Gold color, it’s entrancing on the nose with a little nuttiness and honey and lots of depth. The palate couldn’t equal the nose, but with air it expanded to deliver on some of its promise. Still showing plenty of acidity, it is ready to go and I don’t expect it to improve, though it isn’t dying anytime soon.
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Casual Burgundy Dinner with Friends from Burgundy (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Dark color gave reason for concern to start. Certainly mature, but I'd consider this age appropriate. Ripe orchard fruit throughout with slightly sweet spice and very good density. Much better than the last time I opened a bottle from my cellar a year+ ago. I finished the last glass ~5 hours after the bottle was opened, and this was just as good as when first poured.
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Oxidizing, but still enjoyable. Dark yellow, light gold with apricot and honey aromas. A moderate finish and hints at what the grand cru had been as this is definitely on its way down.
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Tasted blind, this wine had a very light yellow center with clear rims. The medium- intensity nosed seemed very tight but showed green apple and some minerals.
This wine remained tight in the mouth but showed some attractive richness and strong buffering acidity. I found this Bienvenues to be a tough read. While it may gain a couple points with time, it is not clear to me the the effort will be rewarded.
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Light yellow. Intense orange rind, pineapple, some black cherry fruit (yes, like a great German Riesling), and subtle hazelnut. Medium body, tight at first with great acidity, and slow, distinguished unfolding over time. Elegant, utterly complex, and years ahead of this. Not a blockbuster, but my goodness, everything you hope for in Grand Cru white Burgundy.
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1995 vs 1996 Burgs (NYC): Nice nose of lees and butterscotch. Rich and ripe like the 1995 version, but with much more nervy acidity which begs this wine to be cellared. Beautiful Grand Cru wine! 1996?
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11/9/2022 - BradE wrote:
BBM in Atlanta: Really, really good. Perfect shape, showing age but appropriately.
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11/5/2022 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gold color, it’s entrancing on the nose with a little nuttiness and honey and lots of depth. The palate couldn’t equal the nose, but with air it expanded to deliver on some of its promise. Still showing plenty of acidity, it is ready to go and I don’t expect it to improve, though it isn’t dying anytime soon.
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4/20/2018 - clayfu wrote:
incredibly youthful and full. Slightly reduced. Really good wine right now
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2/8/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Casual Burgundy Dinner with Friends from Burgundy (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Dark color gave reason for concern to start. Certainly mature, but I'd consider this age appropriate. Ripe orchard fruit throughout with slightly sweet spice and very good density. Much better than the last time I opened a bottle from my cellar a year+ ago. I finished the last glass ~5 hours after the bottle was opened, and this was just as good as when first poured.
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5/17/2015 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Perfect Pernot. Fresh, balanced yet rich with secondary flavors.
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6/16/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Paul Pernot Featured at the Lieu-dit Cru Blind White Burgundy Dinner (L2O - Chicago IL): Single blind in Pernot BBM flight. Slightly old and off-kilter. Not a successful evening for Pernot 1996s.
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12/26/2011 - SherriChris Likes this wine: 90 Points
Oxidizing, but still enjoyable. Dark yellow, light gold with apricot and honey aromas. A moderate finish and hints at what the grand cru had been as this is definitely on its way down.
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12/11/2011 - fclarity wrote: 90 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a very light yellow center with clear rims. The medium- intensity nosed seemed very tight but showed green apple and some minerals.
This wine remained tight in the mouth but showed some attractive richness and strong buffering acidity. I found this Bienvenues to be a tough read. While it may gain a couple points with time, it is not clear to me the the effort will be rewarded.
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7/25/2010 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Totally, irretrievably oxidized. How painful given the expectations generated by a fantastic bottle early last year.
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12/17/2009 - keithgg wrote: flawed
One of several spoiled BBMs at last nights tasting.
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2/16/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow. Intense orange rind, pineapple, some black cherry fruit (yes, like a great German Riesling), and subtle hazelnut. Medium body, tight at first with great acidity, and slow, distinguished unfolding over time. Elegant, utterly complex, and years ahead of this. Not a blockbuster, but my goodness, everything you hope for in Grand Cru white Burgundy.
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12/5/1998 - mdefreitas wrote: 94 Points
1995 vs 1996 Burgs (NYC): Nice nose of lees and butterscotch. Rich and ripe like the 1995 version, but with much more nervy acidity which begs this wine to be cellared. Beautiful Grand Cru wine! 1996?
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