2012 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Côte de Nuits Villages

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 87.3 points

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  10/5/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 87 Points

  Monday night blinds at Delectable (Delectable HQ): clear, dull, medium minus dark ruby out to a garnet rim, showing signs of age, medium viscosity
  on the nose, signs of development, some bruised apple, medium plus intensity, clean, fruit flavors are red fruits--red cherry, red plum, slightly reductive leaning, some burnt rubber, faint bit of overripe cranberry, fair amount of fruit and secondaries, mushroom, damp compost, damp forest floor. No herbaceousness. There are florals in the dried roses dept. Citrus--dried orange peel. No inorganic earth.
  
  on the palate: dry, medium bodied, medium+ alcohol (14%)[actually 12.5%], high acid (combo malic and tartric), red fruits, mushroom, wet forest floor, a little bit of oak treatment (well integrated fresh oak with age), this is slightly confected nature to the fruit so possible whole cluster, fruit is ripe
  
  initial conclusion: new world wine with some age, pinot noir (acid profile, light color, reductive, red fruit), although it could also be gamay. Very tiny bit of oak, maybe just used oak. Low tannins
  
  Pinot noir, Sonoma, CA, with some age (2005), good quality producer, $40-50
  
  What else could it be? Could be Burgundy, Premier Cru from Nuits St George (2009)
  
  discussion: This is old world. A weirdly disjointed pinot with ripe fruit and alcohol that sticks out. I should have called old world on this. If I'd paid attention to the burn of alcohol, I'd be able to distinguish disjointed alcohol from elevated alcohol. This is a very light wine with moderate alcohol that sticks out. A short finish might be another clue.

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  10/5/2015 - aagrawal wrote: 86 Points

  Deductive Tasting (Blind) (Delectable, San Francisco): Medium ruby, youthful; nose is highly aromatic, red cherry, earthy, damp compost, roses, funky comes out with swirling; palate is medium bodied, dry, hollow palate, red fruit, slight spice, high acid, alcohol 12.5. Thinking Italian, maybe Sangiovese. Chianti? Less likely Grenache or pinot given the body. 85
  After reveal: defined by its savoriness, I could see pinot. Sangiovese maybe wasn't the right call because the tannins were low. It grows on me over time. 85-87

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  9/11/2015 - Papies wrote: 89 Points

  A pretty nice surprise and probably the first 2012 we try from Burgundy.
  Young and fresh and probably best at this time, a touch of a smoky, roast meats, dark nose, dark fruit. This carries on to the palate and albeit this is not the most complex Ms Esmonin has to offer this is pretty enjoyable and very good for a humble village wine. About right now and has a few more nice years in it for sure! 88-89

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  3/25/2015 - chatters wrote:

  Burgundy Tasting (Ivy, George Street, Sydney): Biscuit and ripe cherry, sweet spice, nice nose…more of the same on the palate rather happily, quite rich and opulent with talc textured tannin. Nice

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