First two bottles of 12, just removed from in-bins storage since bought en-primeur.
Medium garnet. Pronounced nose of red fruits - strawberries, cherries, alongside oak spice (cinnamon and cloves) and tertiary development of mushrooms and forest floor. The acidity is high, balancing the fruit, medium alcohol, and the medium- tannins are chalky. Long finish.
This is drinking beautifully now and will do so for a few more years but there really is no need to hold although it will be very interesting to see how it develops as it loses the primary fruits. Outstanding quality for a village Gevrey Chambertin.
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Friday night dinner at Nicolas. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of gorgeous deep red fruits, ripe strawberries, red flwoers, integrated toast oak with hint of smoke. Developed. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), smooth medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe strawberries, deep red cherries, integrated oak spice, some bits of Gevrey meat and smoke. Long sumptuous finish. Very good quality Gevrey village. Drinking in a great place at peak. 30% new oak.
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This is a wow wine that, after ten years, has no real imperfections.
Curiously deep in color, beautifully ruby.
The nose. Wow, the nose. Raspberry and sour cherry on top, opening up to layers of forest floor, mushroom, reminiscences of leather, vanilla, and nutmeg. It's so complex and so beautifully harmonious that made you go back multiple times to see the evolution and development of its beautiful aromas.
Medium body, with medium + acidity and medium alcol. The best part here is the tannin maturation. Tannins are silky, velvety, persistent, yet gentle, a real pleasure. Long finish, with reminders of the sour cherry from the nose and a slightly more balsamic note.
This is a fantastic product, and every new vintage is better than the previous one. On the 2013, after 10 years, is sublime. Peak maturation, it can stay 2/3 more years at this level before starting to lose the freshest fruity notes.
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This was unusual in that this wine is an easy, tasty drinker which is not my typical experience with a GV village. Yet it has the spice, yet muted, the aromas, but not powerful, fully resolved tanins and a long finish. Very enjoyable and will be drinking more.
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2 hour decant and this wine is good. On opening the bouquet of fruit comes up. The wine is not harsh but it is strong. Went well with duck confit. reasonably long taste
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Medium (+) intensity aromas caramel, prune, dried dark cherry, all spice, clove, cinnamon, cedar, cola, red cherry, cranberry, licorice, dried violet, under brush.
Pronounced palate.
Medium (-) body, medium tannin, medium (+) acidity, long finish.
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Medium plus intensity on the nose with ripe and rich red cherry and black cherry, raspberry, red plum, vanilla, chocolate, clove, earth, dried violet, hint of wet leaves, and forest floor. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate with pepper and cedar coming through. High acidity, medium minus tannins, medium alcohol, medium minus body, long finish.
Can drink now but has potential for aging or further aging.
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Very nice and much much better than the Mortet GC 12. I suspect better grapes have been included in this wine to make up for the vintage and as it was a new wine for 2013. I definite buy if you can find it at the right price
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This was delightful tonight after several hours of air and except for the fact that the tannins are now resolved, this was drinking consistently with the note I wrote in May of 2020. Sadly, my last bottle.
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Nose: sour cherries, strawberries, tea, hibiscus, cold fruit. Palate: bit more tartness than the 2017 next to it. More prominent tannins. Still powerful and enjoyable.
90p
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Slightly sweet on the nose; sleek and notes of red fruit on the palate. Drinking well, medium+ finish, an archetypal mid-tier burgundy. Better than I expected, actually.
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An hour of air. Fairly straightforward red berry taste. A little bit of cinnamon. Short finish. Not bad but not that memorable- probably an aspect of the vintage because I have had the 2018 which I admired a lot more. Maybe just shut down. Score : 90. Relative to expectations: -
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Twelve months later, and this wine is beginning to oxidise. Bricking in colour leads to a fairly forward fruit nose, but one that darkens and thins out after 1-2 hours of decanting. The quality of the wine is still discernible behind this downward trend (good mouthfeel and reasonable longueur), but acidity has taken over at the expense of the fruit.
It would be interesting to see whether these comments apply to the 2013 vintage as a whole. My experience so far is that they probably do.
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At first sip, this came off as being fairly dilute, but as I drank the glass(or 2 or 3) over the next hour or so, it’s colors really began to show. Rather than dilute, it was delicate with subtle, sneaky depth to the pretty, earthy, red fruit with a firm minerality at its core. The tannins were dusty and fine on the longish finish. This is not a blockbuster or powerhouse, rather, it’s a wine that shows great finesse and surprising depth for its level(and by the way, the nose is expressive and delightful too!)
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Un vin tout en gourmandise. Que l’on déguste sur le fruit ... archétype du pinot noir, la patte Mortet est bien là. Framboise, groseille, cassis... un très beau vin d’entrée en matière pour un dîner Bourguignon...
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This is not a big wine; the fruit is muted and the overall viscosity is so understated to be fairly classified as "dry". But what charm, delicacy, subtle nuances in its structure, and such a crafted interplay between all parts. Great winemaking skills here; even without upfront fruit, the wine coats the palate and the taste goes on.
So, a wine that will not be for all, and the less food you eat with wines of this delicacy, the better. Just crackers. Have your steak and chips earlier. Then drink water, and then this.
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Nose - fragrant berry with an ever so subtle hint of animale Mouth - delicious fruit forward yet restrained, not overly complex but a charming clean drink
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Full dark red colour. The nose is forward showing the ripe fruit (strawberries), the earthy notes and a flowery side. You can smell the 30% new wood still. Ripe but never jammy. The palate is medium full bodied and full of charming deliciousness. The almost decandent fruit is clear and again wrapped in wood and earth. Balanced acidity and hidden tannins allow already for a nice drinking experience. It's not the longest wine but stays elegantly with you. It's drinking already fine but i suspect it will be better in 2021. Will handle a medium keep in the dark.
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Very pleasant nose of truffles, forest floor, smashed red berries. On the palate tasty but somewhat underwhelming. Not a bad wine but I expected more. Vintage probably to blame.
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Decanted straight from bottle and it was really necessary tonight. The first hour this wine was unyielding and tight with little charm or concentration. Leathery notes and warm fruit. But after an hour the beast awoke. Large amounts of cool and powerful but gentle fruit covers the mouth like velvet. Long lasting palate. Young and playful tannins works together with a fresh and bolstering acidity. Very young but still very accessable.
I will wait 3-4 years before trying this one again, but for anybody enjoying the very young burgundies, this one is really good.
50+5+13+16+8 (92p)
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Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Very ripe red fruit driven nose, strawberry jam, dry cherry, cherry liqueur, raw white mushroom, cedar, cola, cinnamon and earth. Excellent concentration, slightly hollow middle, good mineral expression, medium acidity and a long sweet red fruit and cedar driven finish. This will need another decade to reach its youthful peak.
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Concentrated red berries (cherries) come to the fore. Earthy with musculin character. Med to full bodied, silky textured with some mineral notes. Very good example of G-Ch village.
This Gevrey super-cuvée of the Domaine comes from 5 parcels for the 1st time since 2005. The blend includes Au Velle, En Champs and all of the other old vines villages cuvées. Matured in 30% new oak.
2013 is a good year that can be enjoyed in its youth.
Klar, lav intensitet, fiolett rød, rein duft, middels intensitet på duft, kunne vært mer åpen. Den har godt av å lagres litt til. Klar fruktig duft av bringebær, anis, lakris, mineraler av stein, skogs jord, løv, moden jordbær. Middels syre. Tannin lav, men kan kjenner den, lagret på eik. Alkohol middels 13 %. Smaken ligger bak på tungen. Fin avslutning, kort ettersmak. Fruktig og syrlig. Smaker friske bringebær og jordbær blandet med lakris. Serveres på 16 grader syns det e digg! Glass bør drikkes av et Burgund eller Pinot noir glass. Veldig god med kremet pasta saus, med kylling, sopp og kurspersille.
Nydelig vin, nesten balansert men har noen år i kjelleren forsatt. Trenger å åpne seg litt mer, litt grønn ettersmak.
50+5+13+15+7 = 90
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Bright and pure red cherry fruit laced with a great minerality. The leanness on the finish and taught tannin suggests this needs at least 5 more years in bottle to put on more weight and soften. At first, the pepper on the finish was off putting, until it blew off with time in the glass. If drinking now, I would decant for 30 minutes to let it shed some of the baby fat. However, if you can be patient, I would wait on it to evolve.
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CF's Birthday: Smoke and graphite, meat and violets. Bright on the palate initially, until the tannins take control and grip throughout the mid-palate into a good length finish. Plenty of potential to develop further.
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If you LOVE grapefruit, then you'll give this a 95. I tried to airate the wine best I could but the acidity and taste of grapefruit ink got stronger. I had nothing at my table that I could find that compliments grapefruit. I had to give it away. My first bad bottle of Gevry Chambertin.
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Martine's Wines with Martine Saunier (Formento's - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Black and red fruit with moderate concentration, well done overall in a lighter style best for 2013. Well balanced now, very good young but should easily drink well for a decade+.
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Opened and poured, this wine gave a very good showing with aromatics of dark fruits, spice, wood and some subtle bug spray notes. The color is a translucent, youthful dark ruby. The medium bodied palate comes across as somewhat lean with very good balance overall. The medium length, tart finish shows moderate structure with youthful fruit and tannin. At this stage the wine gives a very good showing; however, some elements detract from the overall impression. If these elements dissipate with bottle age this wine should give a more impressive showing in a few years.
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3/15/2024 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
First two bottles of 12, just removed from in-bins storage since bought en-primeur.
Medium garnet. Pronounced nose of red fruits - strawberries, cherries, alongside oak spice (cinnamon and cloves) and tertiary development of mushrooms and forest floor. The acidity is high, balancing the fruit, medium alcohol, and the medium- tannins are chalky. Long finish.
This is drinking beautifully now and will do so for a few more years but there really is no need to hold although it will be very interesting to see how it develops as it loses the primary fruits. Outstanding quality for a village Gevrey Chambertin.
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12/22/2023 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 92 Points
Friday night dinner at Nicolas.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of gorgeous deep red fruits, ripe strawberries, red flwoers, integrated toast oak with hint of smoke. Developed.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), smooth medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe strawberries, deep red cherries, integrated oak spice, some bits of Gevrey meat and smoke. Long sumptuous finish.
Very good quality Gevrey village. Drinking in a great place at peak.
30% new oak.
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2/17/2023 - Wadham Cellar wrote: 88 Points
Sour cherry, nice but not complex, could have mistaken for new world. Good but not great.
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1/22/2023 - MaurizioAbba Likes this wine: 98 Points
This is a wow wine that, after ten years, has no real imperfections.
Curiously deep in color, beautifully ruby.
The nose. Wow, the nose. Raspberry and sour cherry on top, opening up to layers of forest floor, mushroom, reminiscences of leather, vanilla, and nutmeg. It's so complex and so beautifully harmonious that made you go back multiple times to see the evolution and development of its beautiful aromas.
Medium body, with medium + acidity and medium alcol. The best part here is the tannin maturation. Tannins are silky, velvety, persistent, yet gentle, a real pleasure. Long finish, with reminders of the sour cherry from the nose and a slightly more balsamic note.
This is a fantastic product, and every new vintage is better than the previous one. On the 2013, after 10 years, is sublime. Peak maturation, it can stay 2/3 more years at this level before starting to lose the freshest fruity notes.
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12/29/2022 - markydb Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was unusual in that this wine is an easy, tasty drinker which is not my typical experience with a GV village. Yet it has the spice, yet muted, the aromas, but not powerful, fully resolved tanins and a long finish. Very enjoyable and will be drinking more.
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11/30/2022 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 92 Points
2 hour decant and this wine is good. On opening the bouquet of fruit comes up. The wine is not harsh but it is strong.
Went well with duck confit. reasonably long taste
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11/6/2022 - sjfunkenhauser wrote: 92 Points
Pale ruby.
Medium (+) intensity aromas caramel, prune, dried dark cherry, all spice, clove, cinnamon, cedar, cola, red cherry, cranberry, licorice, dried violet, under brush.
Pronounced palate.
Medium (-) body, medium tannin, medium (+) acidity, long finish.
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11/1/2022 - Irish_Wine wrote: 92 Points
Pale ruby.
Medium plus intensity on the nose with ripe and rich red cherry and black cherry, raspberry, red plum, vanilla, chocolate, clove, earth, dried violet, hint of wet leaves, and forest floor. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate with pepper and cedar coming through. High acidity, medium minus tannins, medium alcohol, medium minus body, long finish.
Can drink now but has potential for aging or further aging.
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8/31/2022 - steinersing wrote: 87 Points
Lacking charm but drinkable
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8/25/2022 - HENNO1 wrote: 90 Points
Very nice and much much better than the Mortet GC 12. I suspect better grapes have been included in this wine to make up for the vintage and as it was a new wine for 2013. I definite buy if you can find it at the right price
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2/25/2022 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was delightful tonight after several hours of air and except for the fact that the tannins are now resolved, this was drinking consistently with the note I wrote in May of 2020. Sadly, my last bottle.
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12/23/2021 - carstenf wrote: 90 Points
Rustic Gevrey with ion notes and sour cherries. Really nice through.
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11/18/2021 - steinersing wrote: 89 Points
Lovely nose but would have liked a little more fruit intensity
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6/7/2021 - Shiaxonna wrote: 90 Points
Nose: sour cherries, strawberries, tea, hibiscus, cold fruit.
Palate: bit more tartness than the 2017 next to it. More prominent tannins. Still powerful and enjoyable.
90p
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5/7/2021 - sburtt Likes this wine: 89 Points
pretty basic
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1/24/2021 - nihraguk wrote:
Slightly sweet on the nose; sleek and notes of red fruit on the palate. Drinking well, medium+ finish, an archetypal mid-tier burgundy. Better than I expected, actually.
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1/16/2021 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 90 Points
An hour of air. Fairly straightforward red berry taste. A little bit of cinnamon. Short finish. Not bad but not that memorable- probably an aspect of the vintage because I have had the 2018 which I admired a lot more. Maybe just shut down.
Score : 90. Relative to expectations: -
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8/19/2020 - Raizes Likes this wine: 90 Points
红色水果、丁香、咖啡太妃糖和一些泥土的气息,并不复杂但有自己的层次。果味飘忽,却没有被较重的桶味盖过,展现了酿酒的水平。入口有不错的结构,但后段集中度略有不足,在保持了自己风格个性的前提下,优缺点都比较明显的一款酒。
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7/11/2020 - vide wrote: 90 Points
Twelve months later, and this wine is beginning to oxidise. Bricking in colour leads to a fairly forward fruit nose, but one that darkens and thins out after 1-2 hours of decanting. The quality of the wine is still discernible behind this downward trend (good mouthfeel and reasonable longueur), but acidity has taken over at the expense of the fruit.
It would be interesting to see whether these comments apply to the 2013 vintage as a whole. My experience so far is that they probably do.
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5/30/2020 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 91 Points
At first sip, this came off as being fairly dilute, but as I drank the glass(or 2 or 3) over the next hour or so, it’s colors really began to show. Rather than dilute, it was delicate with subtle, sneaky depth to the pretty, earthy, red fruit with a firm minerality at its core. The tannins were dusty and fine on the longish finish. This is not a blockbuster or powerhouse, rather, it’s a wine that shows great finesse and surprising depth for its level(and by the way, the nose is expressive and delightful too!)
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1/28/2020 - soyhead wrote:
drinking very nicely, nice fruit good balance and a pleasing acidic zip on the finish that makes this very enjoyable
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12/25/2019 - Sneakaway wrote: 92 Points
Un vin tout en gourmandise. Que l’on déguste sur le fruit ... archétype du pinot noir, la patte Mortet est bien là. Framboise, groseille, cassis... un très beau vin d’entrée en matière pour un dîner Bourguignon...
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12/8/2019 - vide Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is not a big wine; the fruit is muted and the overall viscosity is so understated to be fairly classified as "dry". But what charm, delicacy, subtle nuances in its structure, and such a crafted interplay between all parts. Great winemaking skills here; even without upfront fruit, the wine coats the palate and the taste goes on.
So, a wine that will not be for all, and the less food you eat with wines of this delicacy, the better. Just crackers. Have your steak and chips earlier. Then drink water, and then this.
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10/9/2019 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - fragrant berry with an ever so subtle hint of animale
Mouth - delicious fruit forward yet restrained, not overly complex but a charming clean drink
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3/5/2019 - dbkitc wrote: 89 Points
Transparent. Lots of red fruit and some earthy notes. Hopefully will develop more complexity with age. Neither powerful nor pretty. (89)
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1/2/2019 - Ellon wrote:
Full dark red colour. The nose is forward showing the ripe fruit (strawberries), the earthy notes and a flowery side. You can smell the 30% new wood still. Ripe but never jammy. The palate is medium full bodied and full of charming deliciousness. The almost decandent fruit is clear and again wrapped in wood and earth. Balanced acidity and hidden tannins allow already for a nice drinking experience. It's not the longest wine but stays elegantly with you. It's drinking already fine but i suspect it will be better in 2021. Will handle a medium keep in the dark.
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12/29/2018 - Jin74 Likes this wine: 90 Points
rasberry cassis coffee with rose petal on nose. Medium body nice acidity fine tannin. Great village for the vintage
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11/9/2018 - pbaek wrote:
Dark fruited with spicy notes. Earthy, maybe with just a hint of green. Elegant. Very young, of course. Lovely wine.
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5/26/2018 - Skaarup Likes this wine:
Very pleasant nose of truffles, forest floor, smashed red berries. On the palate tasty but somewhat underwhelming. Not a bad wine but I expected more. Vintage probably to blame.
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9/25/2017 - Shiaxonna wrote: 92 Points
Decanted straight from bottle and it was really necessary tonight. The first hour this wine was unyielding and tight with little charm or concentration. Leathery notes and warm fruit. But after an hour the beast awoke. Large amounts of cool and powerful but gentle fruit covers the mouth like velvet. Long lasting palate. Young and playful tannins works together with a fresh and bolstering acidity. Very young but still very accessable.
I will wait 3-4 years before trying this one again, but for anybody enjoying the very young burgundies, this one is really good.
50+5+13+16+8 (92p)
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7/1/2017 - soyhead wrote:
excellent pairing with ramen
limited notes
vibrant fruit, good acidity, hint of ham. ideally this will solidify over the next few years. promise.
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6/27/2017 - dcwino wrote: 90 Points
Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Very ripe red fruit driven nose, strawberry jam, dry cherry, cherry liqueur, raw white mushroom, cedar, cola, cinnamon and earth. Excellent concentration, slightly hollow middle, good mineral expression, medium acidity and a long sweet red fruit and cedar driven finish. This will need another decade to reach its youthful peak.
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3/18/2017 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 91 Points
Concentrated red berries (cherries) come to the fore. Earthy with musculin character. Med to full bodied, silky textured with some mineral notes. Very good example of G-Ch village.
This Gevrey super-cuvée of the Domaine comes from 5 parcels for the 1st time since 2005. The blend includes Au Velle, En Champs and all of the other old vines villages cuvées. Matured in 30% new oak.
2013 is a good year that can be enjoyed in its youth.
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2/3/2017 - Krizztanius wrote: 90 Points
Klar, lav intensitet, fiolett rød, rein duft, middels intensitet på duft, kunne vært mer åpen. Den har godt av å lagres litt til. Klar fruktig duft av bringebær, anis, lakris, mineraler av stein, skogs jord, løv, moden jordbær. Middels syre. Tannin lav, men kan kjenner den, lagret på eik. Alkohol middels 13 %. Smaken ligger bak på tungen. Fin avslutning, kort ettersmak. Fruktig og syrlig. Smaker friske bringebær og jordbær blandet med lakris.
Serveres på 16 grader syns det e digg!
Glass bør drikkes av et Burgund eller Pinot noir glass.
Veldig god med kremet pasta saus, med kylling, sopp og kurspersille.
Nydelig vin, nesten balansert men har noen år i kjelleren forsatt. Trenger å åpne seg litt mer, litt grønn ettersmak.
50+5+13+15+7 = 90
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1/22/2017 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Bright and pure red cherry fruit laced with a great minerality. The leanness on the finish and taught tannin suggests this needs at least 5 more years in bottle to put on more weight and soften. At first, the pepper on the finish was off putting, until it blew off with time in the glass. If drinking now, I would decant for 30 minutes to let it shed some of the baby fat. However, if you can be patient, I would wait on it to evolve.
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11/13/2016 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
CF's Birthday: Smoke and graphite, meat and violets. Bright on the palate initially, until the tannins take control and grip throughout the mid-palate into a good length finish. Plenty of potential to develop further.
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5/1/2016 - Chapel wrote: 89 Points
If you LOVE grapefruit, then you'll give this a 95.
I tried to airate the wine best I could but the acidity and taste of grapefruit ink got stronger. I had nothing at my table that I could find that compliments grapefruit. I had to give it away.
My first bad bottle of Gevry Chambertin.
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4/18/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Martine's Wines with Martine Saunier (Formento's - Chicago IL): Tasting, brief note. Black and red fruit with moderate concentration, well done overall in a lighter style best for 2013. Well balanced now, very good young but should easily drink well for a decade+.
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3/24/2016 - sehill wrote: 88 Points
Opened and poured, this wine gave a very good showing with aromatics of dark fruits, spice, wood and some subtle bug spray notes. The color is a translucent, youthful dark ruby. The medium bodied palate comes across as somewhat lean with very good balance overall. The medium length, tart finish shows moderate structure with youthful fruit and tannin. At this stage the wine gives a very good showing; however, some elements detract from the overall impression. If these elements dissipate with bottle age this wine should give a more impressive showing in a few years.
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3/22/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Joyaux en Côte de Nuits (Marsannay/Gevrey-Chambertin) - Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne (Complexe Sportif Gevrey-Chambertin): Tasting, brief note. Forward and already nicely balanced with good textures, elegant tannins. 90-91 point potential.
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3/5/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
La Paulée de San Francisco - Grand Tasting (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Tasting, brief note. Black cherry with some emerging sauvage. Fun and open right now, perhaps waiting a year for the new oak (~30%) to integrate a little more. Very good 2017-2033.
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3/5/2016 - alanr wrote:
2016 La Paulee San Francisco - Saturday Grand Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco): Noticeable Ethyl Acetate nose, carries through with some bitterness, not rated.
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11/8/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy/Champagne Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Black cherry and berry with animale and roasted meat. Not a powerhouse Gevrey, but with everything in balance this is vibrant and charming already today, and best for the medium-term, 2017 forward.
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1/9/2015 - vespasian Likes this wine:
Quite intense nose, perfume really leaps out of the glass; silky, seductive. Very very good. Lovely weight.
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