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2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux
3/29/2024 - UTPK wrote:
Wow! I was unsure if this would be open for business but indeed it was! With a short decant of two hours this wine was really singing. The DRC in my opinion has a certain perfume to it just like some other notable producers like Coche, Rayas and for example, Liger Belair. The Echezeaux might be the smallest one in the lineup. But when you put it against other top domains in burgundy, the pedigree of the DRC really stands out in my opinion. 2009 has a sweet nose with loads of DRC characteristics which I always find hard to describe. It is somehow herbaceous, sweet and acid driven at the same time . This makes for a complex nose which you can smell for hours and hours. On the palate it offers up a sweet attack, medium body, some tannins left but they are very mature and nonobtrusive. The finish is very very long and is driven by both the fruit and the acidity. The 2009 vintage seems to be a winner with DRC and you cannot sense the warmness of the vintage in this Wine. It is very elegant and refined. I will however wait another 5 to 10 years to drink the last bottle as I’m sure it will develop very nicely.
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1996 Château Léoville Las Cases
3/29/2024 - UTPK wrote:
Second bottle in three months. I really like the 1996 vintage for its classic restrained fruit and typical left bank aromas which become so well defined in this vintage. Leoville Las Cases is as always the biggest and most complex of all the Leovilles. It really outshown competition in 1996. This is clearly Premier Cru quality and it might just be imagination, but the nearness to Latour can be noticed in the glass. Great wine!
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2002 Domaine du Clos de Tart Clos de Tart
3/29/2024 - UTPK wrote:
This might have been an a slightly off bottle. I thought I sensed a bit of overmature fruit and a slight vinegar smell. The cork looked great but somehow I wasn’t captivated by the nose. There was something slightly dirty and funky about it. Other tasters thought it was a very good wine.
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