Stood bottle up the day before, opened and left to aerate for 2 hours and drank over another two hours. Underwhelming to say the least with too much stems on the nose and I love stems; beyond that hardly any fruit, more green on the nose than on the palate, some vosne spices. I’m beginning to wonder whether any Burgundy over 1,000 a bottle is worth drinking rather than reselling when it appreciates. In a line up of DRC Richebourg 2010 and 1969, when the evening started the 2002 on the palate was best and very expansive and not reflective of the nose; some blood iron, spices, dark cherries. As the evening passed on, and after decanting the 1969 the latter surpassed the 2010 on the nose and palate with lots of complexity unmatched by my 2002. Long finish and decent structure to the 2002 but not overly complex and lacking in depth.
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Probablement une bouteille pas représentative. Nez expressif sur les fruits mûrs et une pointe boisée, mais pas extrêmement complexe, bouche puissante mais avec une pointe liégeuse en milieu de bouche, finit assez sec et assez court. Dépassé par plusieurs vins lors d'une horizontale du millésime 2002 en Côte de Nuits, il n'était probablement pas à son niveau. Dommage car on sent un format de vin hors norme.
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(Romanée-Conti Richebourg) A very low yield this year, not much more produced than Romanée-Conti. It’s a rather narrow nose compared to the others, but it’s like cliff-diving, it’s just so deep. Swirling fills some of the gaps, as does extended time in the glass – it never loses that depth though. Whilst I loved the RSV I have to say that this wine is frankly a tour-de-force in the mouth, nothing hard, great balance but every aspect is on a fantastic level – from first impression right through the mid-palate to the finish. In both 2000 and 2001 I preferred the RSV and despite my ‘bias’ in this respect I have to give the rosette to this wine in 2002 – bravo – fabulous, measured concentration…
(DRC Richebourg) This nose was screaming. Hard to believe but this was even more aromatic than the RSV. Lots of earth. Lots of mineral. Lots of floral. Lots of fresh mint. More primal and animal than the others before it. Just amazing. Super concentrated and very powerful as Richebourg usually is. The RSV was more elegant but this had power and major structure. Also it was the most exotic wine of the day so far. Profound and another one for the long haul.
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12/27/2023 - Travislee0113 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Mesmerizing hints of oriental spices and white pepper. The palate was not as great as the nose, though.
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9/9/2023 - the player Likes this wine: 92 Points
Stood bottle up the day before, opened and left to aerate for 2 hours and drank over another two hours.
Underwhelming to say the least with too much stems on the nose and I love stems; beyond that hardly any fruit, more green on the nose than on the palate, some vosne spices. I’m beginning to wonder whether any Burgundy over 1,000 a bottle is worth drinking rather than reselling when it appreciates. In a line up of DRC Richebourg 2010 and 1969, when the evening started the 2002 on the palate was best and very expansive and not reflective of the nose; some blood iron, spices, dark cherries. As the evening passed on, and after decanting the 1969 the latter surpassed the 2010 on the nose and palate with lots of complexity unmatched by my 2002. Long finish and decent structure to the 2002 but not overly complex and lacking in depth.
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1/29/2023 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Meaty dark fruit. Smoke and some spice. This was good but seemed a bit muddled and not as amazing as I recall from prior bottles.
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12/29/2020 - Pouilly71 wrote: 90 Points
Probablement une bouteille pas représentative. Nez expressif sur les fruits mûrs et une pointe boisée, mais pas extrêmement complexe, bouche puissante mais avec une pointe liégeuse en milieu de bouche, finit assez sec et assez court. Dépassé par plusieurs vins lors d'une horizontale du millésime 2002 en Côte de Nuits, il n'était probablement pas à son niveau. Dommage car on sent un format de vin hors norme.
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9/30/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful nose, just beginning to offer a full array of spices. Palate still in need of more development but full of Richebourg fruit. 94+
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