7/12, excellent cork. Served at 15C. Pale garnet core, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose is quite subtle, red and plum fruit, liquorice and meat, some earth and mineral. Maybe a touch of iron. Light/medium bodied, red cherry and plum fruit, soil, mineral, touch of meat and liquorice, this is quite elan still but has plnety of interest, tannins are fine and have certainly softened, vibrant verging on crisp acids carry a good length soil and mineral infused finish. Excellent, still may improve.
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5/12, excellent cork. Pale/medium garnet core, wide pale garnet rim. Nose is gently aromatic with red fruit, soil, touch of liquorice. Light/medium bodied, elegant, resolved tannins, puts on a bit of weight as it warms, red cherries, mineral, soil, gently savoury acidity, decent length harmonious finish. In a good place right now, no hurry.
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Dark cherry, rhubarb, sweet tart, and florals on the nose. Mid weighted and floral on the palate with some ferrous notes that compliment the florals. Decent sap and breadth to it, and for the first half of the bottle, it finishes with some tannic grip on lateral tongue that soften with air time. As it opens, the inner florals grow and it expands on the palate, while maintaining freshness with well balanced acidity. It is a little rustic around the edges., but very well balanced and drinking well right now. 89
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Good but not great. It got better during the evening. It puts on weight with air. Some sweet cherry fruit with earthy tones. Soil. Pure wine. Will wait a few years for next bottle.
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In a very challenging place right now. This needed all of five hours in a decanter before it got good. Before that, it was behaving almost like a 1996 (or at least the way the '96s behaved for so many years before they finally started getting friendlier again recently) - pale, rusty, so closed as to be almost lifeless. Hours later the fruit finally sweetens up, while still staying on the lean side. But at least it's finally found its voice, sweet red berry fruit accented with lots of crushed stone. And in a surprisingly streamlined manner too. No real suggestion of the robust, tensile presence the stems tend to give these on release. Can't really score this thing. A gentleman's C- at best if you're scoring from the pop of the cork, B+ a few hours later, but my hope would be that it will unfurl more material with a couple more years in the cellar. (Gotta cross your fingers on that--at the moment it feels lighter than expected and it's really hard to see where that extra stuffing is going to come from.)
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Pale/medium garnet, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose is perfumed, with bilberry fruit, earth, touch of liquorice and smoke. Quite complex. Palate is light/medium bodied, attractive bilberry and plum fruit, liquorice, earth, tannins a touch firm and slightly prominent, giving this a slightly austere feel, good length slightly dry finish.
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Wispy red fruit, a note of tree bark on the nose, and lots of earthy soil tones. Plenty of extract but not a lot of fruit concentration, such that the tannins while not rough are a little drying and give the wine an earthy, slightly bitter edge through the midpalate. The acidity is high but smooths out on day two. I like the earthy, mineral character but would prefer a little more fruit/concentration relative to the tannic structure; this lacks charm, especially for a vintage like 2002. This still has plenty of structure but will there be anything left behind if/when the structure resolves?
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Happy Thanksgiving (Del Boca Vista): Moderate bricking. Earthy/stemmy, wild mushroom, bright red cherry plus a little rich dark fruit, soy sauce, nice acid, gaining complexity--no hurry on this one.
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Wispy fruit. Leaf and mushroom smells after an hour or so open. Some cedar and mustard seed to the taste, which was strong and assertive. Spicy finish. A light-bodied, autumnal wine that demanded food and paired well with a leek and porcini risotto.
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Quite mature looking with brown edges. Volatile nose with burnt flavors and varnish. On the palate it's very good and rounded with light red fruit and a soft mature tannins. After 3-4 hours it seemed to fall apart a bit on the nose and I don't know how this will develop.
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Pale garnet core, medium pale garnet rim. Nose is mellow and quite mature, lightly smoky and gamey, soil, underlying red cherry fruit. On the palate this is medium bodied, quite light and airy but not lacking depth, showing red cherry, some plum, liquorice and soil, lovely fresh acidity, traces of tannin on the sneakily persistent savoury, gamey finish. Excellent, drinking well, but still with scope for improvement.
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Paul D's Chandon de Briailles @ 28-50 (28-50, Fetter Lane, London): Lovely bright strawberry fruit.round and harmonious and a decent finish. A slightly riper and more mature version of the 07. A bit more oomph too. Given a few decades one might see the 59 here. ****
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Mushrooms and varnished wood on the nose, slight brownish color edge. Nice over-ripe fruit flavor with slight tannins and nice structure, deep, long rich finish with some mild spice notes. 3 to 5 years to peak.
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Popped and poured. At first some austerity. Acidic. But after 30 minutes it starts to blossom. Bright red fruit, flowers and som minerals emerge and it is quite pleasant. Still a bit on the young side but certainly enjoyable. It was best after 2-3 hour. Still a good acidic backbone through out the wine.
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Palish medium red. Strawberries, cherries, minerals and flowers on the nose. Cool, juicy and penetrating on the palate. Along with the brisk acidity, there is a very satisfying chalky dimension. Seems to be in a a perfect spot right now. Much better than 1 year prior- and I enjoyed it then.
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Really mercurial wine. Started off with soprano notes, almost off-key with the acidity being so high-toned. About an hour gave this deeper notes and a rounder (though still red fruit) profile. Metallic edges. Nice finish with pollen dust and a really well-measured dry-down. Very good stuff and on point.
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Lovely wine, good tannic backbone, proper weight and pleasant bouquet opening up nicely over an hour. Versatile and coping remarkably well with a somewhat challenging taco style casserole brought by guests. This wine always seems to age a little better than expected, although the 2002 seems a little more forward than other years. I expect that it will improve over the next few years, but it is drinking nicely now. Every time I have this wine I always wish that I had bought more.
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Very nicely made wine, but drink up. Still has a great barnyard aroma on the nose. Nice mid-palate and finish. This wine won't last too much longer than 1-2 years.
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Needed some time to open up, but lovely lighter styled Burgundy. An elegance that belies the appellation. Bright raspberry and strawberry fruit, some coffee and smoke, earth. Light tannins, excellent acidity, well-balanced. Next thing you know bottle is empty. My only regret is that I didn't buy more of this ($27)! Major overchiever. A-
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Spicy dark fruit with moderate complexity. Good tannic grip with balancing acids. Finishes bigger than it seems. While good, this wine does not overly impress me. The more I think about it, however, the more I think it's just too young. Perhaps more will be revealed next decade.
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Ok, ok, it was tight at first. But a lovely pure lighter bodied wine emerged with some air time. Strawberry and black cherry fruit framed by lovely minerality. Clean, pure, long, and satisfying. Very nice for $30 Burgundy
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paired wonderfully with copper river samon. Wonderful aromas of cherry and light red fruit. wonderful medium body with smooth silky palate feel adn bright fruit aromas, long lingering finish with a long life ahead.
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This is a fantastic value. A lightish red color (like Kool-Aid or Vitamin Water) belies the intensity of sweet red fruits on the nose. The same red fruits (lots of strawberry) find themselves on the palate, almost candied in their sweetness and purity, with a wonderful touch of leather and game. The finish is a touch dry, but otherwise I have no complaints. I would venture a guess that this is best drunk over the next 8-10 years.
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11/2/2023 - Paul D wrote: 90 Points
7/12, excellent cork. Served at 15C.
Pale garnet core, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose is quite subtle, red and plum fruit, liquorice and meat, some earth and mineral. Maybe a touch of iron. Light/medium bodied, red cherry and plum fruit, soil, mineral, touch of meat and liquorice, this is quite elan still but has plnety of interest, tannins are fine and have certainly softened, vibrant verging on crisp acids carry a good length soil and mineral infused finish. Excellent, still may improve.
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9/14/2023 - parkline_wine Likes this wine: 91 Points
Solid, lacking a bit of punch and density, but solid for sure.
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8/3/2023 - JJKinch wrote: 92 Points
Did not decant.
Nice fruit (cherry, raspberry), nice spice, floral - slight violet, slight earth, slight sap, good acidity. Lingering finish. Nice complexity. Really enjoyable. 92+
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10/28/2022 - Paul D wrote: flawed
6/12, excellent cork. Pale/med garnet core, pale garnet rim. Corked.
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2/23/2020 - Paul D wrote: 90 Points
5/12, excellent cork.
Pale/medium garnet core, wide pale garnet rim. Nose is gently aromatic with red fruit, soil, touch of liquorice. Light/medium bodied, elegant, resolved tannins, puts on a bit of weight as it warms, red cherries, mineral, soil, gently savoury acidity, decent length harmonious finish. In a good place right now, no hurry.
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9/4/2019 - cct wrote: 89 Points
Pop and/or and drunk over a couple hours.
Dark cherry, rhubarb, sweet tart, and florals on the nose. Mid weighted and floral on the palate with some ferrous notes that compliment the florals. Decent sap and breadth to it, and for the first half of the bottle, it finishes with some tannic grip on lateral tongue that soften with air time. As it opens, the inner florals grow and it expands on the palate, while maintaining freshness with well balanced acidity. It is a little rustic around the edges., but very well balanced and drinking well right now. 89
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7/20/2018 - Paul D wrote: flawed
4/12. Corked.
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2/25/2018 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Fine wine. fully resolved. red fruit. Not a big wine but quite elegant and low key.
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3/13/2017 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Good but not great. It got better during the evening. It puts on weight with air. Some sweet cherry fruit with earthy tones. Soil. Pure wine. Will wait a few years for next bottle.
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10/8/2016 - Ardross wrote: 90 Points
Pretty firm tannins but softened up over an evening savoury and fine grained good
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8/8/2016 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
In a very challenging place right now. This needed all of five hours in a decanter before it got good. Before that, it was behaving almost like a 1996 (or at least the way the '96s behaved for so many years before they finally started getting friendlier again recently) - pale, rusty, so closed as to be almost lifeless. Hours later the fruit finally sweetens up, while still staying on the lean side. But at least it's finally found its voice, sweet red berry fruit accented with lots of crushed stone. And in a surprisingly streamlined manner too. No real suggestion of the robust, tensile presence the stems tend to give these on release. Can't really score this thing. A gentleman's C- at best if you're scoring from the pop of the cork, B+ a few hours later, but my hope would be that it will unfurl more material with a couple more years in the cellar. (Gotta cross your fingers on that--at the moment it feels lighter than expected and it's really hard to see where that extra stuffing is going to come from.)
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7/31/2016 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Best bottle of this so far. Red fruit, sous bois, forest floor. Perfumed nose. A light style, elegant. Tannins almost resolved. Good wine.
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1/17/2016 - Paul D wrote: 88 Points
Pale/medium garnet, wide pale garnet/mahogany rim. Nose is perfumed, with bilberry fruit, earth, touch of liquorice and smoke. Quite complex. Palate is light/medium bodied, attractive bilberry and plum fruit, liquorice, earth, tannins a touch firm and slightly prominent, giving this a slightly austere feel, good length slightly dry finish.
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12/5/2015 - coremill wrote: 86 Points
Wispy red fruit, a note of tree bark on the nose, and lots of earthy soil tones. Plenty of extract but not a lot of fruit concentration, such that the tannins while not rough are a little drying and give the wine an earthy, slightly bitter edge through the midpalate. The acidity is high but smooths out on day two. I like the earthy, mineral character but would prefer a little more fruit/concentration relative to the tannic structure; this lacks charm, especially for a vintage like 2002. This still has plenty of structure but will there be anything left behind if/when the structure resolves?
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11/26/2015 - S1 Likes this wine:
Happy Thanksgiving (Del Boca Vista): Moderate bricking. Earthy/stemmy, wild mushroom, bright red cherry plus a little rich dark fruit, soy sauce, nice acid, gaining complexity--no hurry on this one.
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3/25/2015 - Ben H. Likes this wine:
Wispy fruit. Leaf and mushroom smells after an hour or so open. Some cedar and mustard seed to the taste, which was strong and assertive. Spicy finish. A light-bodied, autumnal wine that demanded food and paired well with a leek and porcini risotto.
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6/8/2014 - dansamsoe wrote:
Quite mature looking with brown edges. Volatile nose with burnt flavors and varnish. On the palate it's very good and rounded with light red fruit and a soft mature tannins. After 3-4 hours it seemed to fall apart a bit on the nose and I don't know how this will develop.
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3/16/2014 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points
Pale garnet core, medium pale garnet rim. Nose is mellow and quite mature, lightly smoky and gamey, soil, underlying red cherry fruit. On the palate this is medium bodied, quite light and airy but not lacking depth, showing red cherry, some plum, liquorice and soil, lovely fresh acidity, traces of tannin on the sneakily persistent savoury, gamey finish. Excellent, drinking well, but still with scope for improvement.
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3/15/2014 - steinersing wrote: 83 Points
rather rustic and unexciting - but ok with food
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3/5/2014 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Paul D's Chandon de Briailles @ 28-50 (28-50, Fetter Lane, London): Lovely bright strawberry fruit.round and harmonious and a decent finish. A slightly riper and more mature version of the 07. A bit more oomph too. Given a few decades one might see the 59 here. ****
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10/14/2013 - jcm87 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Mushrooms and varnished wood on the nose, slight brownish color edge. Nice over-ripe fruit flavor with slight tannins and nice structure, deep, long rich finish with some mild spice notes. 3 to 5 years to peak.
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10/14/2013 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Popped and poured. At first some austerity. Acidic. But after 30 minutes it starts to blossom. Bright red fruit, flowers and som minerals emerge and it is quite pleasant. Still a bit on the young side but certainly enjoyable. It was best after 2-3 hour. Still a good acidic backbone through out the wine.
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2/2/2012 - short and confused wrote: 92 Points
Palish medium red. Strawberries, cherries, minerals and flowers on the nose. Cool, juicy and penetrating on the palate. Along with the brisk acidity, there is a very satisfying chalky dimension. Seems to be in a a perfect spot right now. Much better than 1 year prior- and I enjoyed it then.
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4/13/2011 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Really mercurial wine. Started off with soprano notes, almost off-key with the acidity being so high-toned. About an hour gave this deeper notes and a rounder (though still red fruit) profile. Metallic edges. Nice finish with pollen dust and a really well-measured dry-down. Very good stuff and on point.
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6/10/2009 - vindictive wrote:
Lovely wine, good tannic backbone, proper weight and pleasant bouquet opening up nicely over an hour. Versatile and coping remarkably well with a somewhat challenging taco style casserole brought by guests. This wine always seems to age a little better than expected, although the 2002 seems a little more forward than other years. I expect that it will improve over the next few years, but it is drinking nicely now. Every time I have this wine I always wish that I had bought more.
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3/7/2009 - rmpoole1 wrote: 89 Points
Very nicely made wine, but drink up. Still has a great barnyard aroma on the nose. Nice mid-palate and finish. This wine won't last too much longer than 1-2 years.
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8/18/2008 - DaleW wrote:
Needed some time to open up, but lovely lighter styled Burgundy. An elegance that belies the appellation. Bright raspberry and strawberry fruit, some coffee and smoke, earth. Light tannins, excellent acidity, well-balanced. Next thing you know bottle is empty. My only regret is that I didn't buy more of this ($27)! Major overchiever. A-
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3/20/2007 - MLD11 wrote: 90 Points
Very light bodied. Quite an angular wine which althouh hard work worthwhile. Worth 20quid, probably not.
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10/11/2006 - Wine Spam wrote: 89 Points
Spicy dark fruit with moderate complexity. Good tannic grip with balancing acids. Finishes bigger than it seems. While good, this wine does not overly impress me. The more I think about it, however, the more I think it's just too young. Perhaps more will be revealed next decade.
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9/7/2006 - DaleW wrote: 91 Points
Ok, ok, it was tight at first. But a lovely pure lighter bodied wine emerged with some air time. Strawberry and black cherry fruit framed by lovely minerality. Clean, pure, long, and satisfying. Very nice for $30 Burgundy
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6/17/2005 - Jim wrote:
paired wonderfully with copper river samon. Wonderful aromas of cherry and light red fruit. wonderful medium body with smooth silky palate feel adn bright fruit aromas, long lingering finish with a long life ahead.
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9/15/2004 - DChan wrote: 90 Points
This is a fantastic value. A lightish red color (like Kool-Aid or Vitamin Water) belies the intensity of sweet red fruits on the nose. The same red fruits (lots of strawberry) find themselves on the palate, almost candied in their sweetness and purity, with a wonderful touch of leather and game. The finish is a touch dry, but otherwise I have no complaints. I would venture a guess that this is best drunk over the next 8-10 years.
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