Dim Sum Club at Kingyo (Kingyo Izakaya, Telok Ayer Street): Pretty good, but surprisingly masculine and muscular for a Drouhin Chambolle. It smelt old, with earthy sous bois notes, a bit meatiness, and then a dried fruit sweetness and florals at the sides of the bouquet. The palate drank a lot younger though. Still tightly structured and defined, with fine but firm tannins and bright acidity framing high-toned flavours of black cherries and berries, and then a little pat of earth and mineral on the midpalate and finish. Tough and sinewy - really surprisingly so for a 2000, this tasted more like a Nuits-Saint-Georges than a Chambolle. Pretty good though, and probably time to drink up too, before the fruit fades and leaves behind the structural ribs.
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1/30/2019 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
Dim Sum Club at Kingyo (Kingyo Izakaya, Telok Ayer Street): Pretty good, but surprisingly masculine and muscular for a Drouhin Chambolle. It smelt old, with earthy sous bois notes, a bit meatiness, and then a dried fruit sweetness and florals at the sides of the bouquet. The palate drank a lot younger though. Still tightly structured and defined, with fine but firm tannins and bright acidity framing high-toned flavours of black cherries and berries, and then a little pat of earth and mineral on the midpalate and finish. Tough and sinewy - really surprisingly so for a 2000, this tasted more like a Nuits-Saint-Georges than a Chambolle. Pretty good though, and probably time to drink up too, before the fruit fades and leaves behind the structural ribs.
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4/13/2013 - Captain Haddock wrote: 87 Points
Still quite youthful, this was very correct without really shining. Needs food.
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3/15/2013 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points
Sous bois, dark fruits, earth. Very rich, silky palate. Drinking very will now!
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