1999 Nicolas Potel Grands-Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  5/25/2020 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Needs a whole lot of airtime to compose itself and even then it's not quite in its drinking window, but you can at least get s decent view of it from a distance. Starts out backwards enough it almost smells tannic but it has an abundance of sweet fruit material filling out its curves and giving it a surface sheen notwithstanding structure that is still very raw and edgy. (Or I should say, has become very raw and edgy, as I don't remember this being so brutish when it was young.) Gradually the aroma gets more expressive and very deep in tone (as is the fruit), but in contrast to the enticing spice in the mix in the Gaudichots this is all mineral and metallic rock. The main appeal here comes from its mouthfilling presence - gradually the fruit conquers those raw tannins and expands on the palate like a balloon to reach every crevice the way only grand crus do.

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  9/30/2017 - Dvogt wrote: 94 Points

  Red and black raspberry, very fine and firm tannin, mushroom, very smooth, medium finish. Lots of sediment.

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  5/14/2016 - EhrlichDY wrote:

  Popped and double decanted 8 hours prior to consuming at lunch. The cork was in great shape with no wine coming up the side so I would assume it was cellared well. One taster mentioned brett but I didn't get that. However this wasn't showing as well as one would expect from a Grand Ech from the classic vintage. The wine just tasted a bit simple and monolithic to me following the glorious 02 Grivot Richebourg and Rouget Ech.

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  4/4/2016 - ryestraw wrote: flawed

  OXIDIZED. BUMMER.

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  11/24/2012 - llink wrote:

  Popped and poured over 2 hours. This got better with some air over the course of the meal. Black fruited nose, showing some mushroom and clove. The palate is deep and flavorful showing more black cherry, with a texture that is silky and supple.

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