Stood bottle up the day before, opened and left to aerate for 2 hours and drank over another two hours. Underwhelming to say the least with too much stems on the nose and I love stems; beyond that hardly any fruit, more green on the nose than on the palate, some vosne spices. I’m beginning to wonder whether any Burgundy over 1,000 a bottle is worth drinking rather than reselling when it appreciates. In a line up of DRC Richebourg 2010 and 1969, when the evening started the 2002 on the palate was best and very expansive and not reflective of the nose; some blood iron, spices, dark cherries. As the evening passed on, and after decanting the 1969 the latter surpassed the 2010 on the nose and palate with lots of complexity unmatched by my 2002. Long finish and decent structure to the 2002 but not overly complex and lacking in depth.
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Probablement une bouteille pas représentative. Nez expressif sur les fruits mûrs et une pointe boisée, mais pas extrêmement complexe, bouche puissante mais avec une pointe liégeuse en milieu de bouche, finit assez sec et assez court. Dépassé par plusieurs vins lors d'une horizontale du millésime 2002 en Côte de Nuits, il n'était probablement pas à son niveau. Dommage car on sent un format de vin hors norme.
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In a Galaxy Far, Far Away - Richebourg ! (Vancouver, BC, Canada): Light ruby with resplendent Earl Grey tea, mandarin orange peel and red currants on the nose. Balanced mulberries and modest pungent herbs on the very long grippy flavour, with a palate staining finish of lapins cherries and Usukuchi soy. Enjoyable now due to the well integrated modest tannins, but better juice in 10 years when the whole cluster acerb dissipates - leaving powerful free and clear structured les Richebourg joy. After the 2005-my easy second favourite of this DRC Richebourg flight-and one to seek out!
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Black tea, cumin seed, rose petal Vosne aromatics explode from the glass with iron, earth and black and blue fruit. Camphor and fennel laced oak. Massive extract with finely integrated tannic backbone. Profound youthful structural elements and luminescent color hue. Lengthy finish from a wine yet to be tamed by time.
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Alvin. Real deal Holyfield, great bottle. Stems jump out of bottle, Leroy like as DRC Richebourg can be. Sweet on the palate, balanced and intricate. Finishes nail polish too. (755/6520)
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2001 vs 2002 DRC tasting with a few others; 10/20/2018-10/21/2018 (Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier, DC and Bryan's house): Medium expressive nose displaying sweet red and black fruit, raspberry candy, black cherry, blackberry, caramel, strong stem, even stronger than the 01, rose, perfume, clove, cedar, tiequayin tea and earth. Very good concentration, nicely layered sweet red and black fruit, silky and polished, good acidity and mineral, silky tannins and a medium to long sweet red and black fruit driven finish with tea and perfume at the end. Once again bit tight.
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DRC Richebourg vertical. Awkward state that's not so attractive, in contrast to 2002 LT. Stem dominant to extent that's distracting and some fuzzy vitamin aromatics. Has length but not purity. (5439/6520)
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Not as open as I'd hoped for, as I find the 02's to be generally accessible. A very good wine, but didn't have the fireworks expected of the producer, wine, and vintage. I'll shoot for five hours or more of air next bottle.
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Red Burgundies With Allen Meadows (Eleven Madison Park): Thought the Dujac Clos de la Roche had a highly expressive nose then this comes and shuts it down. This is stemmy and expressive wth cut green hay and florals. Dynamic as well, getting lighter and elegant with more time. Extremely fresh. Beautiful, detailed, and powerful nose. Excellent palate here as well wth robust and rustic fruit, a little sweet through the finish. Savory spices, asparagus. Floral with a touch of pencil shaving. Mature tomato spice on finish. Really great.
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From magnum this was the most accessible out of the top four 2002 DRC's. It has deliciously sweet red and black fruits. There was a touch of spice and some freshly grated ginger. It had a really sweet core and the finish was precise with some sinewy muscle. A very pretty and elegant Richebourg.
Sunday Supper (RS House): As good as the Meo was, somehow this DRC kicked it up a notch. This had much more spice and detail on the nose than my last bottle and reminded me of the fireworks I first experienced when we had this at Stein Erikson. Amazing fruit, balance and grip. It combined the excitement of the Leroy with the completeness and detail of the Meo. Great depth, harmony and super long finish. LOVE THE SPICE!
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A really great way to end our night. A dark brooding bottle that has plenty of time ahead of it but open up as we drank it. Dark fruits with a heavier feel on the palate.
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Been a couple years since we had this wine. Cloudy. Drank over 5 hours. A lovely nose of spice, dark fruit, earth, mushrooms and stems jump from the glass. The palate matched with crazy spice but this had a severe background of green/stem notes. My wife said it seemed like pickle juice and once she said it, that idea never left my mind because it was right on. Love the complexity but the stem/whole cluster was very evident. Long finish.
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Lech Day 6 - dinner: intoxicating perfume immediately upon opening. seductive and floral. notes of red fruits, plum and spice. perhaps a little more orange zest and lightweight than expected but still a beauty overall. 875.
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Opened and drank at Stein Erickson in Park City. Just a fabulous nose the burst from the glass. Big bold flavors of iron and dark fruits. I love the texture and grip of this wine and the finish lasted for ever. No comparison to the 99 Dujac Clos St Denis we had just before. Clearly this will age for a long time, but it is certainly a treat to drink now. Worth every penny.
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2002 La Tache and DRC Richebourg side by side. The La Tache continues to impress. A wine of utter distinction, with a nose to die for and a palate the beguiles. The Richebourg was deep, dark, brooding, and sexy. La Tache wins tonight's shootout.
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Bricking/brown at the edge. Berries, bright acidity, tart and light, unbalanced, Zinfandel-like berries. Young, needs time, gets peppery with more air.
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Hugely concentrated nose of black fruits, spice, smoked meats and mustard powder. The fruit is explosive and tinged with iron and earth notes. It builds, finishing with an enormous crescendo of chewy tannin and pure fruit flavours. After 30 mins in the glass it was if someone slipped it a Rohypnol, it fell asleep very quickly.
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12/27/2023 - Travislee0113 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Mesmerizing hints of oriental spices and white pepper. The palate was not as great as the nose, though.
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9/9/2023 - the player Likes this wine: 92 Points
Stood bottle up the day before, opened and left to aerate for 2 hours and drank over another two hours.
Underwhelming to say the least with too much stems on the nose and I love stems; beyond that hardly any fruit, more green on the nose than on the palate, some vosne spices. I’m beginning to wonder whether any Burgundy over 1,000 a bottle is worth drinking rather than reselling when it appreciates. In a line up of DRC Richebourg 2010 and 1969, when the evening started the 2002 on the palate was best and very expansive and not reflective of the nose; some blood iron, spices, dark cherries. As the evening passed on, and after decanting the 1969 the latter surpassed the 2010 on the nose and palate with lots of complexity unmatched by my 2002. Long finish and decent structure to the 2002 but not overly complex and lacking in depth.
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1/29/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Meaty dark fruit. Smoke and some spice. This was good but seemed a bit muddled and not as amazing as I recall from prior bottles.
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12/29/2020 - Pouilly71 wrote: 90 Points
Probablement une bouteille pas représentative. Nez expressif sur les fruits mûrs et une pointe boisée, mais pas extrêmement complexe, bouche puissante mais avec une pointe liégeuse en milieu de bouche, finit assez sec et assez court. Dépassé par plusieurs vins lors d'une horizontale du millésime 2002 en Côte de Nuits, il n'était probablement pas à son niveau. Dommage car on sent un format de vin hors norme.
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9/30/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful nose, just beginning to offer a full array of spices. Palate still in need of more development but full of Richebourg fruit. 94+
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7/23/2020 - ricardito Likes this wine: 97 Points
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away - Richebourg ! (Vancouver, BC, Canada): Light ruby with resplendent Earl Grey tea, mandarin orange peel and red currants on the nose. Balanced mulberries and modest pungent herbs on the very long grippy flavour, with a palate staining finish of lapins cherries and Usukuchi soy. Enjoyable now due to the well integrated modest tannins, but better juice in 10 years when the whole cluster acerb dissipates - leaving powerful free and clear structured les Richebourg joy. After the 2005-my easy second favourite of this DRC Richebourg flight-and one to seek out!
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6/20/2020 - ChambertinMan wrote: 96 Points
Black tea, cumin seed, rose petal Vosne aromatics explode from the glass with iron, earth and black and blue fruit. Camphor and fennel laced oak. Massive extract with finely integrated tannic backbone. Profound youthful structural elements and luminescent color hue. Lengthy finish from a wine yet to be tamed by time.
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3/13/2020 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Floral, lifted aromatics. Pleasingly sweet, quite approachable now. (1945/6520)
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10/18/2019 - dcwino wrote: flawed
Annual Chicago winos visit - Champagne, White Burg, DRC, La La and SQN (Officina - Washington D.C.): Excellent appearance. Unfortunately, very muted nose, perhaps poor storage.
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10/18/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
DC/Chicago Wine Dinner Extravaganza (Officina - Wasington, DC): Very disappointing, slightly stewed, seemingly heat damaged.
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6/13/2019 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Alvin. Real deal Holyfield, great bottle. Stems jump out of bottle, Leroy like as DRC Richebourg can be. Sweet on the palate, balanced and intricate. Finishes nail polish too. (755/6520)
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2/21/2019 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Alvin Birthday. Can guess this or Leroy. Full package on display. Very stemmy. (996/6520)
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10/20/2018 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
2001 vs 2002 DRC tasting with a few others; 10/20/2018-10/21/2018 (Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier, DC and Bryan's house): Medium expressive nose displaying sweet red and black fruit, raspberry candy, black cherry, blackberry, caramel, strong stem, even stronger than the 01, rose, perfume, clove, cedar, tiequayin tea and earth. Very good concentration, nicely layered sweet red and black fruit, silky and polished, good acidity and mineral, silky tannins and a medium to long sweet red and black fruit driven finish with tea and perfume at the end. Once again bit tight.
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3/16/2018 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
DRC Richebourg vertical. Awkward state that's not so attractive, in contrast to 2002 LT. Stem dominant to extent that's distracting and some fuzzy vitamin aromatics. Has length but not purity. (5439/6520)
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12/22/2017 - BradE wrote:
A pop'n pour at home for the after-party, which didn't give it its due. The 02 DRC's really demand liberal decanting.
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6/13/2017 - BradE wrote:
Not as open as I'd hoped for, as I find the 02's to be generally accessible. A very good wine, but didn't have the fireworks expected of the producer, wine, and vintage. I'll shoot for five hours or more of air next bottle.
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10/10/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 96 Points
Red Burgundies With Allen Meadows (Eleven Madison Park): Thought the Dujac Clos de la Roche had a highly expressive nose then this comes and shuts it down. This is stemmy and expressive wth cut green hay and florals. Dynamic as well, getting lighter and elegant with more time. Extremely fresh. Beautiful, detailed, and powerful nose. Excellent palate here as well wth robust and rustic fruit, a little sweet through the finish. Savory spices, asparagus. Floral with a touch of pencil shaving. Mature tomato spice on finish. Really great.
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9/18/2015 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
From magnum this was the most accessible out of the top four 2002 DRC's. It has deliciously sweet red and black fruits. There was a touch of spice and some freshly grated ginger. It had a really sweet core and the finish was precise with some sinewy muscle. A very pretty and elegant Richebourg.
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12/13/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 98 Points
Sunday Supper (RS House): As good as the Meo was, somehow this DRC kicked it up a notch. This had much more spice and detail on the nose than my last bottle and reminded me of the fireworks I first experienced when we had this at Stein Erikson. Amazing fruit, balance and grip. It combined the excitement of the Leroy with the completeness and detail of the Meo. Great depth, harmony and super long finish. LOVE THE SPICE!
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10/21/2014 - fatboi Likes this wine: 96 Points
A really great way to end our night. A dark brooding bottle that has plenty of time ahead of it but open up as we drank it. Dark fruits with a heavier feel on the palate.
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12/6/2013 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Been a couple years since we had this wine. Cloudy. Drank over 5 hours. A lovely nose of spice, dark fruit, earth, mushrooms and stems jump from the glass. The palate matched with crazy spice but this had a severe background of green/stem notes. My wife said it seemed like pickle juice and once she said it, that idea never left my mind because it was right on. Love the complexity but the stem/whole cluster was very evident. Long finish.
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1/27/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote: 96 Points
Lech Day 6 - dinner: intoxicating perfume immediately upon opening. seductive and floral. notes of red fruits, plum and spice. perhaps a little more orange zest and lightweight than expected but still a beauty overall. 875.
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12/30/2011 - johnh1001 wrote: 96 Points
Opened and drank at Stein Erickson in Park City. Just a fabulous nose the burst from the glass. Big bold flavors of iron and dark fruits. I love the texture and grip of this wine and the finish lasted for ever. No comparison to the 99 Dujac Clos St Denis we had just before. Clearly this will age for a long time, but it is certainly a treat to drink now. Worth every penny.
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10/14/2011 - BradE wrote:
2002 La Tache and DRC Richebourg side by side. The La Tache continues to impress. A wine of utter distinction, with a nose to die for and a palate the beguiles. The Richebourg was deep, dark, brooding, and sexy. La Tache wins tonight's shootout.
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2/10/2010 - Lipsman wrote: 93 Points
Bricking/brown at the edge. Berries, bright acidity, tart and light, unbalanced, Zinfandel-like berries. Young, needs time, gets peppery with more air.
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2/19/2006 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Hugely concentrated nose of black fruits, spice, smoked meats and mustard powder. The fruit is explosive and tinged with iron and earth notes. It builds, finishing with an enormous crescendo of chewy tannin and pure fruit flavours. After 30 mins in the glass it was if someone slipped it a Rohypnol, it fell asleep very quickly.
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