Mainly Oregon (Noizé): Light ruby to cherry. Fragrant and relatively delicate red fruited nose. Nice fruit, again raspberry with some persistence and a nicely fresh, minerally almost slightly herbal element on the finish that gives further complexity. Very attractive. ****
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Paired with T-bone steak, the steak was the highlight. Decanted it for three hours, which helped but not as expressive as we would have hoped. Tannins have faded instead of smoothed out like we usually see with Les Dij creating a lean wine. Black cherry, subtle earthiness. Some seepage on the cork but not a corked bottle, still a little underwhelming.
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Translucent ruby. Subtle but persistent nose of gently acrid cherry pits, high pitched soaring violets, damp cellar, cinnamon. Layers of elegant but effortlessly lively red berry fruit cut with earth and the barest of iron notes on the extremely balanced palate. Quietly nervous acidity and fine grained tannin. Long, harmonious finish of anchored red fruit, fine earth, and ringing ferric grip. So light on its feet, but so much focus and concentration. Beautiful.
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Popped and pour. Cork wet almost to the edge. A little soft but still holding. Very tight on the nose, not revealing much...little spice and strawberry. On pallet subtle flavors of earth, spice... very light body, delicate. Again not revealing much. Not bad, just a little flat at this point. Finish has just a touch of fruit, acidic but not much more. Will give this a little time to open, but if it doesn’t I’d say I may have held this too long.
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Decanted about 45 minutes at home, then sat open at the restaurant for a 90 minutes or so. This initially struck me as rather lean next to an '12 Antica Terra Ceras, but without that context is was terrific. Very old world style, which I love. It opened up more with time in glass, and once the food arrived it stepped up to the next level, the best pairing of the course, I thought (with the Ceras and a '12 Rivers Marie Old Vines Summa).
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Bring a Good Bottle at The Kenwood (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Drank this as part of a nice trio including a '12 Rivers Marie Old Vines Summa and a '12 Antica Terra Ceras. This was my favorite of what was a very good and competitive flight. My second favorite, just behind the Ceras was this. I love the Burgundian style, very nuanced, aromatic nose. The nose shows roses, orange peel, wild strawberry, rose water, spices. The palate is medium bodied, a little leaner with with a touch of firmness to the tannins, tart cherry, floral, blood orange. This should be even better in a couple years. 92+ to 93pts.
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Mixed Offerings at Kenwood (Kenwood Restaurant, Minneapolis): This evolved in the glass. Up front a ton of cinnamon overload. 15 minutes later a much better wine that featured spice, mild funk, forest floor and sour cherries. Medium finish. Hold this for a few years.
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Medium ruby color. Pleasing aromatics with lots of secondary subtlety - braised fig, allspice berry, hibiscus, mushroom and black tea. Beautifully integrated and expressive palate, with seamless fruit and secondary depth, adding a slight mineral-earth note that frames the fruit and spice. Silky and elegant in the middle, with bright corners leading into fine finishing tannins and breathy succulent length. Excellent, and in a great place.
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Tasted alongside the 2015 vintage. This was the more rustic, earth and umami driven of the two, and more reticent. Seductive, yet not lacking for power. It might be difficult to pick this out of a blind flight of high quality 1er Cru Burgundy. It will evolve for a long while. 93-94.
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Drank for Dad's birthday during Manzanita family weekend, September 2016. Blind tasting of 2012, 2013 and 2014 Les Dijonnaise. Everyone thought the 2014 was the 2012. 2014 was the winner for all except Kyle, who liked the 2013. Amazing night. This is why we collect wine.
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Quite a full and deep ruby. Mmm, this is interesting; very fragrant and lifted on the nose with a floral, slightly spicy and very scented talc-like top note with a deeper red and almost blue-fruited bass line. Initially quite ripe and a little sweet and glossy on the attack, but with a very precise citrus acidity cutting through and giving it a sharp line. After a couple of hours the glossy sweetness lifts with the fresh citrus peel line persisting nicely. Lots here and scope for development. Lovely. ****
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Brick red with violet edge, unfiltered. Rose petals, pine, and wet earth on the nose. Solid core of red cherry, currant, with touch of clove. Medium tannins with silky, full mouth feel and moderate acidity. Elegant now, but could use a few years.
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10/14/2022 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Mainly Oregon (Noizé): Light ruby to cherry. Fragrant and relatively delicate red fruited nose. Nice fruit, again raspberry with some persistence and a nicely fresh, minerally almost slightly herbal element on the finish that gives further complexity. Very attractive. ****
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9/8/2022 - noirORnever Likes this wine: 88 Points
Paired with T-bone steak, the steak was the highlight. Decanted it for three hours, which helped but not as expressive as we would have hoped. Tannins have faded instead of smoothed out like we usually see with Les Dij creating a lean wine. Black cherry, subtle earthiness. Some seepage on the cork but not a corked bottle, still a little underwhelming.
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7/16/2021 - DougLee wrote: 93 Points
Translucent ruby. Subtle but persistent nose of gently acrid cherry pits, high pitched soaring violets, damp cellar, cinnamon. Layers of elegant but effortlessly lively red berry fruit cut with earth and the barest of iron notes on the extremely balanced palate. Quietly nervous acidity and fine grained tannin. Long, harmonious finish of anchored red fruit, fine earth, and ringing ferric grip. So light on its feet, but so much focus and concentration. Beautiful.
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12/22/2020 - wineguy1968 wrote:
Popped and pour. Cork wet almost to the edge. A little soft but still holding. Very tight on the nose, not revealing much...little spice and strawberry. On pallet subtle flavors of earth, spice... very light body, delicate. Again not revealing much. Not bad, just a little flat at this point. Finish has just a touch of fruit, acidic but not much more. Will give this a little time to open, but if it doesn’t I’d say I may have held this too long.
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2/2/2020 - JCGuthrie wrote: 93 Points
Decanted about 45 minutes at home, then sat open at the restaurant for a 90 minutes or so. This initially struck me as rather lean next to an '12 Antica Terra Ceras, but without that context is was terrific. Very old world style, which I love. It opened up more with time in glass, and once the food arrived it stepped up to the next level, the best pairing of the course, I thought (with the Ceras and a '12 Rivers Marie Old Vines Summa).
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1/30/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Bring a Good Bottle at The Kenwood (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Drank this as part of a nice trio including a '12 Rivers Marie Old Vines Summa and a '12 Antica Terra Ceras. This was my favorite of what was a very good and competitive flight. My second favorite, just behind the Ceras was this. I love the Burgundian style, very nuanced, aromatic nose. The nose shows roses, orange peel, wild strawberry, rose water, spices. The palate is medium bodied, a little leaner with with a touch of firmness to the tannins, tart cherry, floral, blood orange. This should be even better in a couple years. 92+ to 93pts.
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1/30/2020 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 Points
Mixed Offerings at Kenwood (Kenwood Restaurant, Minneapolis): This evolved in the glass. Up front a ton of cinnamon overload. 15 minutes later a much better wine that featured spice, mild funk, forest floor and sour cherries. Medium finish. Hold this for a few years.
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12/24/2019 - MattMauldin Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium ruby color. Pleasing aromatics with lots of secondary subtlety - braised fig, allspice berry, hibiscus, mushroom and black tea. Beautifully integrated and expressive palate, with seamless fruit and secondary depth, adding a slight mineral-earth note that frames the fruit and spice. Silky and elegant in the middle, with bright corners leading into fine finishing tannins and breathy succulent length. Excellent, and in a great place.
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5/23/2018 - Motz wrote: 94 Points
Tasted alongside the 2015 vintage. This was the more rustic, earth and umami driven of the two, and more reticent. Seductive, yet not lacking for power. It might be difficult to pick this out of a blind flight of high quality 1er Cru Burgundy. It will evolve for a long while. 93-94.
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8/19/2017 - thedood wrote: 92 Points
Excellent light balance with the weight of an older style of Volnay, say. Fruit is very fresh; red and black berries, a hint of menthol and pepper.
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5/15/2017 - Tonyboons33 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Absolutely loved this wine, bright and juicy. Great nose, well balanced and very fresh. Would buy again.
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9/19/2016 - rkbusse Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank for Dad's birthday during Manzanita family weekend, September 2016. Blind tasting of 2012, 2013 and 2014 Les Dijonnaise. Everyone thought the 2014 was the 2012. 2014 was the winner for all except Kyle, who liked the 2013. Amazing night. This is why we collect wine.
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4/26/2016 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Quite a full and deep ruby. Mmm, this is interesting; very fragrant and lifted on the nose with a floral, slightly spicy and very scented talc-like top note with a deeper red and almost blue-fruited bass line. Initially quite ripe and a little sweet and glossy on the attack, but with a very precise citrus acidity cutting through and giving it a sharp line. After a couple of hours the glossy sweetness lifts with the fresh citrus peel line persisting nicely. Lots here and scope for development. Lovely. ****
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12/15/2015 - lquam Likes this wine: 90 Points
Brick red with violet edge, unfiltered. Rose petals, pine, and wet earth on the nose. Solid core of red cherry, currant, with touch of clove. Medium tannins with silky, full mouth feel and moderate acidity. Elegant now, but could use a few years.
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