Big, dark and dense. Fragrant nose. Black cherry, menthol, loam and leather, with a backbone of piercing acidity. Impeccable structure with fine grained tannins that suggest a long life ahead. This is still relatively young, although the flavors are showing beautiful secondary development. A long lingering finish.
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Super nice sweet spot - great nose after some time! Deep cheeries and black fruit - however very delicate! Medium strong body and medium finish! Overall a very good wine indeed!
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Just bought 6+1 and took one to a burgundy night yesterday. Was very closed at first but opened up in the glass. Great nose when you overcome the oak which dominates to begin with - red fruits, pepper, vanilla, cinnamon. It leaps out of the glass. Still very tannic but there's definitely great balance there! Will give the rest a few more years.
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Served last, as a coda to our 1985 Burgundy tasting. We were told it had been decanted for 3 hours but it was still a little tight when poured. After 5 minutes in the glass it opened up beautifully, showing a wonderful nose of ripe cherries, plumbs, and strawberries with hints of pepper, cloves, and just a faint trace of forest floor. Asked to guess the vintage most of us went for 2009 or 2010. Clearly still a baby but with a stunning life ahead. It can be drunk now but definitely not without some serious decanting time!
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End of 2014 wines: Served blind, a nose of spices and raspberries, red cherries, plums and red currants, with a little dry earth. The flavour profile was similar, with decent fruit on the palate. A solid, earthy, slightly muddy wine, not at all spectacular or lifted. I was thinking this was a 1er but, on the reveal, I wondered if it, as a 2005, just needed more cellar time to be at its best. It was far from clenched and iron on the palate, but I wondered if the wine was closed in a different sort of way? Perhaps it will improve in 5-10 years?
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12/19/2020 - nywine68 wrote: 96 Points
Big, dark and dense. Fragrant nose. Black cherry, menthol, loam and leather, with a backbone of piercing acidity. Impeccable structure with fine grained tannins that suggest a long life ahead. This is still relatively young, although the flavors are showing beautiful secondary development. A long lingering finish.
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4/6/2020 - JHSP Likes this wine: 93 Points
Super nice sweet spot - great nose after some time! Deep cheeries and black fruit - however very delicate! Medium strong body and medium finish!
Overall a very good wine indeed!
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11/2/2016 - ericegan Likes this wine: 96 Points
Just bought 6+1 and took one to a burgundy night yesterday. Was very closed at first but opened up in the glass. Great nose when you overcome the oak which dominates to begin with - red fruits, pepper, vanilla, cinnamon. It leaps out of the glass. Still very tannic but there's definitely great balance there! Will give the rest a few more years.
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11/2/2016 - paddydonald Likes this wine: 97 Points
Served last, as a coda to our 1985 Burgundy tasting. We were told it had been decanted for 3 hours but it was still a little tight when poured. After 5 minutes in the glass it opened up beautifully, showing a wonderful nose of ripe cherries, plumbs, and strawberries with hints of pepper, cloves, and just a faint trace of forest floor. Asked to guess the vintage most of us went for 2009 or 2010. Clearly still a baby but with a stunning life ahead. It can be drunk now but definitely not without some serious decanting time!
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1/18/2015 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
End of 2014 wines: Served blind, a nose of spices and raspberries, red cherries, plums and red currants, with a little dry earth. The flavour profile was similar, with decent fruit on the palate. A solid, earthy, slightly muddy wine, not at all spectacular or lifted. I was thinking this was a 1er but, on the reveal, I wondered if it, as a 2005, just needed more cellar time to be at its best. It was far from clenched and iron on the palate, but I wondered if the wine was closed in a different sort of way? Perhaps it will improve in 5-10 years?
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