Stored in cool Whistler cellar less than 45 degrees F and part of a vertical tasting of Engel Clos Vougeot.. Medium light red with crushed dried cranberry nose. Soaring palate of white alpine strawberries and , cherry Asian spices with a dusting of white pepper on the backend. Best 2025-2040.
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In the zone and just about fully mature. No-doubter aromatics right from the pop of the cork with a big smack of earth and saddle leather-type scents that still manage to stay on the clean side of funky. On the palate this has mellowed out quite a bit from my last bottle just a few years ago, which was still densely packed - now the tannin feels mostly resolved into a silky, loose-knit package, an almost jarringly elegant take on Clos Vougeot that shows a bit more solidity in the stony backdraft on the finish.
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A special wine, showing very well though I don't think there's any rush. Savory plum and soy notes, backed by firm acidity and some impressive lift, but somewhat thin and diluted, which knocked it down a point or two.
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12/27/2021 - ricardito Likes this wine: 94 Points
Stored in cool Whistler cellar less than 45 degrees F and part of a vertical tasting of Engel Clos Vougeot.. Medium light red with crushed dried cranberry nose. Soaring palate of white alpine strawberries and , cherry Asian spices with a dusting of white pepper on the backend. Best 2025-2040.
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9/7/2021 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Bit of reductive stink. Quite light on palate, not perfectly clean.
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1/12/2019 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
RE dinner. Creamy, destemmed aromatics.
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1/6/2019 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 97 Points
In the zone and just about fully mature. No-doubter aromatics right from the pop of the cork with a big smack of earth and saddle leather-type scents that still manage to stay on the clean side of funky. On the palate this has mellowed out quite a bit from my last bottle just a few years ago, which was still densely packed - now the tannin feels mostly resolved into a silky, loose-knit package, an almost jarringly elegant take on Clos Vougeot that shows a bit more solidity in the stony backdraft on the finish.
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9/9/2017 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
A special wine, showing very well though I don't think there's any rush. Savory plum and soy notes, backed by firm acidity and some impressive lift, but somewhat thin and diluted, which knocked it down a point or two.
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