2007 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie Les Journaries / Maestria

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  4/9/2023 - xwine wrote:

  This is written almost three weeks after drinking. Showed blood and iron out of the gate, then over the course of a couple of hours the dark red fruit came out. Some lavender notes. Fairly tannic finish. Pretty good, but could use a bit more time in the bottle.

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  9/30/2014 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points

  Rotating Dinner Series- Bernard Levet Cote-Roties (Rustic House, Chicago IL): Nose: The nose is very aromatic already with black cherries, violets, spice tones, black pepper, leather, some perfumes, and a touch of tobacco. There is very good depth and this shows off a rustic, but elegant side to it.
  
  Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and silky tannins. The structure is on the sneaky side, but it certainly shows its youth. The elegance from the nose certainly continues through along with black cherries, violets, black pepper, leather notes, tobacco, and earth tones too.
  
  Overall: This is a lovely young Levet. This was a lot more giving than the 05 and 06, but it still can improve too.

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  8/31/2014 - AtoZ wrote: 92 Points

  Open and ready. Big lunch wine at Farmstead but it worked with a lot of different foods.

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  7/3/2014 - xwine wrote:

  Took this to Harvest Moon for dinner. Lovely aromatics of violets, spice, herbs, and slight bacon. It's quite firmly structured, and perhaps just a tad severe at this point (stems?), with a savory aspect which actually went very well with my lamb dish. Doesn't seem to have quite the depth of the Chavaroche, but it's not far behind. This needs time, and it will be interesting to see where it goes.

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  6/4/2014 - salil wrote: 94 Points

  I've mostly been buying the Chavaroche Côte-Rôtie, but this was a reminder that I shouldn't be neglecting this bottling. A touch awkward and stemmy at first, but with a little air it transforms to show a classic Northern Rhône fragrance; all sorts of wild herbal, earthy, leathery and meaty elements around a core of fresh red fruits and olives. It's not as floral and high-toned as the Chavaroche, the earthy and meaty flavours stand out more here, but it's fantastic and absolutely compelling. Great wine.

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