2005 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Les Favières

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  8/18/2015 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  Very deep and dark, almost opaque blackish-red color - atypically deep for a Pinot Noir. The nose is surprisingly underwhelming, borderline mute, with vague aromas of blackcurrants, some red cherry, a little bit of something vegetal and a minty hint of herbal character. The wine is full-bodied, ripe and somewhat sweet-toned and pretty textural with velvety mouthfeel and quite rich flavors of black cherries, slightly bitter sour cherries, stony minerality, some dark crunchy berries, a little bit of peppery spice, light dried fruit tones and a hint of brambly raspberry. Although the wine starts off a bit underwhelming, its power seems to increase in glass. Overall the wine feels quite nicely structured with moderately high acidity and still somewhat grippy medium tannins. The finish is long, nuanced and somewhat grippy with dry, acid-driven flavors of sour cherries, peppery spice, some savory wood spice, a little bit of brambly raspberries and a sweet hint of toasty oak spice.
  
  A nicely developed, nuanced and still moderately structured Marsannay that seems to be going up, even at the age of 10 years. The nose feels quite closed and somewhat underwhelming, but perhaps drinking the wine from a proper Burgundy bowl instead of smaller tasting glasses could've helped. Although the wine seemed to start off on a wrong foot, it picked up the pace very nicely, turning out to be pretty enjoyable at the end. Good stuff, priced according to its quality at 31€.

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  3/13/2014 - Oh Dae-su wrote: 88 Points

  6:09 pm (popped and poured)
  Colour: classical ruby Pinot hue, perhaps a bit darker, slightly watery corona with minor visual indications of aging – very mildly red-brown
  Nose: super dark and pretty tart cherries, hay, high voltage chocolate (very dusty one), incinerated bread, pretty obvious limestone characteristics (I hope Les Favières has limestone soil after all), a few traces of animal sweat (gentry class cattle – naturally) and some moist forest floor; right now a pretty multi-layered and gravely earnest Pinot nose, not super elegant, strong mineral characteristics, a bit shy fruit; there is more to come – for sure!
  Taste: not a lot of aging has happened in the years since bottling, the acid seems to be relatively civilized – still a very tangible, the tannins are still rather hard and a bit crude as well, the mineral characteristics are calling the shots, the dark cherry fruit is super shy right now; like the nose … there is more to come … right now very reserved
  
  7:28 pm
  Nose: still really tart, perhaps even more lime'y, dark cherry fruit is gaining some ground, slightly more gentle(-like) smoke is evolving
  Taste: strangely the acid seems to getting a bit (even) more vivid, the body is not too bulky and the cherry fruit, yes some indications are evolving, is not super-ripe and a bit cola'ish right now; still very reserved and tart fellow, however gaining balance … hence heading the right direction, I suppose!
  
  9:01 pm
  Nose: the tart characteristics are loosing bit by bit a bit ground, overall more balance and harmony, the fruit is still relatively shy and a bit unwilling to perform, the fragrances of moist forest floor in combination with traces of old wood are getting more elaborate and cunning
  Taste: the tannin structure and acid is still snappish and wet behind its ears, however the trail to more harmony is obvious, even the dark cherry flavours are more refined and present, the mineral characteristics seem to shift a bit – away from rocky limestone-plenty to more earthy / forest'y autumnal flavours (only a minor development so far)
  
  10:14 pm
  No significant movement is happening right now. Still a rather tart and juvenile Pinot with ambitions, but no real upholding. I guess it is getting a bit boring. I will continue tomorrow at lunchtime … ผัดคะน้าหมูกรอบ will join!
  
  Potential 88P and maybe a bit more ...

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