Stellar nose with clove, cinnamon, blackberry, forest berries, full, rich, darkest and biggest of the Grand Crus by far, liked this a lot but it was a bit more NW-like, a little more oak spice, especially next to the more mineral Ponsot Clos de la Roche. Great wine for sure, in a good place now, but could easily improve over the next 10 years+. DD at Cotsen's 93-94
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The 2005 Confuron Romanee Saint Vivant offers a deeply laced array of Asian spices and powerful spiced black fruits. Rich and in-depth with deeply laced spices and concentrated dark berries. Full bodied with superb phenolic ripeness and density, textbook 2005 concentration and Vosne exotic spices. Drink now to 2045. (91/100)
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Taken to Hakkasan. A little closed compared to prior bottles. Opened well after an hour with some orange, cherry, earth, and Asian spice notes. 93+ more air or time in bottle needed for well stored specimens.
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One of my last bottles sadly. In a beautiful spot with enough plum fruit and tertiary characteristics on the long finish (sous bois, earth, aged cinammon). Still has upside and would be a 95-96 pointer with more evolution. Drink with a decant or hold.
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Long story short: the greatest red wine I have ever tasted. Long story slightly longer:
This wine is at least on par with the greatest ones I have had the privilege to taste. It is at least as good (but most likely it is better) as 1989 La Mission Haut-Brion, 1996 Margaux, 2005 Monfortino and 2011 Guigal La Landonne. It is quite impossible to describe this goodness, but I'll give it a try. The nose is redolent of cassis, black cherries, sandalwood, oriental spice cabinet and wet earth. On the palate it delivers an incredible concentration of black fruit: black cherries, cassis, blackberries, blueberries as well as layers upon layers of the most exotic spices imaginable. What really stands out about this wine is the massive concentration of flavor along with a seeming lack of weight. The purity of the fruit is out of this world as well as incredibly cool nature of all the components. Not a thing out of place, no rough edges, just pure aristocratic fruit flavors and waves upon waves of oriental spices. Once you swallow this elixir, it keeps returning, coming in from your stomach up the throat and into the mouth as a tsunami of flavor. At some point, there is a slight hint of over ripeness, but let it rest in the glass for some 5-10 minutes and you will be rewarded with yet another bang of perfectly ripe fresh black fruits and spices. This is a clear 100 pointer and since Allen Meadows gave it just a mere 95 point score I can't imagine how good his 97-99 pointers could be. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend drinking the wines of this caliber too often to anyone as this will devaluate almost anything else. This must be reserved for the very special occasion only!
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Deep ruby core with garnet towards the rim. Cool red fruit and toasted wood nose. Blackcurrant, raspberry, strawberry, strawberry cream, redcurrant compote, spice, and toasted oak palate with a finish that lasted well over a minute. Very floral and open for most of the time except for the last glass which closed down and exhibited more tannin. Super polished and smooth, so elegant. Drink this beauty now or keep it for another 5 years or so when it will be even more sublime. 95 now 96-97 when it hits peak.
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First few sips had some dark cherry fruit then quickly shut down for the next two hours with brief re emergence. I can see from earlier notes this wine may have been open early in its life but seems in a closed phase now.
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Quite elegant and restrained nose, not with the same underlying sweetness as in the smaller cuvees, but this will most likely come with further ageing. This is nice to drink now, but is still a bit one dimensional. Lovely purity of fruit though.
Drinking surprising well for a young wine. Beautiful nose of spice, earth, minerals and raspberries. Very smooth and long finish. I picked up a nice floral component on the finish. I may be a little conservative on the rating.
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Super ripe aromatics of blackberry and blood plum coupled with cola and some toast from the oak (it actually looks a bit 03ish on the nose). In the mouth it certainly is powerful but feels a little forced and the acid is slightly out of whack. There’s a big burst of dark fruits to the finish and firm tannic grip. I suspect that the raw material may morph into something more pretty given a few decades but she’s a little wild and raw at this stage.
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Vinamok does Vosne Romanee (Copenhagen, Denmark): Deep, dense with cherry and moccha, a multilayered nose. Vibrant, juicy almost like silk with masses of light berries. Concentrated and powerfull but at the same time light on it's feet. Everything so elegant with so much finesse. Young but in a class by itself
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Absolutely, positively do not open this wine for 10 years. It's showing nothing. I had to try, had to know... learn from my experience and don't waste your precious RSV.
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3/27/2024 - UTPK wrote:
Still a bit closed. Especially on the nose. Probably 5 more years.
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10/6/2020 - peternelson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Stellar nose with clove, cinnamon, blackberry, forest berries, full, rich, darkest and biggest of the Grand Crus by far, liked this a lot but it was a bit more NW-like, a little more oak spice, especially next to the more mineral Ponsot Clos de la Roche. Great wine for sure, in a good place now, but could easily improve over the next 10 years+. DD at Cotsen's
93-94
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5/14/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: 91 Points
The 2005 Confuron Romanee Saint Vivant offers a deeply laced array of Asian spices and powerful spiced black fruits. Rich and in-depth with deeply laced spices and concentrated dark berries. Full bodied with superb phenolic ripeness and density, textbook 2005 concentration and Vosne exotic spices. Drink now to 2045. (91/100)
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7/5/2019 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Taken to Hakkasan. A little closed compared to prior bottles. Opened well after an hour with some orange, cherry, earth, and Asian spice notes. 93+ more air or time in bottle needed for well stored specimens.
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5/26/2019 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 Points
One of my last bottles sadly. In a beautiful spot with enough plum fruit and tertiary characteristics on the long finish (sous bois, earth, aged cinammon). Still has upside and would be a 95-96 pointer with more evolution. Drink with a decant or hold.
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4/12/2019 - burgcamel Likes this wine: 96 Points
Similar to my last note but a little more open and showing more complexity. I still think this is on the way up and needs another 5 years.
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3/16/2019 - IvanLi Likes this wine: 100 Points
Long story short: the greatest red wine I have ever tasted.
Long story slightly longer:
This wine is at least on par with the greatest ones I have had the privilege to taste. It is at least as good (but most likely it is better) as 1989 La Mission Haut-Brion, 1996 Margaux, 2005 Monfortino and 2011 Guigal La Landonne.
It is quite impossible to describe this goodness, but I'll give it a try.
The nose is redolent of cassis, black cherries, sandalwood, oriental spice cabinet and wet earth. On the palate it delivers an incredible concentration of black fruit: black cherries, cassis, blackberries, blueberries as well as layers upon layers of the most exotic spices imaginable. What really stands out about this wine is the massive concentration of flavor along with a seeming lack of weight. The purity of the fruit is out of this world as well as incredibly cool nature of all the components. Not a thing out of place, no rough edges, just pure aristocratic fruit flavors and waves upon waves of oriental spices.
Once you swallow this elixir, it keeps returning, coming in from your stomach up the throat and into the mouth as a tsunami of flavor.
At some point, there is a slight hint of over ripeness, but let it rest in the glass for some 5-10 minutes and you will be rewarded with yet another bang of perfectly ripe fresh black fruits and spices.
This is a clear 100 pointer and since Allen Meadows gave it just a mere 95 point score I can't imagine how good his 97-99 pointers could be. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend drinking the wines of this caliber too often to anyone as this will devaluate almost anything else.
This must be reserved for the very special occasion only!
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6/30/2018 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep ruby core with garnet towards the rim. Cool red fruit and toasted wood nose. Blackcurrant, raspberry, strawberry, strawberry cream, redcurrant compote, spice, and toasted oak palate with a finish that lasted well over a minute. Very floral and open for most of the time except for the last glass which closed down and exhibited more tannin. Super polished and smooth, so elegant. Drink this beauty now or keep it for another 5 years or so when it will be even more sublime. 95 now 96-97 when it hits peak.
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5/29/2017 - Lord of the Bottles wrote:
First few sips had some dark cherry fruit then quickly shut down for the next two hours with brief re emergence. I can see from earlier notes this wine may have been open early in its life but seems in a closed phase now.
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3/13/2017 - UTPK wrote:
Quite elegant and restrained nose, not with the same underlying sweetness as in the smaller cuvees, but this will most likely come with further ageing. This is nice to drink now, but is still a bit one dimensional. Lovely purity of fruit though.
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1/25/2016 - burgcamel wrote: 96 Points
Drinking surprising well for a young wine. Beautiful nose of spice, earth, minerals and raspberries. Very smooth and long finish. I picked up a nice floral component on the finish. I may be a little conservative on the rating.
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4/20/2009 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Super ripe aromatics of blackberry and blood plum coupled with cola and some toast from the oak (it actually looks a bit 03ish on the nose). In the mouth it certainly is powerful but feels a little forced and the acid is slightly out of whack. There’s a big burst of dark fruits to the finish and firm tannic grip. I suspect that the raw material may morph into something more pretty given a few decades but she’s a little wild and raw at this stage.
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11/1/2008 - Whitman wrote: 98 Points
Vinamok does Vosne Romanee (Copenhagen, Denmark): Deep, dense with cherry and moccha, a multilayered nose. Vibrant, juicy almost like silk with masses of light berries. Concentrated and powerfull but at the same time light on it's feet. Everything so elegant with so much finesse. Young but in a class by itself
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12/5/2007 - Alex G. wrote:
Absolutely, positively do not open this wine for 10 years. It's showing nothing. I had to try, had to know... learn from my experience and don't waste your precious RSV.
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