2004 Faiveley Bourgogne Joseph Faiveley

Community Tasting Notes (26) Median Score: 83 points

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  3/2/2014 - p2002 wrote: 84 Points

  The cork tore in two and seemed a bit fragile from age, but I'll cop to using a rabbit type pull and not giving due respect to a 10yr old bottle. Once I fished out the remains and filtered out the cork bits all was well with no indication of oxidation.
  On the pour the wine showed transparent and brownish brick in color as would be consistent with it's age.
  On the nose it was riotous barnyard funk and earth. I wrote down that I found a faint scent of strawberry and noted this on the first tasting impression, but in truth I suspect I am just trying to justify the price of admission here. With the first taste and onto day two this wine is tannin laden and dusty dry, and as I said, the berry notes are subtle if existent at all. I found this to be a wine meant to be paired with food and in fact it faired well when doing so; in this case braised pork rib, but not a wine to be had enjoyably on it's own.

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  7/29/2011 - dexterng wrote: 84 Points

  You must take price into consideration. Body is thin to med, with good cherry nose. Color is a bit brick red, shows a bit sign of aging. Taste granite too. Finishing is short. After 30mins of breathing it exposed a little bit. After 1 hour a bit of candy sweetness comes out. It is really not bad.

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  11/22/2009 - Winebeer wrote: 77 Points

  Pleasant nose of cranberry, dirt, and some floral notes. Light red color- very light. Light bodied and thin on the palate. Red fruit and a little vegetal and VERY ACIDIC! While there are some things to like about this wine, the acid overwhelms everything. Might use the rest as salad dressing.
  
  Day 3- retried and found it to have balanced out a bit. Acid is still dominating, but pair it with food and it makes for a decent quaffer. 80pts

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  9/26/2009 - AndrewSGHall wrote:

  Harsh and yukky. Tasters agree. (7/7)

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  5/31/2009 - dcoplan wrote: 75 Points

  Tastes like slightly watery plum infused vinegar - I wonder if it's gone bad or if that's the way it's supposed to be. Doesn't necessarily taste like it has actually gone bad, but the flavor ain't doin' it for me.

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