Last bottle. With half an hour of air the tannins start to relax the fruit becomes a bit sweeter and while this is never going to wow, it certainly i s the best of the 4 I've had over the years. A bit bitter on the finish (though is a good way) and red fruit (raspberry) on the palette. A bit of heat seems to mar it, but not terribly.
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PnP from cellar and allowed to warm up in glass for half an hour before assessing. Light cherry or even blood orange, followed by pepper and some stemminess on the nose. There is slight earthy quality framing the tart fruit and giving it a sweetness, but for me it's tough to describe. Certainly there is more aroma than my last note.
Drunk over two hours the wine opened up some. It was certainly balanced, if a bit tart. For me however there was just this persistent feeling like there should be more on the mid-palette. Better than my last bottle but still not a great wine.
Maybe in another year the next bottle will inch a bit closer to good Burgundy.
Day 2 poured the last glass. Slightly oxidized, slightly hotter. On the nose still getting some tart cherry and now blackberry and a bit of earth and stemminess. The fruit was DOA. It seems to have come back a bit, mostly to tart cherry.
Are we all just drinking this to young, or are our expectations to high?
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When first opened the nose gave me great hope. Pine resin, fading to black pepper and red fruits. The palette however told a different story. The fruit finally showed up after 30-40 minutes, but was muted. It seemed a bit tired, and certainly not of premier cru quality. Not a bad bottle, just not anything really good either.
I've been holding onto my 05s on the advice that it's a monster year and needs time. With this bottle that advice seems not to have panned out.
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Not as disappointing as others' have described it... cherry, strawberry/cherry liqueur, high pitched floral aromas, palate of same plus structure and somewhat chewy. Not profound, but pleasant to drink alone or with food.
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Tasted alongside the '05 Potel NSG 1er "Les Pezerolles". These two wines were very similar; both were shut down hard, with dark fruit / meat juice flavors buried under loads of tannin. The Fremieres was marginally more approachable and fruity; the Pezerolles showed more structure. Good potential here, but not much pleasure at the moment.
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Ruby red color. The nose features cherry, strawberry, black cherry, earth and mineral. More complex than the Pezerolles and actually quite nice. Flavors are dominated by clean red fruit, decent expansiveness on the palate and good overall balance. However, this is extremely tannic (chalky and drying) on the otherwise nice finish. I thought this showed more character than the Pezerolles, but both are really too young to make a strong call one way or the other.
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4/28/2020 - Barnaby33 wrote:
Last bottle. With half an hour of air the tannins start to relax the fruit becomes a bit sweeter and while this is never going to wow, it certainly i s the best of the 4 I've had over the years. A bit bitter on the finish (though is a good way) and red fruit (raspberry) on the palette. A bit of heat seems to mar it, but not terribly.
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4/8/2017 - Barnaby33 wrote:
PnP from cellar and allowed to warm up in glass for half an hour before assessing. Light cherry or even blood orange, followed by pepper and some stemminess on the nose. There is slight earthy quality framing the tart fruit and giving it a sweetness, but for me it's tough to describe. Certainly there is more aroma than my last note.
Drunk over two hours the wine opened up some. It was certainly balanced, if a bit tart. For me however there was just this persistent feeling like there should be more on the mid-palette. Better than my last bottle but still not a great wine.
Maybe in another year the next bottle will inch a bit closer to good Burgundy.
Day 2 poured the last glass. Slightly oxidized, slightly hotter. On the nose still getting some tart cherry and now blackberry and a bit of earth and stemminess. The fruit was DOA. It seems to have come back a bit, mostly to tart cherry.
Are we all just drinking this to young, or are our expectations to high?
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4/2/2016 - Barnaby33 wrote:
When first opened the nose gave me great hope. Pine resin, fading to black pepper and red fruits. The palette however told a different story. The fruit finally showed up after 30-40 minutes, but was muted. It seemed a bit tired, and certainly not of premier cru quality. Not a bad bottle, just not anything really good either.
I've been holding onto my 05s on the advice that it's a monster year and needs time. With this bottle that advice seems not to have panned out.
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9/2/2015 - jmht wrote: 88 Points
Not as disappointing as others' have described it... cherry, strawberry/cherry liqueur, high pitched floral aromas, palate of same plus structure and somewhat chewy. Not profound, but pleasant to drink alone or with food.
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5/10/2015 - cookie7 wrote:
Disappointing - hardly any fruit left. I doubt it is in a dumb phase. Will just bury the last bottle and hope age helps - but I have my doubts.
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4/19/2013 - tewino wrote: 82 Points
Nothing......just.......nothing. Structure, lean......nothing
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9/3/2008 - Siggy wrote:
Tasted alongside the '05 Potel NSG 1er "Les Pezerolles". These two wines were very similar; both were shut down hard, with dark fruit / meat juice flavors buried under loads of tannin. The Fremieres was marginally more approachable and fruity; the Pezerolles showed more structure. Good potential here, but not much pleasure at the moment.
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9/2/2008 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 91 Points
Ruby red color. The nose features cherry, strawberry, black cherry, earth and mineral. More complex than the Pezerolles and actually quite nice. Flavors are dominated by clean red fruit, decent expansiveness on the palate and good overall balance. However, this is extremely tannic (chalky and drying) on the otherwise nice finish. I thought this showed more character than the Pezerolles, but both are really too young to make a strong call one way or the other.
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