2000 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir Sanford & Benedict Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  7/23/2021 - sempervinum Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Part of a semper vinum private Burgundy tasting. All wines had in common that they had a natural approach to their winemaking like no filtration, fining, organic work in the vinyard and finally very little use of sulphur. In how far this goes I cannot tell for Raquillet. We started with 5 wines from Roland Treffeisen. Two Pinot Gris: Grauer Burgunder Achkarren and Schlossberg Grauer Burgunder. White fruit and a touch of creaminess after malolactic fermentation. The latter from old vines and a steep vinyard was darker in colour and more concentrated. Both excellent. Next we had Schlossberg Spätburgunder (volcanic soil) and Schlossberg Spätburgunder Dreistern (volcanic soil and limestone) 2019. Spätburgunder Dreistern was very complex with Aromas of fruit, earth and leather which was all noticeable on the palate. Interesting to compare the latter with a 2004 version then called Augit. Same winemaking and parcel. This has aged very well. Finely grained tannins, still structure and with still very apealing tertiary aromas plus fruit and spiciness. Clendenen's Pinot was an excellent match. Fine tannins, still structure, nothing fell apart. Faint fruit, leather. Complex for its age. Michael Wenzel's Ruster Berg 2007 was next. He described his wine in a written reply (gneiss) as tighter and rougher with fruit and spiciness which was all still noticeable. Aged very well. Acid was perfectly integrated. Very good and apparently different not from its winemaking but most likely from its soil. We finished with Francois Raquillet's Revelation 2010. This one had the highest acid and appeared less voluptuous and dense than the other Pinots. Still good.

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  3/16/2002 - peternelson wrote: 86 Points

  Wine Cask: Nice rasp., lighter, “Drk plum pit fruit, wild briar patch”

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