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    8/15/2020 - Likes this wine: 95 Points

    Fully matured. Bottle breathe for 2 hours, and it performed very well.

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    3/2/2019 - wrote: 93 Points

    Drinking very well. Secondary flavors present. Drink now

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    11/26/2016 - Likes this wine: 93 Points

    Better than I expected. Solidly dark and powerful, dark fruits with and some smoke/mushroom secondary characteristics. Maturing pretty well - good to drink now and I think this will improve a little more with some more time.

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    11/5/2016 - Likes this wine:

    Clos St Jacques night: Way better than I expected it to be. Not at all over-oaked, and not green either, although there were hints at first. Deeply dark and rich fruit with real chewiness to it, and good complexity. Then finish shows a bit of the pungent minerality that defines this vineyard. Compared to the other wines on the table, this showed little delicacy or elegance, this is more straightforward in its power and impact. Very good wine, not my favorite style.

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    9/17/2016 - Likes this wine: 92 Points

    The wine is clear and medium garnet in colour.
    The nose is clean with pronounced intensity aromas of black fruit (cherry, plum), oak (smoke, clove), spice (liquorice), floral (violet), herbaceous (green pepper), tertiary (mushroom, forest floor, vegetal, game). The wine is developing.
    The palate is dry with high acidity, medium ripe tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, pronounced intensity flavours of black cherry and plum, smoke, liquorice, forest floor, mushroom). The finish is long.
    The wine is outstanding quality. The fruit has great concentration and complexity from primary, secondary and tertiary flavours clusters and is well balanced by the acidity and the tannins. The tannins and oak are well integrated. The finish is long and persistent. The hint of green on the nose is not at all evident on the palate or the finish.
    The wine is can be drunk now but is suitable for further ageing. It has the concentration of fruit and the acid/tannins structure necessary for further tertiary development. However it is drinking beautifully now and personally I feel this is the right time to drink whilst it still has the balance of primary and tertiary flavours. Delicious.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    March/April 2006, IWC Issue #125, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Domaine Sylvie Esmonin Gevrey Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques) Login and sign up and see review text.

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  • By Bill Nanson
    4/1/2007, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

    (Esmonin Sylvie Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.Jacques) Deeper colour than the villages - edged with purple. The nose is much tighter and less giving, but earthier. The palate is denser and smoother - executive beefcake here. Perfect acidity and a very impressive length. Just like the villages, this wine is mainly about a black fruit profile with fine dry tannin that is completely covered by the soft fruit. I was very happy until I returned to the last half glass that had overnighted in the fridge - the earth has turned to cedar on the nose, less plush in the palate and the tannins stuck out. Day 1 fantastic, day 2 not! Many wines made in a reductive style won’t survive overnight in the fridge - Fourrier is a good example - based on this I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt because it was super on day 1.

  • By Bill Nanson
    12/1/2006, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

    (Esmonin Sylvie Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.Jacques) Deeper colour than the villages - edged with purple. The nose is much tighter and less giving, but earthier. The palate is denser and smoother - executive beefcake here. Perfect acidity and a very impressive length. Just like the villages, this wine is mainly about a black fruit profile with fine dry tannin that is completely covered by the soft fruit. I was very happy until I returned to the last half glass that had overnighted in the fridge - the earth has turned to cedar on the nose, less plush in the palate and the tannins stuck out. Day 1 fantastic, day 2 not! Many wines made in a reductive style won’t survive overnight in the fridge - Fourrier is a good example - based on this I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt because it was super on day 1.

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