La Paulee 2023: Very good typicity at first, had the structure and tannic bite of NSG but with the class of a good producer. Unfortunately became a little oxidised with tea and hawthorn flavours with air.
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What a surprise from a vintage I often find hard to like. This was quite dense and fruit filled still. Good structure. Opens a bit acidic but blossoms in glass. Really lovely lingering pinot fruit on palate. Lacking some of the natural elegance I usually find in Cailles. Nice with roasted pheasant. Should have plenty of years ahead.
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This wine was just dynamite and a big surprise after just about every '98 I've had in the past few years has underwhelmed. Unlike most, this still has a boatload of fruit - thick, concentrated fruit pitch-black in tone in a weight class that would have made a lot more sense to me coming from the Vaucrains. The aromatics are almost fully developed with some underbrush and barnyard funk so this turns out to be a very complete wine, enough fruity sweetness to be enticing but the bottle age is also paying some serious dividends. Great to drink now but no rush, this will coast for awhile.
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6/1/2023 - Burgnick wrote: 88 Points
Quite plummy and meaty, lacking the freshness and vibrancy.
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2/3/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 90 Points
La Paulee 2023: Very good typicity at first, had the structure and tannic bite of NSG but with the class of a good producer. Unfortunately became a little oxidised with tea and hawthorn flavours with air.
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9/5/2022 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Delicious. Great fruit and energy still. Perfectly resolved and very Cailles. Beautiful with duck breast.
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9/6/2020 - LW31 Likes this wine:
What a surprise from a vintage I often find hard to like. This was quite dense and fruit filled still. Good structure. Opens a bit acidic but blossoms in glass. Really lovely lingering pinot fruit on palate. Lacking some of the natural elegance I usually find in Cailles. Nice with roasted pheasant. Should have plenty of years ahead.
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8/15/2019 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
This wine was just dynamite and a big surprise after just about every '98 I've had in the past few years has underwhelmed. Unlike most, this still has a boatload of fruit - thick, concentrated fruit pitch-black in tone in a weight class that would have made a lot more sense to me coming from the Vaucrains. The aromatics are almost fully developed with some underbrush and barnyard funk so this turns out to be a very complete wine, enough fruity sweetness to be enticing but the bottle age is also paying some serious dividends. Great to drink now but no rush, this will coast for awhile.
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