Jan's in town (Kevin and Vicki's house): Decanted about an hour. Light, high acid but not high-toned. Pleasant and easy drinking but not terribly exciting. 89-90.
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Jan's Back in Town (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red color. Decanted for 45 minutes, drank a glass over 2 hours plus. Very high toned and floral nose, mineral dense, anise, wood spice, very brisk tannins, rustic, and still backwards. 90+ to 91pts.
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Cork broke in half and was very dry. Dark in color for Pinot, dark maroon. Very jammy and medicinal on the nose. Medium tannin for a 2005 with a medium but soft finish. Savory and no fruit on the mouth. This still taste young. Would hold off on drinking for another 5 years. 90-91
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Cork broke but my problem not the cork, young but very drinkable, have trouble distinguishing faiveley wines by crus but this was quality nevertheless.
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A murky garnet core. Still quite young and primary, I won't open another bottle for 10 years. Notes of cherry, game meats, with hints forest floor. A ghastly match with the salmon!
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Clos Vougeot Lunch (Paradise Valley, AZ USA): Served blind. Oaky and youthfully exuberant but not tannic. A hint of sweet tobacco this has an almost Bordeaux quality to it. With air, this actually got more tannic and oaky. In sum, this is a baby, but it's interesting to pop and pour today.
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Bold yet refined with many years to go. Very easy to drink right now. Stains the palate and teeth with an incredibly long finish. Even Bordeaux lovers like me can appreciate.
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Purchased a decade ago from a wine lover in Florida who was thinning his stash. Without a lot of expertise in burgundy, I was concerned it’d be too thin and acidic. But...I was wrong. Delightful drink, feminine, with flowers like rose petals and red cherry or cranberry. Just a touch tart or sour. Tannins slightly chalky but very approachable. Really a wonderful drink tonight.
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Served after an outstanding Mugneret Gibourg Echezeaux 05. This was decanted for 1 hour. After the Echezeaux this came across as quite rustic, unpolished, sauvage, lacking fruit. Not a great expression of pinot noir. To me a big disappointment given vintage. A weak Clos Vougeot in general, and particularly for the vintage.
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Gorgeously perfumed ruby purple. Wild aromas of very sexy rusty lavender and earth. Full masculine palate of savage, wild gamy meets, dripping cherry, damp earth, and spring flowers. Powerful, tannic finish. This is incredibly impressive, and very Clos Vougeot.
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Slowly bt decant, deep crimson with nose of rust and alcohol only hint of dark fruits. Dusty tannin on palate, earthy, rusty, mineral driven. Dry from mid palate, quite a lot of oak spice. Overall, seems shall give the wine the benefit of doubt, but I am not holding my breathe.
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Still not in drinking window. Austere and stringent upon opening with exception of bouquet, which was surprisingly approachable and pleasant. After 24 hours started to open up but the flavor notes are more stewed prunes, black tea and forest floor. Far from any expressions of fruit.
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Completely closed phase. Not an ounce of fruit. Zero finish. Even waited 3 hours. The only notes that eeked out were forest floor and mushroom. Hard too imagine this ever expressing any fruit or even drinkability.
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drank over four nights, first time in a while when i want to use terms like "serious" and "stern", this btl had lots of material and oomph, but wow was it unyielding, i am committed - tho i often break my promises on wine opening - to refrain from opening my remaining three bottles for a good 7-10 years, wine was tannic, acidic, spicy (almost burned on the palate like a hot pepper), it had bitterness and coffee flavors… i am hoping this turns into a cornucopia of secondary flavors when it settles down, and if really lucky some fruit will appear alongside, but not a stitch of fruit at this point, 92 is due to obvious material and not because i enjoyed drinking this on any of the four nights
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Iron and rust, earth and chestnut aromas. Amazing complexity. Not as closed as I expected. Dirty mushrooms. . Ruby to the core. Tomato and beef bullion. Incredible cristilline complexity. Long and pure. Outrageously delish. This is the real deal clos vougeot. Multi minute finish. Among my favorite clos vougeot.
2 hr decant. Echo what Carlwhat says. Truly a beautiful wine with a long, persistent finish. The structural element is well pronounced, but I won't be touching remaining bottles for another 7-10 yrs. Very bright future ahead. Considering picking up more.
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great young wine. deep rich flavors with intense flavor authority. the finish went on and on... and while i found many 2005s to be all about fruit, lots of it and all up front, this wine had a different persona; while the fruit was there, it was more framed by the structural elements of the wine.
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Layers of crushed rock, red berries, earth, and pine swirl on the nose. The nose is generous, expansive, deep, dark, and expressive. For the first hour this was opened, and despite being decanted, it was nearly shut down. It gripped, and the tannins took over completely, leaving little but a mouthful of sweet earth. The wine started to come around after several hours. Plenty of upper-register red fruit here, with girth, sap, and fine-grained tannins. A very big wine at this stage. This is one for the cellar. Try again in five years, minimum.
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5/22/2022 - galewskj wrote: 90 Points
Jan's in town (Kevin and Vicki's house): Decanted about an hour. Light, high acid but not high-toned. Pleasant and easy drinking but not terribly exciting. 89-90.
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5/21/2022 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Jan's Back in Town (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red color. Decanted for 45 minutes, drank a glass over 2 hours plus. Very high toned and floral nose, mineral dense, anise, wood spice, very brisk tannins, rustic, and still backwards. 90+ to 91pts.
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5/27/2021 - silhouette88 wrote: 90 Points
Cork broke in half and was very dry. Dark in color for Pinot, dark maroon. Very jammy and medicinal on the nose. Medium tannin for a 2005 with a medium but soft finish. Savory and no fruit on the mouth. This still taste young. Would hold off on drinking for another 5 years. 90-91
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4/15/2020 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
far less than the expectations :(
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1/26/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 92 Points
Cork a mess but wine in good condition, deep colour , advanced but drinking very well
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11/27/2019 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points
Cork broke but my problem not the cork, young but very drinkable, have trouble distinguishing faiveley wines by crus but this was quality nevertheless.
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7/13/2019 - tbabes wrote: 90 Points
A murky garnet core. Still quite young and primary, I won't open another bottle for 10 years. Notes of cherry, game meats, with hints forest floor. A ghastly match with the salmon!
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3/29/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Clos Vougeot Lunch (Paradise Valley, AZ USA): Served blind. Oaky and youthfully exuberant but not tannic. A hint of sweet tobacco this has an almost Bordeaux quality to it. With air, this actually got more tannic and oaky. In sum, this is a baby, but it's interesting to pop and pour today.
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1/17/2019 - UFGators Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bold yet refined with many years to go. Very easy to drink right now. Stains the palate and teeth with an incredibly long finish. Even Bordeaux lovers like me can appreciate.
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12/21/2018 - texaswinelover wrote:
Purchased a decade ago from a wine lover in Florida who was thinning his stash. Without a lot of expertise in burgundy, I was concerned it’d be too thin and acidic. But...I was wrong. Delightful drink, feminine, with flowers like rose petals and red cherry or cranberry. Just a touch tart or sour. Tannins slightly chalky but very approachable. Really a wonderful drink tonight.
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4/9/2018 - Dvogt wrote: 93 Points
From Mag. Decanted 1 hour. Black cherries, mushroom, damp earth, compelling acid, prominent oak. Nice. Will age other bottles a bit longer.
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2/1/2018 - BenBlu wrote: 88 Points
Served after an outstanding Mugneret Gibourg Echezeaux 05. This was decanted for 1 hour. After the Echezeaux this came across as quite rustic, unpolished, sauvage, lacking fruit. Not a great expression of pinot noir. To me a big disappointment given vintage. A weak Clos Vougeot in general, and particularly for the vintage.
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11/26/2017 - winelover1808 wrote: 89 Points
maybe it was the bottle i had, but this was very very tannic and not as giving or lithe as i expected. got better as it opened but disappointing
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11/6/2017 - sdchevs Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark garnet; big fruit in the nose; black cherries; wood; balanced; good tannins; semi-chewy; long fruity semi-hard finish. 16.5-17
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4/22/2017 - mzimberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Gorgeously perfumed ruby purple. Wild aromas of very sexy rusty lavender and earth. Full masculine palate of savage, wild gamy meets, dripping cherry, damp earth, and spring flowers. Powerful, tannic finish. This is incredibly impressive, and very Clos Vougeot.
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9/21/2016 - conviction buy wrote: 89 Points
Slowly bt decant, deep crimson with nose of rust and alcohol only hint of dark fruits. Dusty tannin on palate, earthy, rusty, mineral driven. Dry from mid palate, quite a lot of oak spice. Overall, seems shall give the wine the benefit of doubt, but I am not holding my breathe.
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8/14/2016 - dfresh wrote: 90 Points
Still not in drinking window. Austere and stringent upon opening with exception of bouquet, which was surprisingly approachable and pleasant. After 24 hours started to open up but the flavor notes are more stewed prunes, black tea and forest floor. Far from any expressions of fruit.
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8/12/2016 - WinoRick wrote: 92 Points
As usual, the last sip was the best. Very complex and balanced; ready to go.
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2/14/2015 - dfresh wrote: 87 Points
Completely closed phase. Not an ounce of fruit. Zero finish. Even waited 3 hours. The only notes that eeked out were forest floor and mushroom. Hard too imagine this ever expressing any fruit or even drinkability.
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4/7/2014 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
drank over four nights, first time in a while when i want to use terms like "serious" and "stern", this btl had lots of material and oomph, but wow was it unyielding, i am committed - tho i often break my promises on wine opening - to refrain from opening my remaining three bottles for a good 7-10 years, wine was tannic, acidic, spicy (almost burned on the palate like a hot pepper), it had bitterness and coffee flavors… i am hoping this turns into a cornucopia of secondary flavors when it settles down, and if really lucky some fruit will appear alongside, but not a stitch of fruit at this point, 92 is due to obvious material and not because i enjoyed drinking this on any of the four nights
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3/17/2013 - mzimberg wrote: 96 Points
Iron and rust, earth and chestnut aromas. Amazing complexity. Not as closed as I expected. Dirty mushrooms. . Ruby to the core. Tomato and beef bullion. Incredible cristilline complexity. Long and pure. Outrageously delish. This is the real deal clos vougeot. Multi minute finish. Among my favorite clos vougeot.
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1/26/2013 - gigmoney Likes this wine: 95 Points
2 hr decant. Echo what Carlwhat says. Truly a beautiful wine with a long, persistent finish. The structural element is well pronounced, but I won't be touching remaining bottles for another 7-10 yrs. Very bright future ahead. Considering picking up more.
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12/27/2011 - andycampe wrote: 96 Points
very clear mineral taste, red fruits on the tongue, quite dry, very long finish,
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2/6/2010 - carlwhat wrote: 94 Points
great young wine. deep rich flavors with intense flavor authority. the finish went on and on... and while i found many 2005s to be all about fruit, lots of it and all up front, this wine had a different persona; while the fruit was there, it was more framed by the structural elements of the wine.
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8/27/2008 - FieldingYost wrote: 93 Points
Layers of crushed rock, red berries, earth, and pine swirl on the nose. The nose is generous, expansive, deep, dark, and expressive. For the first hour this was opened, and despite being decanted, it was nearly shut down. It gripped, and the tannins took over completely, leaving little but a mouthful of sweet earth. The wine started to come around after several hours. Plenty of upper-register red fruit here, with girth, sap, and fine-grained tannins. A very big wine at this stage. This is one for the cellar. Try again in five years, minimum.
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