Top 1ers for AK's birthday: Assemblage from DRC’s GC plots that didn’t make the cut. Still very Vosne but more masculine and blue-fruited than the Arnoux alongside. Rather stemmy that I felt this was almost a textbook Dujac. Weaker vintage showed here as the tannins weren’t as refined and more drying compared to the A-L alongside, but will bet on this improving with time given the massive concentration and quality of underlying material here.
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A little less expressive on the nose than the 2006 G. Mugneret N-S-G Les Boudots tasted before. Mix of red and darker fruit notes, spices, minerality. Lots of depth and elegance. On the palate wonderfully harmonious - there is good structure, but the tannins are hardly noticeable. Lovely fruit, perfectly integrated acidity. Spicy, mineral, still a litte tight towards the impressively persistent finish. Not showy at all, elegant and powerful at the same time. Magnificent. Drink or keep. 95-97
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Couleur et limpidité typique de la DRC. Nez magnifique, fruits rouges, une tonne d’épices, un tout petit peu de roses mais moins que d’habitude. La bouche est toute aussi fine et pure, expressive et fraîche, tellement soyeux en bouche sans être dénuée de puissance mais contenue. Magnifique. 94-95
Typical DRC colour. Nose is gorgeous, complex, a touch of rose but mostly layers of spices, flowers, red fruit. Palate goes along the same lines, finesse and elegance, yet still some power but so contained with grace and class, good length.
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Thus was inadvertently forgotten and stored on the boat for some year or more standing up. Cork was still good and wine was surprisingly fresh with cherry fruit, balanced and drinking perfectly. It was mature and ready to drink, perhaps from not being well stored but was quite good.
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First taste of DRC; this wine for me lived up to the hype of the Domaine; the nose was exquisite, lots of Vosne spices, ripe red berry fruits, floral tea notes. Explosive and delightful to smell. The palate was a vision of harmony; deep and intense, yet ethereal and lifted; everything flowing beautifully. The finish was long. I was prepared to be disappointed, but thankfully I wasn't!
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Decanted for 1 hour. Lovely mature nose with cooked red fruits, game and even caramel. Sexy mouthfeel, smooth and so easy drinking with the lovely Vosne spices. Great bottle. Perfect company on Christmas Eve.
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The Triple Threat "165" Birthday Bash (65/60/40) (Minikahda Club, Mpls): Medium dark red color plus. PNP, drank a glass over two hours. High pitched nose, deep dark red fruits, iron, mineral, vanilla bean, just a tiche of green on the nose too and a hint of banana. The palate shows cherry fruit, lots of iron, dense, less spice, earth, pine, somewhat sour dark red fruit, more medium bodied. Slightly firm tannins that relax as everything comes more together somewhat gradually. Very good.
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Thanks Siggy! Another fantastic treat tonight just a few days past my 65th Bday. Said to be a blend of all 6 Grand Cru vineyards this was without a doubt worthy of its pedigree! Lovely roses and underbrush on the nose. Stunning balance, purity and elegance on a supple rich and well fruited palate. Dark fruit, mineral, spice and more forest floor notes. I loved this and its been at least 10yrs since I've had any DRC so what a treat!!
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HDH Celebration of Burgundy Dinner (Everest): Loads of spice and toast in nose. The palate is sleek with spice-filled red and black cherry. Delicious, but seems a bit thin and I wonder if the fruit will hold up to the barrel treatment over time.
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Good showing for this wine, perhaps not at 2009 level, but could outclass Echezeaux? Color starting to lighten. Primary, floral aromatics. Clean, crisp palate with length. (05057/10160)
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It is an interesting and rare find in a cool French restaurant in Japan. We wait for quite some time to let it open up. Still an extremely young wine in my view. The nose shows a lot more characters than the palate due to its age. After 2-3 hours of opening, the aroma really offers explosive floral nose with bouquet of roses, red fruits, and light spices. Palate was initially very tight but gradually presents deep complexity with tannin, maybe because this wine also blends the young vines from many grand cru plots including Grand Echezeaux. Had this bottle with The Littlehorse.
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Drinking right in the zone. There's plenty of floral spice along with crisp berry and cherry fruits. It is fine and lacy with impeccable proportion and balance. It has real persistence to the finishes and leaves a strong mineral imprint once swallowed.
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Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): I am lucky to have drunk this a few times and it never disappoints. Expressive nose displaying generous crunch black fruit with a hint of red, cranberry, crushed blackberry, sous bois starts to emerge, liquid smoke, sap, Vosne spices, cinnamon, nutmeg and a strong stem note that adds complexity. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered, decadent yet pure, perfectly amount of acidity, and a lovely black fruit and mineral driven finish. Justin mentions perhaps a lot of Richebourg. Starting to show a bit more secondary notes. A great way to be introduced to the domaine’s wine. My understanding is that this was offered at 50 euros to the restaurants in France.
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Some typical stemmy notes but don't expect to be blown away, a gc from a negoc at a far lower price and greater availability handily wiped the floor with this wine. It was delicious but context as always is everything....
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Krug Dinner with Some DRC (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Opened, double decanted, then served 30 minutes later. Ripe red cherry/ berry on nose/palate with baking spice hints. Forward and accessible, not the most nuanced of DRCs.
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Burgundy dinner (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): Pop and pour, the fruit seems a bit too ripe and no stem note. With air, this is become incredible delicious. Beautiful opulent nose displaying sweet red and black fruits, now noticeable stem which as nice complexity, sap, caramel, Vosne spice and strong presence of mineral. Excellent concentration, opulent sweet blackberry driven palate impression, bright acidity, nicely integrated tannins and seamless lovely finish. Displaying perfect balance and harmony. Very youthful but perfectly enjoyable. This improved with air where the 02 didn’t.
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Classy Burg without a hair out of place. The aroma and flavour profile is cherry personified, pulp and stone. It is cool, rocky and detailed. There are ethereal floral notes and the palate is plush velvet. It fans out off the finish and is such a delicious drink now yet with plenty still in the tank.
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Liked this a lot, but it didn't show the sheer breed or depth of either the Rousseau or de Vogüé that preceded it. It's still incredibly primary, with an intense stemmy scent at first that eases with air into something more spicy and floral, with a core of very fresh, sappy red fruited flavours on the palate. There's a remarkable vibrancy and liveliness on the palate, with the tannins very fine grained and most of the structure here coming from the bright acidity. Lovely wine.
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Dinner with Friends (Jen and Phil's - Chicago IL): Popped and poured. Ripe red fruit with sweet baking spice. Ripe fruit on both nose and palate. A bit compact right now, but i don't think this will ever be very nuanced. This would have benefited from several hours of air and/or a few more years in the cellar.
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Nose - floral/rose, per Doug baby powder. Gran marnier, per dale candied apple with cinnamon Mouth - very nice, strawberry/raspberry, rose, with hints of spice (orange peel) and long dry tannins. The waiter appreciated minerality. A wine of concentration but ultimately finesse. Nice.
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An ethereal nose for the first 30 minutes, this then closed down hard and fast not to reappear. Either drink quickly or defer satisfaction for 10 years
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A Dinner in Burgundy (Burgundy): Aromas of warm earth, dried flowers and wood smoke. On the palate it’s grippy, earthy and spicy with dark black fruit in the background. Really interesting wine but maybe it just lacks a touch of power on the finish.
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2013 editon of En Primeur - Kelly and Kevin’s excellent adventure; 3/26/2014-4/1/2014 (Mostly in Bordeaux and a night in Paris): Boy, this is drinking nicely. Beguiling nose displaying ripe raspberries and blackberries, a hint of stem that adds lovely complexity, sap, licorice, vosne spice and strong presence of mineral. Perfectly balanced palate impression, incredibly harmonious, elegant and subtle, perfect amount of acidity, nicely integrated tannins and long seamless finish. Although clearly showing vosne spice, it is pure and precise. Drinking incredibly well.
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In terms of quality and enjoyment this was running neck-and-neck with the 1990 Richebourg which was also served by our amazingly generous host, explaining that this cuvee is the fruit of young vines only vinified by DRC in good years. Of course it was showing much more in the primary, fruit forward realm. But, oh, what fruit! Pure, creamy, elegant, beguiling, effortless. Of my one night and two-bottle experience with DRC, this seems the one worth spending one's own money.
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dinner @ eleven madison park. decanted. first, a public service announcement: wines were presented by jeff taylor, who, along with all the other dedicated people of EMP, made our visit memorable. our thanks for their superb attention to detail. perhaps such attention and environment helped to elevate this bottle's performance? wine is often about circumstances and attitude. nevertheless, this is by far the best showing out of three for me. chosen for it's perceived universality within the 14 (!) course tasting menu, it hit a home run. expansive for it's modest level in the DRC hierarchy. nice spice notes + mild licorice and assorted black fruits dominate, but a terrific underlying black cherry made it for me. supple with air and the pleasure of enjoying over a couple of hours. oak is melting away. very nice.
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decanted 30 minutes. much finer showing than a year ago. good composition and balance, refined fruit, a solid 1er cru. notes of raspberry, blackberry, and mild spice. drink now - 2018.
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A private lunch (Restaurant De Leest **, Vaassen, Netherlands): Subtle, stylish, lovely red fruit, depth, some spiciness from the stalks, red earth, Asian spice, floral touch, very precise, surprisingly forward, no great concentration but nice weight, lovely hint of sweetness, fresh, transparent and precise, satiny, elegant finely-grained tannins, very good length, roses, lovely nuance, hint of Asian spice. Perfectly delicious. Now - 2026.
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Tasted in the cellars of DRC. This was a once in a lifetime visit and the 4 hours we spent at the Domaine were truly a pleasure. I cannot thank our hosts at DRC enough for arranging such a special tour and tasting. Their modesty combined with their passion for the wines are truly remarkable. My fourth time trying this wine and it has been consistent. This bottle was just opened and a bit cold. Bright red fruit and spice on the nose. Already complex with spice, dried flowers and red fruit on the palate. A very clean pretty finish. Better than the 2008 and much better than the 2002. Lingering finish.
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I fully admit to not having a lot of tasting experience with Burgundy wines but this wine was outstanding to my palate. As per our sommelier's recommendation, we did not decant this. It was quite light in colour with a nose full of mixed fruit. Upon tasting, I found an overall mix of berries with strawberries being the strongest. The alcohol level is quite light compared to most wines that I drink these days. I wish this would become a trend. I also wish that I had more bottles of these.
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Lovely clean sweet Vosne fruit on the nose and gorgeous red berries ib the mouth. Well structured and lovely. It is still on the young side but that is also good. Love the freshness even if the wine probably will show a bit more in a few years I have had many Burgundy 1er Cru from 06 and this is pure class but if you are looking for complexity and personality. Because there are terroirs out there which is something extra(Amoureusse, s clos St Jacques and Malconsort fpr example but I have also had amazing Fuees, Cras, Suchots etc...this might not be up there but not far behind. It is an absolutely brilliant wine!! I am having it right now at Lutter & Wagners in Berlin. Meetings over and a late lunch before going out to the airport. DRC and wienerschnitzel is a killer combo!!
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Probably the best drink of the bracket with its spicy, cool fruit personality. It was perfumed and ethereal with gorgeous floral spice and a thread of liquorice running through the palate. Beautifully composed with direct aromas and flavours and leaves a lovely mouth aroma once swallowed.
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Jen's Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Lots of ripe red fruit on nose with cinnamon and allspice. Palate was both black and red cherry, quite ripe in flavor, but moderate in intensity. Very fruit forward, then a trace of lean bitterness poking through on finish. I expect this might need another year or two to better integrate, but should consumed within ten years.
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Dinner at Canlis with Wilfred (Seattle, WA, USA): After the earlier flawed bottle of the Rouget, we were all a bit jumpy. This was decanted very spur of the moment, and when first presented there was a definite off note, some sort of bottle stink. However this quickly transformed from a reductive note, moving to something more herbal, and then finally settling on an intriguing hint of celery seed. Mmm what a palate, deep and umami laden, not quite Rhone-ish, but of all the Burgs this was the one that paid the most homage to a Cote-Rotie. There is a definite hint of blood and soy, yet the more this airs the more if lifts and gains in spice. This would have been a wine to follow for hours, but alas there is only so much time in a meal.
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Dark ruby color. Red fruit nose. Tastes of black cherry, earth, spice box, and cinnamon. Extremely well balanced. Firm tannin. Very nice complexity and depth on the chewy finish. 13% alcohol. Bottle #426. Brought by Jeff.
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not decanted. nose was promising, but it didn't take long for this wine to morph into something of little more distinction than an impressive label and a lot of wood. i presume the rap will be infantacide, and i'll agree with a big caveat: go ahead and deceive yourself. this is not gonna flesh out. at age five, it oughta be giving something, anything, but no, and at $210 a bottle, i feel as duped as i used to be by napa cab. allowed to sit in the glass 3+ more hours. no change of opinion.
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Red fruit and floral aromas. very charming start both aromatically and on the palate. Great lively fresh fruit in the middle, accompanied by some power, then a bright finish supported by good acidity.
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This is good..it's just young right now....give it at least five years. I picked it off a restaurant wine list. I'd never have opened it if it was in my cellar. It's got lots of supple, rustic, red fruit and it's spicy. The wood is showing and needs time to integrate. It's medium bodied but it still has excellent intensity and shows good complexity at this stage. It will get better as it ages.
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Burgs and Champagne at Heidi's: Dark red color. The nose features mainly red fruit and oak. Enjoyable enough, but missing that DRC spice I crave. On the palate this really shows its youth, with fat concentrated fruit dominating over structure. Maybe a touch tart. Reminded me a bit of a disappointing bottle of '02 La Tache. Steve claims to have a few more of these so with luck I will get to taste it again in say 5 years to see if it can develop any DRC character with bottle age.
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Tasting Group Dinner - Burgs at Heidi's (Heidi's, Minneapolis): Very dark color. Lots of plump, ripe dark fruit. Decent, but very New World in style, and no DRC character. A sound bottle; I just opened this way too soon. Hold for at least 5 years. Judgment reserved.
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Served blind. Having looked at the wine list prior and knowing the friend I said out loud, “I would have taken you to order a DRC but there is no chance this is DRC as there is no stem character”. Suffice to say, I was shocked when this was revealed. I am not unhappy none of this is in my cellar as the wine was average at best with (for me) absolutely no character to DRC. Upon inquiring with the Sommelier who tasted with Wilson Daniels he said he thought he recalled that the 1er Cru was 100% de-stemmed. Anyone care to give their input?
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Burgundy Dinner at Wyncroft Winery (Buchanon MI): Ripe red and black cherry aromas with lots of baking spice. More red cherry on palate, very lush, fat and fun. Perhaps not as interesting as the 2002 also tasted, but easier to enjoy tonight.
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High-pitched, heady raspberry, red fruits, and spices. Young, obviously, but still capable of giving a lot of pleasure. Fine textured with a lot of weight clearly wrapped up for now. Lots of tension and fine, hard structure. Very promising.
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Surprisingly pale (even allowing for these minute pours). Light cherry, touched with blood. Light and tapering rim. A fine and typical – though perhaps slightly sturdy – Vosne nose; perhaps a little closed. Intensely spicy, and with a touch of mocha underneath. Fruit is rather reticent though – warm cherries and plums, with a slightly baked edge - and seems even to close down more with air. Mouth entry is sweet and medium weight, with spiciness to the fore. Fills nicely on the mid-palate, with lovely, earthy, vibrant cherry fruit. Finishes firmly with good fine-grained tannins adding a little bite. 3+
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12/9/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points
Top 1ers for AK's birthday: Assemblage from DRC’s GC plots that didn’t make the cut. Still very Vosne but more masculine and blue-fruited than the Arnoux alongside. Rather stemmy that I felt this was almost a textbook Dujac. Weaker vintage showed here as the tannins weren’t as refined and more drying compared to the A-L alongside, but will bet on this improving with time given the massive concentration and quality of underlying material here.
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11/22/2023 - rossi.wine wrote: 96 Points
A little less expressive on the nose than the 2006 G. Mugneret N-S-G Les Boudots tasted before. Mix of red and darker fruit notes, spices, minerality. Lots of depth and elegance. On the palate wonderfully harmonious - there is good structure, but the tannins are hardly noticeable. Lovely fruit, perfectly integrated acidity. Spicy, mineral, still a litte tight towards the impressively persistent finish. Not showy at all, elegant and powerful at the same time. Magnificent. Drink or keep. 95-97
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7/20/2023 - Mario17 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Couleur et limpidité typique de la DRC. Nez magnifique, fruits rouges, une tonne d’épices, un tout petit peu de roses mais moins que d’habitude. La bouche est toute aussi fine et pure, expressive et fraîche, tellement soyeux en bouche sans être dénuée de puissance mais contenue. Magnifique. 94-95
Typical DRC colour. Nose is gorgeous, complex, a touch of rose but mostly layers of spices, flowers, red fruit. Palate goes along the same lines, finesse and elegance, yet still some power but so contained with grace and class, good length.
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10/2/2022 - WEB,III wrote: flawed
Corked
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12/27/2021 - brh_wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Thus was inadvertently forgotten and stored on the boat for some year or more standing up. Cork was still good and wine was surprisingly fresh with cherry fruit, balanced and drinking perfectly. It was mature and ready to drink, perhaps from not being well stored but was quite good.
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7/11/2021 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
First taste of DRC; this wine for me lived up to the hype of the Domaine; the nose was exquisite, lots of Vosne spices, ripe red berry fruits, floral tea notes. Explosive and delightful to smell. The palate was a vision of harmony; deep and intense, yet ethereal and lifted; everything flowing beautifully. The finish was long. I was prepared to be disappointed, but thankfully I wasn't!
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12/25/2020 - Ltim BE Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for 1 hour. Lovely mature nose with cooked red fruits, game and even caramel. Sexy mouthfeel, smooth and so easy drinking with the lovely Vosne spices. Great bottle. Perfect company on Christmas Eve.
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8/25/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
The Triple Threat "165" Birthday Bash (65/60/40) (Minikahda Club, Mpls): Medium dark red color plus. PNP, drank a glass over two hours. High pitched nose, deep dark red fruits, iron, mineral, vanilla bean, just a tiche of green on the nose too and a hint of banana. The palate shows cherry fruit, lots of iron, dense, less spice, earth, pine, somewhat sour dark red fruit, more medium bodied. Slightly firm tannins that relax as everything comes more together somewhat gradually. Very good.
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8/25/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
Thanks Siggy! Another fantastic treat tonight just a few days past my 65th Bday. Said to be a blend of all 6 Grand Cru vineyards this was without a doubt worthy of its pedigree! Lovely roses and underbrush on the nose. Stunning balance, purity and elegance on a supple rich and well fruited palate. Dark fruit, mineral, spice and more forest floor notes. I loved this and its been at least 10yrs since I've had any DRC so what a treat!!
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5/17/2019 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points
HDH Celebration of Burgundy Dinner (Everest): Loads of spice and toast in nose. The palate is sleek with spice-filled red and black cherry. Delicious, but seems a bit thin and I wonder if the fruit will hold up to the barrel treatment over time.
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5/29/2018 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Good showing for this wine, perhaps not at 2009 level, but could outclass Echezeaux? Color starting to lighten. Primary, floral aromatics. Clean, crisp palate with length. (05057/10160)
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1/27/2018 - Ms. Bubblehead wrote: 92 Points
It is an interesting and rare find in a cool French restaurant in Japan. We wait for quite some time to let it open up. Still an extremely young wine in my view. The nose shows a lot more characters than the palate due to its age. After 2-3 hours of opening, the aroma really offers explosive floral nose with bouquet of roses, red fruits, and light spices. Palate was initially very tight but gradually presents deep complexity with tannin, maybe because this wine also blends the young vines from many grand cru plots including Grand Echezeaux. Had this bottle with The Littlehorse.
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1/18/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Drinking right in the zone. There's plenty of floral spice along with crisp berry and cherry fruits. It is fine and lacy with impeccable proportion and balance. It has real persistence to the finishes and leaves a strong mineral imprint once swallowed.
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6/23/2017 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): I am lucky to have drunk this a few times and it never disappoints. Expressive nose displaying generous crunch black fruit with a hint of red, cranberry, crushed blackberry, sous bois starts to emerge, liquid smoke, sap, Vosne spices, cinnamon, nutmeg and a strong stem note that adds complexity. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered, decadent yet pure, perfectly amount of acidity, and a lovely black fruit and mineral driven finish. Justin mentions perhaps a lot of Richebourg. Starting to show a bit more secondary notes. A great way to be introduced to the domaine’s wine. My understanding is that this was offered at 50 euros to the restaurants in France.
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4/22/2017 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Very oaky, needs a lot more time.
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4/9/2017 - Honey Badger wrote: 91 Points
Some typical stemmy notes but don't expect to be blown away, a gc from a negoc at a far lower price and greater availability handily wiped the floor with this wine. It was delicious but context as always is everything....
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9/13/2016 - AJ72 wrote: flawed
France Soir beauty (South Yarra): What a shame the only bottle of the day to suffer from any spoilage and it was the DRC.
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2/3/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Krug Dinner with Some DRC (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Opened, double decanted, then served 30 minutes later. Ripe red cherry/ berry on nose/palate with baking spice hints. Forward and accessible, not the most nuanced of DRCs.
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5/21/2015 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Burgundy dinner (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): Pop and pour, the fruit seems a bit too ripe and no stem note. With air, this is become incredible delicious. Beautiful opulent nose displaying sweet red and black fruits, now noticeable stem which as nice complexity, sap, caramel, Vosne spice and strong presence of mineral. Excellent concentration, opulent sweet blackberry driven palate impression, bright acidity, nicely integrated tannins and seamless lovely finish. Displaying perfect balance and harmony. Very youthful but perfectly enjoyable. This improved with air where the 02 didn’t.
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4/4/2015 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Classy Burg without a hair out of place. The aroma and flavour profile is cherry personified, pulp and stone. It is cool, rocky and detailed. There are ethereal floral notes and the palate is plush velvet. It fans out off the finish and is such a delicious drink now yet with plenty still in the tank.
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11/13/2014 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Liked this a lot, but it didn't show the sheer breed or depth of either the Rousseau or de Vogüé that preceded it. It's still incredibly primary, with an intense stemmy scent at first that eases with air into something more spicy and floral, with a core of very fresh, sappy red fruited flavours on the palate. There's a remarkable vibrancy and liveliness on the palate, with the tannins very fine grained and most of the structure here coming from the bright acidity. Lovely wine.
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10/11/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Dinner with Friends (Jen and Phil's - Chicago IL): Popped and poured. Ripe red fruit with sweet baking spice. Ripe fruit on both nose and palate. A bit compact right now, but i don't think this will ever be very nuanced. This would have benefited from several hours of air and/or a few more years in the cellar.
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6/21/2014 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - floral/rose, per Doug baby powder. Gran marnier, per dale candied apple with cinnamon
Mouth - very nice, strawberry/raspberry, rose, with hints of spice (orange peel) and long dry tannins. The waiter appreciated minerality. A wine of concentration but ultimately finesse. Nice.
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5/25/2014 - sjwshiraz wrote:
An ethereal nose for the first 30 minutes, this then closed down hard and fast not to reappear. Either drink quickly or defer satisfaction for 10 years
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5/11/2014 - Barry Rothof wrote: 92 Points
A Dinner in Burgundy (Burgundy): Aromas of warm earth, dried flowers and wood smoke. On the palate it’s grippy, earthy and spicy with dark black fruit in the background. Really interesting wine but maybe it just lacks a touch of power on the finish.
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3/29/2014 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
2013 editon of En Primeur - Kelly and Kevin’s excellent adventure; 3/26/2014-4/1/2014 (Mostly in Bordeaux and a night in Paris): Boy, this is drinking nicely. Beguiling nose displaying ripe raspberries and blackberries, a hint of stem that adds lovely complexity, sap, licorice, vosne spice and strong presence of mineral. Perfectly balanced palate impression, incredibly harmonious, elegant and subtle, perfect amount of acidity, nicely integrated tannins and long seamless finish. Although clearly showing vosne spice, it is pure and precise. Drinking incredibly well.
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7/13/2013 - DaddyNeedsPow Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bottle number 02180.
In terms of quality and enjoyment this was running neck-and-neck with the 1990 Richebourg which was also served by our amazingly generous host, explaining that this cuvee is the fruit of young vines only vinified by DRC in good years. Of course it was showing much more in the primary, fruit forward realm. But, oh, what fruit! Pure, creamy, elegant, beguiling, effortless. Of my one night and two-bottle experience with DRC, this seems the one worth spending one's own money.
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1/17/2013 - Burgaddict wrote: 92 Points
Leiden in Burgundy January 2013; 1/17/2013-1/18/2013: Typical Vosne wine. Nose dark fruit with Asian spice. Taste dark fruit, concentrated, very fine tannins, long finish. Precise and focused.
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7/9/2012 - jeff nowak wrote: 94 Points
dinner @ eleven madison park. decanted. first, a public service announcement: wines were presented by jeff taylor, who, along with all the other dedicated people of EMP, made our visit memorable. our thanks for their superb attention to detail. perhaps such attention and environment helped to elevate this bottle's performance? wine is often about circumstances and attitude. nevertheless, this is by far the best showing out of three for me. chosen for it's perceived universality within the 14 (!) course tasting menu, it hit a home run. expansive for it's modest level in the DRC hierarchy. nice spice notes + mild licorice and assorted black fruits dominate, but a terrific underlying black cherry made it for me. supple with air and the pleasure of enjoying over a couple of hours. oak is melting away. very nice.
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5/20/2012 - jeff nowak wrote: 92 Points
decanted 30 minutes. much finer showing than a year ago. good composition and balance, refined fruit, a solid 1er cru. notes of raspberry, blackberry, and mild spice. drink now - 2018.
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5/17/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
A private lunch (Restaurant De Leest **, Vaassen, Netherlands): Subtle, stylish, lovely red fruit, depth, some spiciness from the stalks, red earth, Asian spice, floral touch, very precise, surprisingly forward, no great concentration but nice weight, lovely hint of sweetness, fresh, transparent and precise, satiny, elegant finely-grained tannins, very good length, roses, lovely nuance, hint of Asian spice. Perfectly delicious. Now - 2026.
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5/5/2012 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Tasted in the cellars of DRC. This was a once in a lifetime visit and the 4 hours we spent at the Domaine were truly a pleasure. I cannot thank our hosts at DRC enough for arranging such a special tour and tasting. Their modesty combined with their passion for the wines are truly remarkable. My fourth time trying this wine and it has been consistent. This bottle was just opened and a bit cold. Bright red fruit and spice on the nose. Already complex with spice, dried flowers and red fruit on the palate. A very clean pretty finish. Better than the 2008 and much better than the 2002. Lingering finish.
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3/2/2012 - Rosengoo Likes this wine: 93 Points
I fully admit to not having a lot of tasting experience with Burgundy wines but this wine was outstanding to my palate. As per our sommelier's recommendation, we did not decant this. It was quite light in colour with a nose full of mixed fruit. Upon tasting, I found an overall mix of berries with strawberries being the strongest. The alcohol level is quite light compared to most wines that I drink these days. I wish this would become a trend. I also wish that I had more bottles of these.
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2/9/2012 - St Paul wrote: 93 Points
Lovely clean sweet Vosne fruit on the nose and gorgeous red berries ib the mouth. Well structured and lovely. It is still on the young side but that is also good. Love the freshness even if the wine probably will show a bit more in a few years I have had many Burgundy 1er Cru from 06 and this is pure class but if you are looking for complexity and personality. Because there are terroirs out there which is something extra(Amoureusse,
s clos St Jacques and Malconsort fpr example but I have also had amazing Fuees, Cras, Suchots etc...this might not be up there but not far behind. It is an absolutely brilliant wine!!
I am having it right now at Lutter & Wagners in Berlin. Meetings over and a late lunch before going out to the airport. DRC and wienerschnitzel is a killer combo!!
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12/13/2011 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Probably the best drink of the bracket with its spicy, cool fruit personality. It was perfumed and ethereal with gorgeous floral spice and a thread of liquorice running through the palate. Beautifully composed with direct aromas and flavours and leaves a lovely mouth aroma once swallowed.
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11/11/2011 - psmith wrote:
Classic bright red, spicy fruits. Medium bodied. Feminine. Great pedigree, but a bit of bitterness on the finish. Tasty.
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11/11/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Jen's Birthday (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Lots of ripe red fruit on nose with cinnamon and allspice. Palate was both black and red cherry, quite ripe in flavor, but moderate in intensity. Very fruit forward, then a trace of lean bitterness poking through on finish. I expect this might need another year or two to better integrate, but should consumed within ten years.
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6/8/2011 - Eric wrote:
Dinner at Canlis with Wilfred (Seattle, WA, USA): After the earlier flawed bottle of the Rouget, we were all a bit jumpy. This was decanted very spur of the moment, and when first presented there was a definite off note, some sort of bottle stink. However this quickly transformed from a reductive note, moving to something more herbal, and then finally settling on an intriguing hint of celery seed. Mmm what a palate, deep and umami laden, not quite Rhone-ish, but of all the Burgs this was the one that paid the most homage to a Cote-Rotie. There is a definite hint of blood and soy, yet the more this airs the more if lifts and gains in spice. This would have been a wine to follow for hours, but alas there is only so much time in a meal.
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5/19/2011 - kstoddard Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark ruby color. Red fruit nose. Tastes of black cherry, earth, spice box, and cinnamon. Extremely well balanced. Firm tannin. Very nice complexity and depth on the chewy finish. 13% alcohol. Bottle #426. Brought by Jeff.
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5/19/2011 - jeff nowak wrote:
not decanted. nose was promising, but it didn't take long for this wine to morph into something of little more distinction than an impressive label and a lot of wood. i presume the rap will be infantacide, and i'll agree with a big caveat: go ahead and deceive yourself. this is not gonna flesh out. at age five, it oughta be giving something, anything, but no, and at $210 a bottle, i feel as duped as i used to be by napa cab. allowed to sit in the glass 3+ more hours. no change of opinion.
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5/10/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Red fruit and floral aromas. very charming start both aromatically and on the palate. Great lively fresh fruit in the middle, accompanied by some power, then a bright finish supported by good acidity.
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2/5/2011 - psmith wrote:
Really high toned red fruits. Heady and very firm acids. Red cherry fruit and spice noted. Sappy. Young. Nice wine.
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4/4/2010 - Anonymous Likes this wine: 94 Points
This is good..it's just young right now....give it at least five years. I picked it off a restaurant wine list. I'd never have opened it if it was in my cellar. It's got lots of supple, rustic, red fruit and it's spicy. The wood is showing and needs time to integrate. It's medium bodied but it still has excellent intensity and shows good complexity at this stage. It will get better as it ages.
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1/5/2010 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 91 Points
Burgs and Champagne at Heidi's: Dark red color. The nose features mainly red fruit and oak. Enjoyable enough, but missing that DRC spice I crave. On the palate this really shows its youth, with fat concentrated fruit dominating over structure. Maybe a touch tart. Reminded me a bit of a disappointing bottle of '02 La Tache. Steve claims to have a few more of these so with luck I will get to taste it again in say 5 years to see if it can develop any DRC character with bottle age.
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1/5/2010 - Siggy wrote:
Tasting Group Dinner - Burgs at Heidi's (Heidi's, Minneapolis): Very dark color. Lots of plump, ripe dark fruit. Decent, but very New World in style, and no DRC character. A sound bottle; I just opened this way too soon. Hold for at least 5 years. Judgment reserved.
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10/24/2009 - jamiekutch wrote:
Served blind. Having looked at the wine list prior and knowing the friend I said out loud, “I would have taken you to order a DRC but there is no chance this is DRC as there is no stem character”. Suffice to say, I was shocked when this was revealed. I am not unhappy none of this is in my cellar as the wine was average at best with (for me) absolutely no character to DRC. Upon inquiring with the Sommelier who tasted with Wilson Daniels he said he thought he recalled that the 1er Cru was 100% de-stemmed. Anyone care to give their input?
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9/26/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Burgundy Dinner at Wyncroft Winery (Buchanon MI): Ripe red and black cherry aromas with lots of baking spice. More red cherry on palate, very lush, fat and fun. Perhaps not as interesting as the 2002 also tasted, but easier to enjoy tonight.
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9/25/2009 - psmith wrote:
Tight in its youth. Firm and heady. Some spice. Very sexy. Lots of promise, but needs time.
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7/17/2009 - Cheryl wrote:
My First DRC and Many Other Treats (Mirabelle, Austin, TX): Heavy tannins but good. Some green notes too with loads of dark fruit. The oak was more obvious here than in the other two in this flight, but I liked it. Nice.
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4/17/2009 - psmith wrote:
High-pitched, heady raspberry, red fruits, and spices. Young, obviously, but still capable of giving a lot of pleasure. Fine textured with a lot of weight clearly wrapped up for now. Lots of tension and fine, hard structure. Very promising.
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1/1/2009 - HandPickedBurgundy wrote:
Surprisingly pale (even allowing for these minute pours). Light cherry, touched with blood. Light and tapering rim. A fine and typical – though perhaps slightly sturdy – Vosne nose; perhaps a little closed. Intensely spicy, and with a touch of mocha underneath. Fruit is rather reticent though – warm cherries and plums, with a slightly baked edge - and seems even to close down more with air. Mouth entry is sweet and medium weight, with spiciness to the fore. Fills nicely on the mid-palate, with lovely, earthy, vibrant cherry fruit. Finishes firmly with good fine-grained tannins adding a little bite. 3+
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