More fragrance than the Epenots or Lavaux St. J. Has cranberry, cherry and floral. Palate is sous bois, cherry. Fabulous integration of acid and tannin. A very successful 2007.
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Lucien Le Moine tasting with Mounir Saouma (Burgundy Wine Company): Splash decanted - some pleasant pinot perfume hits you directly; then, a lot of sweetness and dark fruit, quite big for a Chambolle. A fine green - herbal - quality emerges after a while in the tasting glass. It is round and approachable but has a certain fitness level which in the end convinces you not to disregard it. still, I would say it's a drink now type of wine.
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A day tasting in the Willamette Valley with the usual suspects (Oregon): A complex nose here of dried roses, potpourri, strawberries, cherries and dirty earth. It was a joy to sit and smell this wine. I found the palate a bit less interesting than the nose, red fruit along with a candied red flavor, almost like red vine licorice. Slightly chalky throughout. Superb structure on this wine takes over and wraps the tongue gently and holds on for 20-30 seconds leaving hints of red fruit behind. Overall an outstanding wine, delicious.
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Lucien Le Moine at Scott Paul, and other WV because we're there (Carlton, OR): After some of the other wines, this initially seemed very light on the nose, almost shut down. But some viscous swirling did allow it to come around, and for my nose to get adjusted to it. I'm getting what smells a bit like a dryer sheet, the light berries, but the whole thing is very subtle, but still soft and quite pleasing. Wow, amazingly pure expression of fruit on the palate, with fantastic texture; quite soft and supple. Seems a bit like a buttered biscuit with red apple skin on top. Nice. Awesome, long, very soft and smooth finish which goes on and on; very soft and pleasing, supple, like satin sheets. This wine was definitely more about its elegance to me than the particular flavors, as shown from the notes I detail. Really good stuff.
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5/5/2016 - KVM wrote:
More fragrance than the Epenots or Lavaux St. J. Has cranberry, cherry and floral. Palate is sous bois, cherry. Fabulous integration of acid and tannin. A very successful 2007.
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3/4/2016 - lord_byron Likes this wine: 92 Points
Could take a few more years
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2/24/2010 - Omar Khayyam wrote: 87 Points
Lucien Le Moine tasting with Mounir Saouma (Burgundy Wine Company): Splash decanted - some pleasant pinot perfume hits you directly; then, a lot of sweetness and dark fruit, quite big for a Chambolle. A fine green - herbal - quality emerges after a while in the tasting glass. It is round and approachable but has a certain fitness level which in the end convinces you not to disregard it. still, I would say it's a drink now type of wine.
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2/13/2010 - subtlet Likes this wine: 90 Points
An Offer of Awesome Burgundy Inspires A Day of Tasting In the Willamette Valley (Willamette Valley): Cherries, apples, and a hint of spruce needle scents on the nose. This has a lovely mouth feel with some good acid and soft even tannins. Hints of black pepper and raspberry flavors show up and linger nicely through the finish. 90+
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2/13/2010 - gripNsip wrote: 90 Points
A day tasting in the Willamette Valley with the usual suspects (Oregon): A complex nose here of dried roses, potpourri, strawberries, cherries and dirty earth. It was a joy to sit and smell this wine. I found the palate a bit less interesting than the nose, red fruit along with a candied red flavor, almost like red vine licorice. Slightly chalky throughout. Superb structure on this wine takes over and wraps the tongue gently and holds on for 20-30 seconds leaving hints of red fruit behind. Overall an outstanding wine, delicious.
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2/13/2010 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 92 Points
Lucien Le Moine at Scott Paul, and other WV because we're there (Carlton, OR): After some of the other wines, this initially seemed very light on the nose, almost shut down. But some viscous swirling did allow it to come around, and for my nose to get adjusted to it. I'm getting what smells a bit like a dryer sheet, the light berries, but the whole thing is very subtle, but still soft and quite pleasing. Wow, amazingly pure expression of fruit on the palate, with fantastic texture; quite soft and supple. Seems a bit like a buttered biscuit with red apple skin on top. Nice. Awesome, long, very soft and smooth finish which goes on and on; very soft and pleasing, supple, like satin sheets. This wine was definitely more about its elegance to me than the particular flavors, as shown from the notes I detail. Really good stuff.
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