1990 Faiveley Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  6/25/2010 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points

  Bubbles and Burgs (David&Ali's, Rockville, MD): nose: was a bit tight and unforgiving at first, so with some swirling and letting it sit in my glass it then beautifully opened up to reveal lovely tones of red fruits, red cherries, bits of fresh picked berries, hi-toned red florals and a variety of perfumes. Very well balanced with a delicate style to it that is very chambolle and very inviting with good depth as well
  
  taste: a bit lighter on its feet with delicate and feminine tones of red fruits, red cherries, bits of mixed berries, red florals and a touch of perfumes on the back end. There are some gripping tannins that speak to an older styled faiveley as well as medium+ acidity that still is making itself known
  
  overall: this took a bit to get going and I made sure to put my glass off to the side so as to give it the biggest benefit. This had a nice lighter ruby color to it and when it opened up, it turned into a classic chambolle that made me just want to experience the wine. This is certainly an old school wine and was a bit grumpy at first, this could've benefited from some decent bottle air as it really blossomed with air

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  6/25/2010 - tooch wrote: 88 Points

  Friday Night Dinner @ David and Ali's: Very strong aromas of underbrush, wet leaves, and holiday spices on the nose with very little, if any, fruit. With time the nose opened up to reveal some faint strawberry and sour cherry flavors. The acidity was very evident on this wine and without much in the mid-palate it was a hard wine to really enjoy. Sadly, I think bottle is either running out of steam, or in a dumb phase.

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  6/25/2010 - Faryan wrote: 86 Points

  Friday Night Dinner (Chez Dave & Ali): Very interesting example of a wine, as it opens up pretty close to buried with overtones of wet sous bois pretty much dominating the nose, but with some more time in glass, it begins to climb out of the grave as the nose focuses a bit and portends light hints of pinot strawberry and saddle leather. On the palate, there is still some heavy tannins which shows that the maturation of all elements in a wine (phenolic ripeness, tannic structure, acidic backbone) is more of a balancing act than we give credit to vignerons. This reminds one of 86 BDX in that the phenolic ripeness may be overshadowed by the tannins. As a caveat sidenote, this wine is a perfect example as to how older wine can fool the drinker between bdx and burgundy. I've had old BDX in comperable states that show the same faintness of fruit and are veritably indistinguishable. I think in 10 years this wine may be there, but for now there is still a litheness to the strawberry component which says Burg. Could have potentially benefited from an Audouze.

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