches of smoke and white pepper. Medium bodied, red fruit, florals, soft even silky tannin on the mid-palate, quite generous, balanced acids, surprisingly long with a touch of white pepper at the end. Harmonious, ready, good for the vintage.
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Cherries meet mushrooms on the nose; light on its feet yet a powerful, rich ending. A beautiful wine without any trace of green meanies. It was the favorite wine of the evening among the blind tasting group: one taster was able to narrow it down to Chambolle-Musigny; group was unanimous that it was a red Burgundy. Others picked up a Cote de Beaune-type nose. Feminine and absolutely beautiful. Much, much better than the very tight bottle I had a year and a half ago. No hurry to drink.
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Lovely full and open nose of dark fruit, herbs , campfire and subtle spice. The green note is there but in a good way. Fully open on the palate. Dense with a fruitcake note and medium finish with fine tannin. Very fine today
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A very refined, deep, dense wine. Very well structured and ready to drink. Not a typical CM in fruitier vintages, but a solid, enjoyable 2004 with breeding. No decant required.
Lots of foresty, earthy underpinnings with dark cherry/peat/ a little smoke/autumn leaves/ wet wood all in a less complex and certainly less Chambolle round fruit package. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Bought this bottle upon release at $85. The nose was a little closed when it was first opened. It slowly evolved with smoky bacon, dark fruits, meat and hint of oak. This bottle had no greenness which was a pleasant surprise. Great effort for the vintage. This wine is not like a typical CM. It was more powerful. Drink up if you have it.
Clear, dark tawny red, wide amber rim. Clean nose, red fruits, liquorice, hint of violets, forest floor. Medium palate, coats the mouth, acid backbone still evident, tannins very soft, delicately spicy, very supple. Very long finish. Excellent wine but not sure it will improve further. Definitely worth giving it a decent amount of time with air.
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First night it was tight; second night you could make out the hint of fresh-cut grass wrapped in velvet. Nice acidity; a touch of meatiness at the end. Good finish. I look forward to trying this again in 2015 and then 2016 and beyond, although doubt I'd be able to wait a year for the next bottle. A young, young wine in my book.
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Chabolle Musigny Dinner at Lavandou (Lavandou, Washington DC): Clean and warm cherry fruit, caramel with the usual 04 green. Clearly fresher than the Faiveley Combe d'Orveau but another wine with noticeable green. YMMV per sensitivity to pyrazine.
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Youthful glossy red in colour. On the nose it leads with lots of fruit. On the palate it is youthful and long, good ripe fruit. Could not tell of the famous ladybirds in the wine of 04. Some harsh notes on the finish but nothing that time cannot fix. Well made wine 91, can be enjoyed now but time won't do any harm.
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Light to medium red color with orange rim. Initial nose of red flowers, spices, herbs and slight green leafy tones. Palate ripe, complex enough for its level with nice red cherries + plums. But after an hour the leafy aspect of the vintage took over and you can easily smell it and taste it, need to drink up.
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Airy nose with smoke and cherry. Intense, sweet and concentrated. Unbelivable fruit quality for the vintage. Silky, juicy with light berries and spices. This is still on the young side, but for me just great now.
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1/28/2024 - RobinTeo wrote: 94 Points
The one with Luca Roagna (Teochew Paradise): Very generously shared by ST. Identifiable chambolle on the nose with high toned red fruit concentration, crushed violets and velvety layers of red fruit yet also broody and darker in profile - when it was revealed to be Les Cras, it all made sense. While it had all the hallmarks of a great chambolle, I don't think this escaped the greenness of 04 but it was not quite overbearing as I'd imagined. There is noticeable capsicum, angelica root, peat and unriped vegetables in the background yet it does not overtake the fruit. Finish had good length as well as a sense of elegance.
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1/28/2024 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 96 Points
Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruit, green bell pepper, cherry, spices, toast. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Drinking at its peak. Will not improve anymore.
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1/22/2024 - Theamateurwinesnob Likes this wine:
My friend brought this bottle and served it to me double blind. The bar was too dark so could hardly tell the color, but it looked like Pinot noir. Initially, some animalistic earthiness, beautifully fragrant red fruit, strawberry, cherry, and floral notes. On the palate, highly tart and acidic but could tell there was some age on it. Some underripe greenness. Good concentration and long finish. Obviously very well made. I guessed 2004 or 2007 Chambolle. Rarely get to drink wines blind, and as my CT handle denotes, I’m a complete amateur so really surprised myself! The wine seemed to get better on the palate as the evening went on. Yes, it had the marks of the vintage, but it was still elegant and enjoyable.
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11/3/2022 - Cohowino Likes this wine: 93 Points
A pristine bottle from Thatcher Wines. This is such pure, elegant, energetic, floral, sappy pinot noir. Classic Chambolle. Definitely showing prominent sap / pine tar, but not at all off-putting or over-bearing. It is for sure not too 2004. If someone handed you a glass and told you it was ‘07 or ‘10, most Burg lovers would love it. Great stuff, especially for the vintage.
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11/30/2021 - BenBlu Does not like this wine: 86 Points
(blind) Suprised to see the high TN on CT by some reviewers for this wine. This wine was totally true to vintage and also totally unanimously on this evening the worst wine of the 99-11 vertical. Green, lean, vegetale, Neal Martin remarked like some crushed ladybirds went into it, quite literally. Avoid... Nobody actually drank their small pour.
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7/2/2021 - AValdes Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good. Quick decant as this was PnP. No green notes. Just tasty juice all around.
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5/25/2020 - Burgnick wrote: flawed
Very green and dirty. Flawed bottle.
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3/28/2020 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
With time developed nicely - not a hint of unripe greens here. Credit to plot and winemaker both really shining through. More elegant than Long but very good.
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4/25/2019 - RayOB Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drank at 67
Incredible complex nose with dark brooding fruits and spice with a little bit of bell pepper. Wonderful deep smooth palate. Yum
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8/29/2018 - Raage Likes this wine: 91 Points
CdV
Un robe bien claire, très bourgogne, de belle facture. Mon attente etait assez ambivalente, entre wouah “les Cras de Roumier” et Ouhh “C'est 2004!”. Autant dire qu'à l'ouverture, j'ai d'abord retrouvé la froideur du millésime, le style végétal (petits pois), métallique au nez, même si derrière un fruité pointait timidement. Beaucoup de finesse en bouche, de l'allonge pour un vin tout en nuances et en délicatesse, en fraicheur. Peu à peu il a perdu de son austérité aromatique, une fraise légère s'est imiscée pour supplanter mes apriori.
Pas impressionnant à l'arrivée, mais relativement réussi sur une année difficile et bien souvent décevante.
On ne devrait pas trop tarder à les boire (2/3 ans).
91/92
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7/30/2018 - brubron Likes this wine:
When I first poured this wine I thought, oh no! The color was a muddy rust. It looked terrible. But, surprisingly, there still was quite a bit of flavor and balance to it, and it ended up being lovely old Burgundy with the roasted quail.
I don’t know why it looked so funky - perhaps a marginal cork. But I suspect one should drink this 2004 now none the less.
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5/3/2018 - beachbum wrote:
cras vertical, and I think it suffered a bit with the other vintages all around, but a very nice wine.... it did have a hint of 2004, but only that there was more than just red fruit, it was not as powerful or pure as 05/01, but if you opened this up on its own it would complement a savory dish very well, has acids and tannin with leafy fruit notes, not showing much age, I think I would start to drink now but +10 still fine
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11/5/2017 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
During a La Paulée lunch, so only brief impressions. Wow, this one did much better than two years ago. It really impressed with smokey terroir, game, musk, stems, cranberry, great depth and length.
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4/21/2017 - YoRi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Malheureusement j'ai tardé à écrire mes notes.
Une bouteille pour laquelle j'avais des attentes élevées.
Ouverte, décanté et carafé, peu de lie retenue dans la bouteille. Le vin se présente bien, dans des teintes de rouge écrevisse, peu soutenu, limpide, le disque est quasi translucide. Le vin est demeuré en carafe environ une heure avant consomation à 16C.
Le nez est ouvert, expressif. sois-bois, champignon, puis fraises fraichement écrasées, herbes aromatiques (sauge et thym).
En bouche, le vin poursuit sur les mêmes notes, c'est aérien, les tanins sont soyeux et bien dosés, l'acidité se percoit surtout dans une longue finale qui fait saliver. À ce stade seulement, je note ce vin 93.
Le lendemain, le vin a perdu 80% de sa structure et de sa complexité.
Important lors de l'ouverture du millésime 2005, à boire aussitot ouverte.
Tout de même, une belle expérience sensorielle, en bouche particulièrement.
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11/14/2015 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
Tasted at a La Paulee Lunch. Medium garnet. Nose of red fruit predominantly with lots of spices, cloves, raspberry, grape stalks. Very good entry on the palate, builds up spicy with racy acidity. Nice red fruit finish. 93+
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9/25/2015 - etyc Likes this wine:
All our wines for this Mugnier-themed dinner was single-blind, except for this. This was inserted as a "surprise" bottle, and double-blind. We were asked if it's Mugnier? And if it's Chambolle? This started with a classic Pinot nose with same age - dried flowers, little spice, tea. Rustic but beautiful structure on the palate, with dark-fruits, smoke. It had that little stem note that added to the overall complexity. The nose held till the very end of dinner. Wonderful!
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9/25/2015 - justburg wrote: 87 Points
Freddy Mugnier dinner at Jade Palace. Last minute addition as an extra bottle, and I'm glad I opted to serve this first as this was totally overshadowed by the Mugniers that were about to follow. Heavy bricking all around, this seemed very mature. Hints of dark violets, sour cherries and pomegranate, but heavily influenced by a rather annoying herbaceouness and medicinal like character. I love the 2004s actually, but this is not an example of a well made 2004 Burgundy. And so it showed on the palate as well - rather one dimensional, with some hints of floral Chambolle like characteristics, but again overwhelmed by tea, medicine, herbs and wet leaf. Decent structure though, and held pretty consistently in the glass, without going downhill (as compared to some of the Mugniers), but no upside on this for sure.
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7/24/2015 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points
Pale/medium garnet core, pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose shows sweet red fruit, spice, florals, touches of smoke and white pepper. Medium bodied, red fruit, florals, soft even silky tannin on the mid-palate, quite generous, balanced acids, surprisingly long with a touch of white pepper at the end. Harmonious, ready, good for the vintage.
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7/23/2015 - gris Likes this wine: 93 Points
Cherries meet mushrooms on the nose; light on its feet yet a powerful, rich ending. A beautiful wine without any trace of green meanies. It was the favorite wine of the evening among the blind tasting group: one taster was able to narrow it down to Chambolle-Musigny; group was unanimous that it was a red Burgundy. Others picked up a Cote de Beaune-type nose. Feminine and absolutely beautiful. Much, much better than the very tight bottle I had a year and a half ago. No hurry to drink.
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5/17/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Lovely full and open nose of dark fruit, herbs , campfire and subtle spice. The green note is there but in a good way. Fully open on the palate. Dense with a fruitcake note and medium finish with fine tannin. Very fine today
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3/26/2015 - Sotto325 wrote: 92 Points
A very refined, deep, dense wine. Very well structured and ready to drink. Not a typical CM in fruitier vintages, but a solid, enjoyable 2004 with breeding. No decant required.
Lots of foresty, earthy underpinnings with dark cherry/peat/ a little smoke/autumn leaves/ wet wood all in a less complex and certainly less Chambolle round fruit package. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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12/18/2014 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bought this bottle upon release at $85. The nose was a little closed when it was first opened. It slowly evolved with smoky bacon, dark fruits, meat and hint of oak. This bottle had no greenness which was a pleasant surprise. Great effort for the vintage. This wine is not like a typical CM. It was more powerful. Drink up if you have it.
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10/25/2014 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
Clear, dark tawny red, wide amber rim. Clean nose, red fruits, liquorice, hint of violets, forest floor. Medium palate, coats the mouth, acid backbone still evident, tannins very soft, delicately spicy, very supple. Very long finish. Excellent wine but not sure it will improve further. Definitely worth giving it a decent amount of time with air.
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1/13/2014 - gris Likes this wine: 91 Points
First night it was tight; second night you could make out the hint of fresh-cut grass wrapped in velvet. Nice acidity; a touch of meatiness at the end. Good finish. I look forward to trying this again in 2015 and then 2016 and beyond, although doubt I'd be able to wait a year for the next bottle. A young, young wine in my book.
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5/21/2012 - dcwino wrote: 88 Points
Chabolle Musigny Dinner at Lavandou (Lavandou, Washington DC): Clean and warm cherry fruit, caramel with the usual 04 green. Clearly fresher than the Faiveley Combe d'Orveau but another wine with noticeable green. YMMV per sensitivity to pyrazine.
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12/4/2011 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
Youthful glossy red in colour. On the nose it leads with lots of fruit. On the palate it is youthful and long, good ripe fruit. Could not tell of the famous ladybirds in the wine of 04. Some harsh notes on the finish but nothing that time cannot fix. Well made wine 91, can be enjoyed now but time won't do any harm.
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8/26/2011 - Pacalet wrote: 90 Points
Light to medium red color with orange rim. Initial nose of red flowers, spices, herbs and slight green leafy tones. Palate ripe, complex enough for its level with nice red cherries + plums. But after an hour the leafy aspect of the vintage took over and you can easily smell it and taste it, need to drink up.
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2/11/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 87 Points
La Paulée de New York: Vertical Tasting (Colicchio & Sons - New York NY): Vertical tasting, brief note. Red fruit with thyme and licorice aromas. Similar on palate, soft and slightly earthy with a faint underripe hint.
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11/1/2010 - rnellans wrote:
Bright red fruits. Some stems and 'green' notes on the nose. Minerality and nice red fruited palate.
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12/30/2009 - Whitman wrote: 94 Points
Airy nose with smoke and cherry. Intense, sweet and concentrated. Unbelivable fruit quality for the vintage. Silky, juicy with light berries and spices. This is still on the young side, but for me just great now.
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