Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): Bottle in perfect condition, with great color and ullage approx 1.5 cm. While there was still good black fruit here, the stars were the complementary black truffle and slowly cooked mushroom aromas and flavors. Good concentration keeps it going to a long-ish, highly finessed finish. Even better than my previous bottle opened a few years ago.
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Great color, great fill. Fully mature Burgundy with enough dense black fruit combined with as much earth, some woodsy spice and braised meat. Clean and classic with very good weight. My late night bottle for La Paulée, poured with Thibault Clerget (Felix was his great uncle).
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9/18/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): Bottle in perfect condition, with great color and ullage approx 1.5 cm. While there was still good black fruit here, the stars were the complementary black truffle and slowly cooked mushroom aromas and flavors. Good concentration keeps it going to a long-ish, highly finessed finish. Even better than my previous bottle opened a few years ago.
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3/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Great color, great fill. Fully mature Burgundy with enough dense black fruit combined with as much earth, some woodsy spice and braised meat. Clean and classic with very good weight. My late night bottle for La Paulée, poured with Thibault Clerget (Felix was his great uncle).
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