2005 Nicolas Potel Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Gaudichots

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  1/28/2024 - Hugo Hilde wrote: 92 Points

  A mixed bag Wednesday (Tøyen, Oslo): Slow-oxed 2 hours
  
  The first thing that hit me when smelling it was a whiff of alcohol, some green elements like raw tomato stems. After some time, licorice became quite dominant on the nose.
  
  Fierce tannins, some cigar box, increasingly better integrated with air, but for me, never really hit its stride.
  A few hours in, it picked up some rose hip and citruc rind, which I quite liked.
  
  Certainly good, though perhaps not great, and for me, the nose was never indicative of its origins.

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  5/13/2022 - vinkeger wrote: 95 Points

  Det er ikke ofte man får smakt vin fra denne marken. Gaudichots er da heller ikke én mark, men består av tre spredte parseller. Disse beholdt sitt navn og Premier Cru status når mesteparten av den opprinnelige Gaudichots ble oppgradert til Grand Cru og innlemmet i La Tâche i 1936.
  
  Dagens Gaudichots er kun på 0.8 hektar. Nicolas Potel lagde denne vinen som négociant fra 1999 til 2007, ser det ut til. I følge Allen Meadows kom druene fra Forey sine vinstokker, i den øverste av de tre parsellene.
  
  Drakk også Forey sin i 2016-årgang for noen uker siden. Men der Forey sin var smertefullt ung og kompakt, var denne ganske så tilgjengelig.
  
  Kjempeflott nese! Rød og leken med veldig flott løft og lyse topptoner. Moden og med noen utviklingsaromaer, uten å domineres av det.
  
  Veldig pen fruktkvalitet av delikate, røde bær i munn. Ellers er det noen utviklingsaromaer også her.
  
  Strukturelt oppleves den dog som utrolig ung. Ungdommelig syrefriskhet og ganske så ferske tanniner.
  
  En vin som gir mye glede nå, men som har struktur til å lagre i mange år til. Særlig så lenge den attraktive frukten beholder sin friskhet.

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  3/5/2021 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PNP into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Leaf” day):
  
  Still very much fresh red cherries. Leafy and tea notes in a very nice way. Savoury spices.
  
  Very much holding its structure well and this is quite the long distance runner here. Silky tannins that can still benefit with cellarage. A leaner effort but this is built to age.
  
  Again another classical beauty here. 93-94 points easy. More towards 94 points.
  
  Second round: more vanilla ice cream, still have potential for further ageing here. Upgrade to 94 points.

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  5/9/2016 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Vosne 1er Cru Dinner (Nikki's): The most impressive of the four bottles of Gaudichots we had on the night - this was a good wine with plenty of time left ahead of it. There was a lovely richness to the nose, with deep scents of blueberry jelly and black cherries tinged with a nice spiciness. The palate had that nice marriage of fresh acidity with mouthfilling power that the top 2005 Burgundies all display, with full flavours of blueberries, sweet dark cherries and a spike of orange tangerine citrus, all sprinkled with a nice Vosne spice and backed by a saoury meatiness. Very nice. The finish was especially impressive, powering through the back-palate in a long pull of svaoury sour plums alongside fine, chewy tannins. Of the few Gaudichots that we had on the night, this was perhaps the closest to La Tache in character, with its richness of expression and aromatic generosity, if perhaps lacking some of the effortless finesse and refinement of the nighbouring vineyard. It was already drinking fairly well after some time in an opened bottle, but given its structure and fruit, I would say another 5-6 years would do it plenty of good.

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  12/6/2015 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points

  EWG 10 Years On Tasting at Conrad's: Dark ruby, a bit dull color, somewhat brooding, unfiltered; dark savory notes on the earthy side with black cherry, plum, savory spices; nice fuller mouthfeel, good acid, but quite tannic. I liked this but didn't love it. This was a bit of a bruiser and earthy, and I think needs 5-10 more years. EWG 10 years on tasting.

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