Dinner with Blair Pethel (Chicago, IL): This was the most easy-going and open wine of the reds tonight (surprising it came from NSG, right?). Roaring from the get-go with lots of dense black fruit and power. This has the most earthiness and shows a bit of that Nuits stereotype, but there's a really nice dichotomy of the lightness of the fruit and the power of the earth. Fairly tannic, but not overly so.
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Thursday Cellar Visits in Burgundy - Lafarge, Lamarche, Château De La Tour and Dublère (Cote d'Or): Barrel tasting at the domaine. Just 2 barrels produced in 2015, and we tasted from both. The new oak barrel was lush, charming and spicy. The neutral barrel showed more bright red fruit, Vosne-styled spice and an elegant spine. We didn't assemble the two barrels, but I believe this is a 1+1=3 situation with a very good+ wine in the making.
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12/2/2018 - Voodoo_Champagne Likes this wine:
Extremely delicious, almost primary notes but wonderful, come back in 4-5 years.
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11/1/2017 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Dinner with Blair Pethel (Chicago, IL): This was the most easy-going and open wine of the reds tonight (surprising it came from NSG, right?). Roaring from the get-go with lots of dense black fruit and power. This has the most earthiness and shows a bit of that Nuits stereotype, but there's a really nice dichotomy of the lightness of the fruit and the power of the earth. Fairly tannic, but not overly so.
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6/23/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Thursday Cellar Visits in Burgundy - Lafarge, Lamarche, Château De La Tour and Dublère (Cote d'Or): Barrel tasting at the domaine. Just 2 barrels produced in 2015, and we tasted from both. The new oak barrel was lush, charming and spicy. The neutral barrel showed more bright red fruit, Vosne-styled spice and an elegant spine. We didn't assemble the two barrels, but I believe this is a 1+1=3 situation with a very good+ wine in the making.
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