Very evolved nose, brown sugar, loads of leather, sous-bois mushrooms... Took 30 min to open up in the glass with beautifull aromas of sandalwood, cigar box, roasted meat, loads of leather and completely integrated tannin... Very nice wine at 54 years of age!!
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Plenty alive with prefect provenance from Bern's frigid cellar, this was really quite lovely. Deep but delicate, with red fruits, dried flowers, and herbs with a dash of acidity. Certainly at peak or perhaps a touch past it, but not even remotely tired. This was really charming and surprised to the upside.
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Good soil tones, with limited remaining fruit and acid. Took on a brownish character after 45 minutes but enjoyable up until that point. Drink now. 88-
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I was with fourdan. One of the three beat burgundies I have tasted. It had developed all the lovely tertiary aromas of black pepper and spice one only finds in old burgundies
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Garnet/Orange color. Aromas of sweet spice, soy, tea, and dark red fruits on the nose. Palate was very pleasing with ripe fruits, mostly cranberry and cherry, with great spice on the backend. Showing a good bit of acidity, but in a good way. Nice lasting finish.
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Some older Burgs (La Fève): In the glass this has really gone over to an orange color, but it is an encouragingly deep orange. The nose shows as attractively ripe with strong and fully mature mushroom and raisin notes plus a little brie. Time brings out flowers and the decadent sweet smells of summer. The palate is soft in a pleasantly mature way with fully evolved berry fruit. Actually a bit of brightness shows up on the finish after the wine spends a little time in the glass. With even more time, some of that brightness shows up in the front of the mouth as a more youthful shot of raspberry. What really set this apart, though, are the great flowers and summer part of the nose and a dose of spice that builds and builds in the finish. After an hour, this is actually starting to dry out in the mid-palate but the floral/spice elements are still growing. Obviously not a blockbuster, but a damn pleasurable wine from an “off” vintage that is discernibly and delightfully RSV.
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Fill was 6 cm. Light color, more brown than red. Fruit still present on nose and palate, but it's very pale. Much better spice - clove and allspice come through clearly. Some raspberry flavor, but mostly forest floor. Still showing lively acidity, which helps provide some good texture and moderate length. Better than expected.
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5/3/2024 - Philippe_C wrote: 92 Points
Very evolved nose, brown sugar, loads of leather, sous-bois mushrooms... Took 30 min to open up in the glass with beautifull aromas of sandalwood, cigar box, roasted meat, loads of leather and completely integrated tannin... Very nice wine at 54 years of age!!
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4/13/2022 - rc@ughey wrote: 93 Points
Plenty alive with prefect provenance from Bern's frigid cellar, this was really quite lovely. Deep but delicate, with red fruits, dried flowers, and herbs with a dash of acidity. Certainly at peak or perhaps a touch past it, but not even remotely tired. This was really charming and surprised to the upside.
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11/17/2016 - tinybubbles wrote: 88 Points
Good soil tones, with limited remaining fruit and acid. Took on a brownish character after 45 minutes but enjoyable up until that point. Drink now. 88-
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5/1/2012 - steinersing wrote: 86 Points
Amazing line-up, one-word impressions only: Seemed well beyond its best times
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4/4/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
1970 DRC Horizontal...and Friends (Inovasi - Lake Bluff IL): Just plain bad.
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2/20/2010 - Dubie wrote: 97 Points
I was with fourdan. One of the three beat burgundies I have tasted. It had developed all the lovely tertiary aromas of black pepper and spice one only finds in old burgundies
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12/8/2009 - Rupert wrote: 87 Points
DRC Romanée St. Vivant vertical 1969-2006 (Institute of Directors, London): Brown, some smooth sweet fruit, some grippy tannins, drinkable, but unexciting
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10/24/2009 - fourdan wrote: 95 Points
Robuchon Macau - An amazing old Burgundy, the nose is just out of this world, seriously nothing can compare to an old bottle of good RSV
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6/27/2009 - MatthewF wrote:
Garnet/Orange color. Aromas of sweet spice, soy, tea, and dark red fruits on the nose. Palate was very pleasing with ripe fruits, mostly cranberry and cherry, with great spice on the backend. Showing a good bit of acidity, but in a good way. Nice lasting finish.
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3/3/2006 - jrufusj wrote:
Some older Burgs (La Fève): In the glass this has really gone over to an orange color, but it is an encouragingly deep orange. The nose shows as attractively ripe with strong and fully mature mushroom and raisin notes plus a little brie. Time brings out flowers and the decadent sweet smells of summer. The palate is soft in a pleasantly mature way with fully evolved berry fruit. Actually a bit of brightness shows up on the finish after the wine spends a little time in the glass. With even more time, some of that brightness shows up in the front of the mouth as a more youthful shot of raspberry. What really set this apart, though, are the great flowers and summer part of the nose and a dose of spice that builds and builds in the finish. After an hour, this is actually starting to dry out in the mid-palate but the floral/spice elements are still growing. Obviously not a blockbuster, but a damn pleasurable wine from an “off” vintage that is discernibly and delightfully RSV.
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11/20/2005 - Burgundy Al wrote: 88 Points
Fill was 6 cm. Light color, more brown than red. Fruit still present on nose and palate, but it's very pale. Much better spice - clove and allspice come through clearly. Some raspberry flavor, but mostly forest floor. Still showing lively acidity, which helps provide some good texture and moderate length. Better than expected.
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