1999 Domaine de la Vougeraie Vougeot 1er Cru Les Cras

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  12/24/2017 - jnewman77 wrote:

  Much better than my prior bottle; Enjoyable and drinking at its peak right now. The nose shows lovely red currant and cherry with lots of earthy, spicy, and dried violet notes. The palate is well balanced and has good concentration and depth. Drinking fully mature right now and while it should hold I don't see a lot of upside for further cellaring.

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  9/2/2017 - jnewman77 wrote:

  Not sure about this bottle; there was a really damp earth smell that was subtle, but I questioned whether this was cork taint or just earthy notes. I suspect mild cork taint, but there was underlying fruit and spice that was lovely. The palate had lovely balance and concentration, but the nose felt off.

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  11/7/2014 - Paul D wrote: 87 Points

  Medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Sweet, rich black fruits on the nose, vanilla, smoke, liquorice and earth. Medium/full on the palate, rich and generous but with good acidity, tannins are a touch tacky though and will probably never resolve fully. There is reasonable depth and length, plenty of rich, sweet yet earthy black fruits, and notes of liquorice on the good length finish. Very good if not out of the top draw.

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  2/26/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted blind against mainly red Burgundies, a beautiful expressive nose of red cherries, spice, musk, earth, mushroom, turning funky and a bit feral (in a good, interesting way). The palate showed a similar flavour profile of savoury elements but of ripe red berry fruit with, seemingly, years in front of it. The flavour profile, particularly the earthy element, had us thinking this was a Gevrey. Good fruit weight, structure and length. The tannins were still, for a 1999, surprisingly prominent and the acids perhaps a little awkward, lending a tart element to the flavour profile. A classy wine, I would keep for a few more years to watch it go more secondary, 93.

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  1/27/2013 - PC73 wrote: 90 Points

  Bright red in colour. Expressive nose that changed over a couple of hours. Interplay between red fruits and more savoury notes.
  Similar experience on the palate. Some lovely red fruits followed by more meaty and savoury flavours. Something earthy, cool on the finish.
  Tannins were much bigger and chewier than I would have expected for a wine of this age.

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