No decant, poured gently off its sediment like in Burgundy.
Shy on opening with hints of leather and dried leaves. Soft red fruits, it quickly turns on it's heels with darker fruits and herbal notes.
Orange peel and black fruits come through the middle and finish with time open, then the lean and focussed palate hits bitter green pepper, char, graphite and black olive and black tea tannins.
The length is superb for what is a light to medium bodied wine.
Such persistence for a lighter year in these parts, the power is in the back third.
Young, but approachable now if you are not affraid of tannin.
Outstanding bordering on exceptional. Such a joy to drink through a bottle as special as this with my favourite person.
Thank you R. X
Day 2 A precious smidge left in a glass overnight. Light red, coming in from the rim with a touch of brick.
It's filled out, it's become more sappy, rounded, and there's a lick of strawberry jam and toffee like sweetness lining the palate with orange marmalade through the finish.
The bitter, stemmy and peppery tannins still could do with some more years in the bottle to soften.
It's mid life, showing both it's youth and where it will go.
Outstanding, now to 2032. No tannin sediment, but acid crystals at the bottom of the last pour.
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Opened last night and it was tight out of the bottle. Decided to put hold off a day. Night two: this is blossoming and opening to a lively mid palate. Clean, elegant and long finish. Silky tannins. Delicious.
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Red fruit, soil, earth and allspice on both nose and palate. Good length. A little pepper in the back. Flavors a little murky and undefined. Very firm backbone of acidity and tannin. Built to last but right now a little clumsy for a GC. Would leave it alone for a while.
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Elegant frukt, ek, blomster, søt lakris og animalske toner. Stram, kraftig og rustikk i stilen. Tydlig grand cru kvalitet. Sammensatt, presis og lang. Strålende vin. Trenger et tiår til.
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Young White and Red Burgundy, 2012 Through 2014 (The Wine Club, San Francisco): Light ruby to watery appearance. Some funk and soil dominate. Medium weight, delicate but expansive and fairly authoratative feel. Spicy light red fruit, iron, and soil. More acidity and tannin than the first taste would suggest. Discrete oak. Gentle, dry, long finish. A convincing, finesseful Gevrey Grand Cru with outstanding intermediate term prospects.
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8/24/2022 - Screwcaps Likes this wine:
For our 10th wedding anniversary.
No decant, poured gently off its sediment like in Burgundy.
Shy on opening with hints of leather and dried leaves. Soft red fruits, it quickly turns on it's heels with darker fruits and herbal notes.
Orange peel and black fruits come through the middle and finish with time open, then the lean and focussed palate hits bitter green pepper, char, graphite and black olive and black tea tannins.
The length is superb for what is a light to medium bodied wine.
Such persistence for a lighter year in these parts, the power is in the back third.
Young, but approachable now if you are not affraid of tannin.
Outstanding bordering on exceptional. Such a joy to drink through a bottle as special as this with my favourite person.
Thank you R. X
Day 2
A precious smidge left in a glass overnight.
Light red, coming in from the rim with a touch of brick.
It's filled out, it's become more sappy, rounded, and there's a lick of strawberry jam and toffee like sweetness lining the palate with orange marmalade through the finish.
The bitter, stemmy and peppery tannins still could do with some more years in the bottle to soften.
It's mid life, showing both it's youth and where it will go.
Outstanding, now to 2032. No tannin sediment, but acid crystals at the bottom of the last pour.
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7/20/2021 - barolo1971 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Opened last night and it was tight out of the bottle. Decided to put hold off a day. Night two: this is blossoming and opening to a lively mid palate. Clean, elegant and long finish. Silky tannins. Delicious.
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8/4/2020 - watcheslover wrote: 97 Points
Top quality, not far from the fabulous Clos de Beze 2012 of Faiveley
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1/5/2020 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 98 Points
Incredible flavours, the best 2012 just after Faiveley
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12/25/2017 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Red fruit, soil, earth and allspice on both nose and palate. Good length. A little pepper in the back. Flavors a little murky and undefined. Very firm backbone of acidity and tannin. Built to last but right now a little clumsy for a GC. Would leave it alone for a while.
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7/31/2017 - ove_stammrud wrote:
Elegant frukt, ek, blomster, søt lakris og animalske toner. Stram, kraftig og rustikk i stilen. Tydlig grand cru kvalitet. Sammensatt, presis og lang. Strålende vin. Trenger et tiår til.
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3/5/2017 - R.H. Likes this wine:
2oz Pour @ Rebelle
Lots of power here. Peppery. Would love to see what becomes of this in 10-15yrs
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6/4/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Young White and Red Burgundy, 2012 Through 2014 (The Wine Club, San Francisco): Light ruby to watery appearance. Some funk and soil dominate. Medium weight, delicate but expansive and fairly authoratative feel. Spicy light red fruit, iron, and soil. More acidity and tannin than the first taste would suggest. Discrete oak. Gentle, dry, long finish. A convincing, finesseful Gevrey Grand Cru with outstanding intermediate term prospects.
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2/28/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Roasted meat with black berries and plum, meaty spice and leather. Firm, dense and meaty, this shows great structure but will need a decade+ to really mature.
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2/28/2015 - alanr wrote: 91 Points
2014 La Paulee Grand Tasting (New York): Medium body, medium dark fruit, quite structured, a bit rustic. Tough to judge this. Give it time.
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2/28/2015 - JOsgood wrote:
La Paulée de New York - Grand Tasting (Metropolitan Pavilion): Built for the long haul. Well composed without any overt oak treatment that Bouchard used to do to its wines. Nice today but it clearly needs time.
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