A bit of an aggressive bite on the finish that gets into a tobacco place--this wine has an issue to work out to reveal its big, luscious cherry fruit with some black tea spicy layers. Maybe two more years? No idea how it will end up. Feels great while you're on the fruit, but quite often a bite shows up like a thorn. Big bubblegum aroma shows up sometimes on the nose alongside the green cherry.
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This wine showed better with a rich meal, Braised Osso Bucco, Pommard Dijon Jus, Parsnip Puree and Parisienne Potatoes. Very good fruit and intensity. Drink over next 3 years.
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I was wavering between Burgundy and Loire tonight and figured '04 would be the perfect way to split the difference. Indeed, the racy acidity here was just what the doctor ordered yet at the same time the fruit material is of such enveloping finesse that it delivers a true grand cru experience. This is a very pure wine, with a whiff of oak blowing off in just a few minutes, leaving berry fruit of vivid freshness streamlined by its cut. I actually prefer this to the '04 DRC Echezeaux right now.
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9/24/2017 - curtr wrote:
The fruit is starting to lose the battle. This bottle seemed lighter in intensity. I may have waited too long.
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9/24/2016 - Gargantua Likes this wine:
A bit of an aggressive bite on the finish that gets into a tobacco place--this wine has an issue to work out to reveal its big, luscious cherry fruit with some black tea spicy layers. Maybe two more years? No idea how it will end up. Feels great while you're on the fruit, but quite often a bite shows up like a thorn. Big bubblegum aroma shows up sometimes on the nose alongside the green cherry.
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4/3/2015 - curtr Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine showed better with a rich meal, Braised Osso Bucco, Pommard Dijon Jus, Parsnip Puree and Parisienne Potatoes. Very good fruit and intensity. Drink over next 3 years.
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11/3/2014 - curtr Likes this wine: 91 Points
Big, yet still young. A bit lean. Try in 2015.
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4/6/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 92 Points
I was wavering between Burgundy and Loire tonight and figured '04 would be the perfect way to split the difference. Indeed, the racy acidity here was just what the doctor ordered yet at the same time the fruit material is of such enveloping finesse that it delivers a true grand cru experience. This is a very pure wine, with a whiff of oak blowing off in just a few minutes, leaving berry fruit of vivid freshness streamlined by its cut. I actually prefer this to the '04 DRC Echezeaux right now.
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