It's Monday...Time for Another Burgundy Dinner (Sepia - Chicago IL): I don't know if this was a flawed or damaged bottle, or just at a terrible place. Muddy aromas with a dirty character, and not in the good sense that some older wines will display. Red fruit on palate, also showing more merde than anything else. Perhaps heat damaged? Wasn't even worth a second taste in context of the others wines open on our table tonight.
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Next to the '88, this is a wee bit fresher, lighter, more agile, still some sap, a few more minerals, but again there's a bit of grip on the finish - brilliant mature burgundy
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Dusty mature pinot on the nose, lovely velvet texture (and less grippy than before), game and undergrowth, this was beautiful straight out of the bottle, but come the last glass, I thought that oxidation was taking over
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Lovely, welcoming pinot fragrance, raw steak, but sweetly fruity too, not big, but very attractive, and although there's plenty of tannin there it doesn't stick out - lovely mid-weight burgundy
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4/2/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote:
It's Monday...Time for Another Burgundy Dinner (Sepia - Chicago IL): I don't know if this was a flawed or damaged bottle, or just at a terrible place. Muddy aromas with a dirty character, and not in the good sense that some older wines will display. Red fruit on palate, also showing more merde than anything else. Perhaps heat damaged? Wasn't even worth a second taste in context of the others wines open on our table tonight.
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1/14/2011 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
Chevillon Vaucrains vertical 1979-2004 (RSJ, London): Dusty nose again, plums and raspberry fruit, less evolved than past bottles and a bit on the quiet side, grippy at the end
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10/14/2010 - Rupert wrote: 89 Points
Sappy, slightly sweaty, light and soft, very very gentle, but attractive and still has some intrigue
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3/30/2010 - Rupert wrote:
Stewy oxidised nose, flat, charmless - hope this was an off bottle - previous ones have been much better
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1/3/2009 - Rupert wrote: 93 Points
Next to the '88, this is a wee bit fresher, lighter, more agile, still some sap, a few more minerals, but again there's a bit of grip on the finish - brilliant mature burgundy
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7/20/2008 - dastephens wrote: 91 Points
Full nose of earth and dark fruit; taste was broad and mouthfilling
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3/24/2008 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
Dusty mature pinot on the nose, lovely velvet texture (and less grippy than before), game and undergrowth, this was beautiful straight out of the bottle, but come the last glass, I thought that oxidation was taking over
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2/15/2008 - Rupert wrote: 89 Points
Lovely, welcoming pinot fragrance, raw steak, but sweetly fruity too, not big, but very attractive, and although there's plenty of tannin there it doesn't stick out - lovely mid-weight burgundy
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12/1/2007 - Rupert wrote: 90 Points
Quite dark, herby pinot fruit, a whack of tannin on the back end, but enough fruit to balance it, poised, serious, and young-tasting
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