1995 Jean Boillot & Fils Beaune 1er Cru Clos du Roi

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  2/9/2015 - tate491 Likes this wine:

  The Underground Blind Tasting Group: "Clos" (Houston): A rose colored core with significant browning. The nose was showing mostly the decaying leaves and earth that I expect from Burgundy with age. A slightly sweet note on the nose as well, but very little fruit to speak of. There was still bright red fruit on the palate carried by very high acidity, but the fruit has faded considerably and has taken a back seat to the tertiary earthy Burgundy notes. After a few hours in the glass, the acidity really moved to the front and overwhelmed everything else for me. This is most likely a couple of years past it's peak, but is on an enjoyable decline and was a welcome change of pace from a lineup of young Burgs. I'd say drink up.

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  2/9/2015 - MemorialWineFan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Surprising how much fruit was still left in this 20 year bottle. There was just a touch of cloudiness in the wine. At a private tasting we had 7 burgundies and then finished second in the voting. Another note was the color. The next oldest bottle was a 2003 grand cru and the color was not that much different than that or the other seven bottles. Great bottle that I was so glad was not corked.

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