I have drunk this wine on a number of occasions over the last 5 years and last nights bottle was à point.Medium-full body, ripe and succulent with some fruit.There has been a lot of bottle variation of the years and hope my remaining 4 are as good as this one.
From magnum. Belated note so not the best description, but this really opened up to be full of red fruit and a bit of spice. Good medium weight palate with fine soft tannin. Acidity is ample, call it juicy, and while not at all excessive, this wine is best with food. Still a few years from peak maturity.
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A strange beast; ripe perfume, a long finish but all rather brash and burly. Good quality fruit here though and quite broad flavors on the palate. Masculine and could do with some cellar time.
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William's Bachelor's Party (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): On a night where many older wines from the 60s' to the 80s' were stunningly youthful, this was paradoxically over-advanced and tired - a far cry from the last two experiences I have had with the same wine (the last coming just a few months back). The nose had a prematurely old feel to it, with lots of gamey, meaty, sous bois tones, with dried leaves and wilted flowers sprinkled amidst some lovely red cherry aromas, followed by sterner drifts of briar and bramble and spice. I liked that nose, but it got us guessing that this was a wine from the late 1970s or early 1980s instead. The palate still had some fresh, lively acidity. However, the tannins seemed to have completely resolved into a soft, mellow feel, so that one got a sense of a noble structure slowly crumbling into dust. Flavours were very mature too, with soft, sappy, sur-mature notes of black cherries and dark berries tapering off into a fine-boned finish with some spice and a rather ditrsctingly bittersweet twist of bramble. Still pleasaurable, but clearly tired and rather less than complete. While this would have been enjoyable enough on its own, it was at a severe disadvantage amidst the other stars on show tonight. I hope this is down to provenance rather than the wine going downhill.
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My Birthday Celebration (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): Another bottle that I quite forgot having before. This was very good. Somehow though, this bottle did seem rather tighter and less giving than the one we had a couple of years ago. The nose was rather subtle and unexpressive, with masculine notes of earth and metal, some savoury notes and subtle dark-druited shades seasoned with spicy anise, menthol and peppermint. I thought this was maybe a Vosne or an NSG instead. The palate was also tightly wound, but it was really nice, with a clean, bright attack with clear flavours of dark cherries and sour plums. There was a ripeness to the fruit and a rather clear sense of extraction on this that made some people think it was rather modern. However, the moving beyond the attack and into the midpalate, the fruit gave way savoury base, with some meaty notes, and then the wine leaned out even more, into a very austere finish, with fine, firm tannins lined with mineral and peppery notes. Good, but not very generous at the moment. This had a very structured, muscular feel. I am not sure if this has shut down for good and is slowly winding its way down, or if it is going through an awkward stage and needs a few years to sleep. One to try again in 4-5 years or so.
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"Simple" Midweek Dinner (Asia Grand) (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): This was lovely. It had a beautiful, beautiful nose. Lush, floral, with savoury earthy accents framing dark cherries, berries, violets, some wood spice, opening up all the time - just beautiful stuff. The palate had that 2002 black-fruit character, but not a trace of obdurate 2002 inpenatrability that you get with some Grand Crus. This was clean, clear and transparent, with focused, defined flavours of dark cherries, blackcurrants and an iron-infused minerality leading into a long, slightly spiced finish where a kiss of orange peel emerged. Surprisingly lighter-bodied for a Chambertin, but this was a beautifully elegant wine with not a hair out of place. Still young, but eminently drinkable, almost surprisingly so for its terroir. So enjoyable on the night, but this should be even better in 4-5 years' time.
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10/31/2022 - Rpfe Likes this wine: 90 Points
I have drunk this wine on a number of occasions over the last 5 years and last nights bottle was à point.Medium-full body, ripe and succulent with some fruit.There has been a lot of bottle variation of the years and hope my remaining 4 are as good as this one.
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3/30/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
Rose & Arrow Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Good enough nose, but clearly dirty on the palate.
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2/26/2021 - Nanda wrote: flawed
corked
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1/17/2016 - wineordeath Likes this wine: 92 Points
From magnum. Belated note so not the best description, but this really opened up to be full of red fruit and a bit of spice. Good medium weight palate with fine soft tannin. Acidity is ample, call it juicy, and while not at all excessive, this wine is best with food. Still a few years from peak maturity.
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10/26/2013 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points
Macerated florals and slightly fruited out. Cigarette smoke and dried prunes. Though it is drinking nicely but it's Prematurely aged for its time
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10/17/2013 - celk wrote: 91 Points
A strange beast; ripe perfume, a long finish but all rather brash and burly. Good quality fruit here though and quite broad flavors on the palate. Masculine and could do with some cellar time.
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10/11/2013 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
William's Bachelor's Party (Tonny Restaurant, Geylang Lor 3, Singapore): On a night where many older wines from the 60s' to the 80s' were stunningly youthful, this was paradoxically over-advanced and tired - a far cry from the last two experiences I have had with the same wine (the last coming just a few months back). The nose had a prematurely old feel to it, with lots of gamey, meaty, sous bois tones, with dried leaves and wilted flowers sprinkled amidst some lovely red cherry aromas, followed by sterner drifts of briar and bramble and spice. I liked that nose, but it got us guessing that this was a wine from the late 1970s or early 1980s instead. The palate still had some fresh, lively acidity. However, the tannins seemed to have completely resolved into a soft, mellow feel, so that one got a sense of a noble structure slowly crumbling into dust. Flavours were very mature too, with soft, sappy, sur-mature notes of black cherries and dark berries tapering off into a fine-boned finish with some spice and a rather ditrsctingly bittersweet twist of bramble. Still pleasaurable, but clearly tired and rather less than complete. While this would have been enjoyable enough on its own, it was at a severe disadvantage amidst the other stars on show tonight. I hope this is down to provenance rather than the wine going downhill.
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5/4/2013 - Alex H wrote: 89 Points
Menthol peppermint medicated oil with anise and spice. Sweet cherries and very right with monolithic structure.
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4/26/2013 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
My Birthday Celebration (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): Another bottle that I quite forgot having before. This was very good. Somehow though, this bottle did seem rather tighter and less giving than the one we had a couple of years ago. The nose was rather subtle and unexpressive, with masculine notes of earth and metal, some savoury notes and subtle dark-druited shades seasoned with spicy anise, menthol and peppermint. I thought this was maybe a Vosne or an NSG instead. The palate was also tightly wound, but it was really nice, with a clean, bright attack with clear flavours of dark cherries and sour plums. There was a ripeness to the fruit and a rather clear sense of extraction on this that made some people think it was rather modern. However, the moving beyond the attack and into the midpalate, the fruit gave way savoury base, with some meaty notes, and then the wine leaned out even more, into a very austere finish, with fine, firm tannins lined with mineral and peppery notes. Good, but not very generous at the moment. This had a very structured, muscular feel. I am not sure if this has shut down for good and is slowly winding its way down, or if it is going through an awkward stage and needs a few years to sleep. One to try again in 4-5 years or so.
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8/2/2011 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
"Simple" Midweek Dinner (Asia Grand) (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): This was lovely. It had a beautiful, beautiful nose. Lush, floral, with savoury earthy accents framing dark cherries, berries, violets, some wood spice, opening up all the time - just beautiful stuff. The palate had that 2002 black-fruit character, but not a trace of obdurate 2002 inpenatrability that you get with some Grand Crus. This was clean, clear and transparent, with focused, defined flavours of dark cherries, blackcurrants and an iron-infused minerality leading into a long, slightly spiced finish where a kiss of orange peel emerged. Surprisingly lighter-bodied for a Chambertin, but this was a beautifully elegant wine with not a hair out of place. Still young, but eminently drinkable, almost surprisingly so for its terroir. So enjoyable on the night, but this should be even better in 4-5 years' time.
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10/22/2009 - Samantha wrote: 90 Points
This is not really what I expected of an '02. Lighter bodied, lots of cherry and minerality. Needs cellar time
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