Intense nose of iodine, gun flint, burnt match and mussel shells all covered in lemon oil. Straw yellow in colour, more like meursault and not some other high acidity chard. On the palate, rich, great legs, lemon melon, green apple with more lemon on the way down. Good length, medium plus and quite rich. I find the wine more intellectual than a wine of pleasure today. Too much going on, not integrated yet, better in 2 to 3 years and probably at its best between 2025 -2035.
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Found the wine tense, with a mineral backbone, some flint, white flowers, a touch of oak and some citrus. At first it seemed to have shut down though the nose of lemon, gunflint, minerality and ever so slight chemical was always present. Looks like we need to wait several more years. At this stage it is still very lean and has a lot more structure than charm. It has the tension one associates with a Meursault but very little of the charm.
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Text book barolo cru, wild nose with some floral notes mixed in with tar notes. Starting to show some brick red but still relatively clear with fine legs. Tannins are fine but still very present, wine seems to have a fair bit of life left. Seems to me to be acting more like the structured 96's than the really rich 97's.
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2018 Anne et Jean-Francois Ganevat Côtes du Jura Les Compères
9/5/2023 - PBL Likes this wine: 92 Points
Intense nose of iodine, gun flint, burnt match and mussel shells all covered in lemon oil. Straw yellow in colour, more like meursault and not some other high acidity chard. On the palate, rich, great legs, lemon melon, green apple with more lemon on the way down. Good length, medium plus and quite rich. I find the wine more intellectual than a wine of pleasure today. Too much going on, not integrated yet, better in 2 to 3 years and probably at its best between 2025 -2035.
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2018 Maison Alex Gambal Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Murgers des Dents de Chien Blanc
8/24/2023 - PBL Likes this wine: 91 Points
Found the wine tense, with a mineral backbone, some flint, white flowers, a touch of oak and some citrus. At first it seemed to have shut down though the nose of lemon, gunflint, minerality and ever so slight chemical was always present. Looks like we need to wait several more years. At this stage it is still very lean and has a lot more structure than charm. It has the tension one associates with a Meursault but very little of the charm.
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1997 Azienda Bricco Rocche (Ceretto) Barolo Brunate
5/28/2023 - PBL Likes this wine: 94 Points
Text book barolo cru, wild nose with some floral notes mixed in with tar notes. Starting to show some brick red but still relatively clear with fine legs. Tannins are fine but still very present, wine seems to have a fair bit of life left. Seems to me to be acting more like the structured 96's than the really rich 97's.
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