An earthy, ripe nose with dark cherry and forest berry fruit, savory meaty notes and undergrowth. The fruit is still pretty forward right now, but is beautifully balanced. Ripe and broad with an excellent sense of sap. Rich and deep yet detailed with more dark pinot fruit complimenting the soil and savory notes well. There's a lot going on, but what impresses is the seamless fusion of all the elements. Finishes long with more soil, meaty and ferrous notes. Very long. Outstanding in a more forward, less nuanced mode than the '01. At peak with plenty of time in hand.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Wonderful nose of musty earth and beef with hints of black cherry. Terrific balance of cherry spice box touch of cinnamon. Perfect acidity and structure and a long long dinish. Excited to wait a bit for my last bottle.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Still deep garnet color and showing both cherry and blackberry fruit with a bit of forest floor. Great acidic balance gives balance to make the fruit persistence last on the finish. A really great wine which showed as good as I hoped it would. Has 5-10 years easily left in it.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
4/6/2023 - western Likes this wine: 94 Points
consistent. Delicious.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
6/2/2022 - cct wrote: 92 Points
Decanted and drunk over several hours.
An earthy, ripe nose with dark cherry and forest berry fruit, savory meaty notes and undergrowth. The fruit is still pretty forward right now, but is beautifully balanced. Ripe and broad with an excellent sense of sap. Rich and deep yet detailed with more dark pinot fruit complimenting the soil and savory notes well. There's a lot going on, but what impresses is the seamless fusion of all the elements. Finishes long with more soil, meaty and ferrous notes. Very long. Outstanding in a more forward, less nuanced mode than the '01. At peak with plenty of time in hand.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
5/21/2020 - Ajnate wrote:
Wonderful nose of musty earth and beef with hints of black cherry. Terrific balance of cherry spice box touch of cinnamon. Perfect acidity and structure and a long long dinish. Excited to wait a bit for my last bottle.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
12/25/2019 - Beachfan wrote: 93 Points
Over a few days, spice box and cardoman, long finish, can't believe it was my last 02 Cailles
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/26/2019 - portman63 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still deep garnet color and showing both cherry and blackberry fruit with a bit of forest floor. Great acidic balance gives balance to make the fruit persistence last on the finish. A really great wine which showed as good as I hoped it would. Has 5-10 years easily left in it.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment