2014 Domaine Pierre Gelin Fixin 1er Cru Clos Napoleon

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/12/2022 - Euge67 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Annata non certo delle migliori, Fixin non è certo il comune più quotato, eppure questo è un grande vino.
  Appena aperto al naso un po' di "pollaio". In bocca anche.
  Tempo 1/2 ora tutto cambia e continua ad evolvere nelle ore successive.
  Primario nei sapori, elegante, correttissimo con una delicata acidità.
  Frutta rossa: fragola, ribes lampone.....
  Non si riesce a smettere di berlo.
  Grande bottiglia, pronta, ma penso avrà vita ancora per qualche anno.

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  7/28/2022 - patrick h Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Color is a soft dark ruby red. Acidity and tannins are mild. Not quite velvety. Moderate alcohol and softness. As for the nose and palate: this is a funky barnyard wine when first opened. It needs time to breathe to blow off very strong urea notes. (Was this fertilized using urea at budbreak? They say they only use manure.) Giant notes of manure and urea engulf violet perfume and gentle soft fruit notes of plum, quince at opening. After some breathing the wine opens up to spice, pepper, even some cedar. Continuing to open more to quite a bit of cedar. Definitely not vanilla-oaky; nice work on cask selection, Must be given time to open. This is in some ways classic masculin-feminin Fixin. Ultimately this wine offers a lot of complexity, especially for a Fixin pinot that's a little bit out of balance, with the barnyard and spice and tannin and acid hiding fruit. Overall I'm enjoying it. This has gone from an 80 to a 90+ over the course of 30 minutes. This bottle may have reached the end of its racking time as the meniscus shows signifiant color variegation and the fruit on the palate has largely dissipated. Maybe two more years maximum. Definitely not 2038 as one reviewer has claimed.

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  9/12/2020 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points

  2 hrs of air. Beautiful nose of bright berries and sous-bois. Medium bodied with gritty tannins that are starting to mellow. Palate was very harmonious mix of red berries with a touch of spice. Very pretty wine. Good finish. Drinking well now with sufficient air but this has years ahead of it (at least a decade before beginning decline).
  Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++

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  8/20/2020 - jhw425 wrote: 91 Points

  I love this wine. Crunch fruit but with a really pretty nose and long finish

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  2/18/2020 - jhw425 wrote: 92 Points

  Really good. In a much better spot than last bottle. Forgot about it in the fridge and still going strong on day 4!

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