2009 Henri Boillot Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 95 points

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  6/7/2022 - rc@ughey wrote:

  Very impressive wine with dense, dark fruit but needs a lot more time to really shine.

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  4/4/2018 - acyso wrote: 95 Points

  Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): A stunning nose greets you when you raise your glass. It's got everything you would expect from such a wine -- intensity, complexity, and power. Perfumed from the red fruit, but earthy at the same time, this is a wine with lots and lots to discover. The fruit, as expected from the vintage, is quite opulent, but it's all held together by huge tannins and ample acidity. As with so many other 2009s I've tasted, the more I taste them, the more I think that the vintage is excellent. The wines have not turned out to be the massive fleshpots that I had been afraid of. Going back to the Chambertin though, there is still a slight touch of oak here, but as with the whites, the oak use is judicious and hardly an impediment to enjoyment.

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  11/12/2016 - pipetree Likes this wine:

  Tasting event: No 4, 2009 Chambertin, bright medium ruby with a medium brownish rim. Gamy on the nose, wet leaves, red fruit(hawthorn), a hint of sawdust(new oak?). Ripe red fruits, medium firm dusty dry fine grained but heavy tannin. Medium+ acidity, dry, a hint of sweet jaminess, medium+ body, medium alcohol. Medium Leafy with lesser wodiness, finish. Good balance, super powerful tannin, good length, good intensity, good complexity. An outstanding wine. Multi-dimensional complexity, super tense high-quality heavy tannin, even reminding me of some fine examples made from Italian Montepuciano. very powerful. 88-90+. A very serious wine that need more time than just a sip to evaluate it. Would like to review it again some day.

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