2003 P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Corton-Perrières

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  12/31/2013 - Chip Merlot Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Extremely tight on opening. Decanted for an hour then re-bottled for half-hour drive to a restaurant for New Years Eve dinner. Opened at the restaurant but not poured immediately while we started with a very nice 2009 Pommard 1er Cru. That was poster-child Burgundy - the color of an eraser and all strawberries. Very nice. The Dubreuil-Fontaine, poured after ~30 minutes, was comparatively dark and tannic. More accessible than the uncorking but still not giving much. Then, after about another 30 minutes, it unfolded. Very lush, beautiful mouthfeel. The aromatics didn't quite match the Pommard but in the mouth this was a 95+ point wine. In the wine's olfactory defense, the restaurant's stemware was crap -- I'll never know how much that affected the experience.
  
  I'm not an expert on aging, but guessing from the decanting experience I'd say this has at least another half decade in it.

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  10/5/2013 - CondorKhan wrote: 92 Points

  This pours dark, opaque purple with just a hint of garnet on the edges. Nose is intensely aromatic at first, of raspberries, but blows off a bit after some air time. This is extraordinarily thick for Burgundy: there are significant legs and the feel is velvety, almost grainy. There are very ripe raspberry and even blackberry flavors in here that evolve towards the mushroomy and bloody towards the very end. The tannins are soft but become evident after a couple of glasses. Overall, this is a powerful, ripe wine that could almost be mistaken by a Cali Pinot if it wasn't for its mineral finish. Blind, I would have said California.

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