Similar to the 7/5/14 bottle except not a "thrill a sip" but still delicious and very fine. This bottle was in many ways more youthful than 7/5/14 wine.
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During a wine education dinner I hosted. Light garnet-brick. Expressive and complex nose with lots of secondary aromas, animalic and earthy notes intermixed with red fruit and spices, very French, very Burgundian - a wow nose. Elegant palate that presses all the buttons, freshness, volume, structure, elegance. Excellent Burg! Fully mature. Our surprise WOTN followed by the Leoville Poyferre.
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Deep red color. Fresh aromas of boysenberry, kirsch liqueur and underbrush. Ripe, beautifully balanced, masculine fruit in the mouth with great depth and length and fully-integrated tannins and oak. Not overly complex but very full and enveloping on the palate. This delicious, modern-styled Burgundy was truly a "thrill a sip" wine.
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Blind tasting. Very dark hue hue for a pinot. First nose disturbing of animal notes and soya sauce, a bit of coffee. Mouth elegant with some austerity, noble structured as a Bordeaux with ash and dusty minerality. Lacking a bit of flesh. Still elegant. End on subtle green tea flavours. Excellent and complex. A bit on the way down for me. I’m used to more vivid wines.
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Very stinky nose with coffee on opening which blew off completely to reveal a classic concentrated Burgundy Pinot: woody, stemmy, cherry and coffee. Beautiful acidity with red berries, coffee, toast and resin. There is still a bit of austerity but this is really singing now. A big Pinot style, perhaps more Sonoma Coast in style but what a remarkable effort for what is not considered to be a great vintage.
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6/19/2019 - hsacks Likes this wine: 92 Points
Similar to the 7/5/14 bottle except not a "thrill a sip" but still delicious and very fine. This bottle was in many ways more youthful than 7/5/14 wine.
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8/26/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
During a wine education dinner I hosted. Light garnet-brick. Expressive and complex nose with lots of secondary aromas, animalic and earthy notes intermixed with red fruit and spices, very French, very Burgundian - a wow nose. Elegant palate that presses all the buttons, freshness, volume, structure, elegance. Excellent Burg! Fully mature. Our surprise WOTN followed by the Leoville Poyferre.
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7/5/2014 - hsacks Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep red color. Fresh aromas of boysenberry, kirsch liqueur and underbrush. Ripe, beautifully balanced, masculine fruit in the mouth with great depth and length and fully-integrated tannins and oak. Not overly complex but very full and enveloping on the palate. This delicious, modern-styled Burgundy was truly a "thrill a sip" wine.
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5/5/2014 - dead puddle wrote: 91 Points
Blind tasting. Very dark hue hue for a pinot. First nose disturbing of animal notes and soya sauce, a bit of coffee. Mouth elegant with some austerity, noble structured as a Bordeaux with ash and dusty minerality. Lacking a bit of flesh. Still elegant. End on subtle green tea flavours. Excellent and complex. A bit on the way down for me. I’m used to more vivid wines.
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5/5/2014 - Capt Cutlass Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very stinky nose with coffee on opening which blew off completely to reveal a classic concentrated Burgundy Pinot: woody, stemmy, cherry and coffee. Beautiful acidity with red berries, coffee, toast and resin. There is still a bit of austerity but this is really singing now. A big Pinot style, perhaps more Sonoma Coast in style but what a remarkable effort for what is not considered to be a great vintage.
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