NobleRottersSydney - Burgundy (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Aaron] Quite aged. Semi-sweet composty nose. Aged palate too, dry and soft; quite low-key overall. Old red fruit; not hugely complex, light/medium in weight, medium length finish. Kick back and enjoy.
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From 75cl, perfect cork, opened but not decanted 1 hour. Ripe, bright dark cherry fruit, just a hint of Russian River Valley ooopmh, good balancing acidity keeps this from cloying. Less rustic than the 2009 Giroud Santeney tasted a week ago, but still obviously in the lower rungs of the brutal hierarchy of red Burgundy. Wil not make old bones, but this bottle was in great shape, and would have held (if not necessarily improved) for another 4-5 years. 89P
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From 75cl, perfect cork. Best bottle of this yet, it continues to put on weight (like me) and is a model, refreshing, 2nd rate Burg from a ripe year and a superb producer. What's not to like for 26 EUR on release (hate to think what this would cost today, in a restaurant). No hurry at all. 89-90(?)P
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Still quite primary. Tannins are now ripe and integrated unlike in 2015 when fruit and tannins still slightly separate. Nice red/black fruit dominant palate, still not much secondary notes though complexity is building. Maybe a bit linear and straightforward but no worse for being so friendly. Nice wine. Not sure if future cellaring will necessarily improve. Good drinking now though the structure will allow another 5 years cellaring , but for what?
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2/1/2023 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Burgundy (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 13.5%} [Aaron] Quite aged. Semi-sweet composty nose. Aged palate too, dry and soft; quite low-key overall. Old red fruit; not hugely complex, light/medium in weight, medium length finish. Kick back and enjoy.
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5/15/2020 - honest bob wrote: 89 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork, opened but not decanted 1 hour. Ripe, bright dark cherry fruit, just a hint of Russian River Valley ooopmh, good balancing acidity keeps this from cloying. Less rustic than the 2009 Giroud Santeney tasted a week ago, but still obviously in the lower rungs of the brutal hierarchy of red Burgundy. Wil not make old bones, but this bottle was in great shape, and would have held (if not necessarily improved) for another 4-5 years. 89P
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6/25/2019 - honest bob wrote: 89 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork. Best bottle of this yet, it continues to put on weight (like me) and is a model, refreshing, 2nd rate Burg from a ripe year and a superb producer. What's not to like for 26 EUR on release (hate to think what this would cost today, in a restaurant). No hurry at all. 89-90(?)P
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1/5/2019 - Pverd wrote: 90 Points
Still quite primary. Tannins are now ripe and integrated unlike in 2015 when fruit and tannins still slightly separate.
Nice red/black fruit dominant palate, still not much secondary notes though complexity is building. Maybe a bit linear and straightforward but no worse for being so friendly. Nice wine. Not sure if future cellaring will necessarily improve. Good drinking now though the structure will allow another 5 years cellaring , but for what?
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7/4/2018 - honest bob wrote: 88 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork. Exactly as noted here on 22 December 2017. 88P
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