1996 Louis Jadot Chorey-les-Beaune

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 84 points

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  9/4/2023 - forceberry wrote: 86 Points

  13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Evolved, somewhat hazy brick-red color with a maroon-to-syrupy brown hue. The nose feels very odd and noticeably cheesy with aromas of Appenzeller cheese and barnyard, some evolved notes of wizened dark fruits, light pruney tones, a hint of ripe raspberry and a touch of old leather. The wine is dry, evolved and tertiary on the palate with a medium body and crunchy flavors of tart cranberries and lingonberries, some leathery tones, a little bit of saline aldehydic character, light sanguine notes of iron, a hint of wizened red plums and a touch of raisiny dark fruit. The wine is high in acidity with resolved, very gently grippy tannins. The finish is dry, crunchy and gently grippy with a old, complex aftertaste of tart cranberry, some leathery tones, a little bit of barnyard, light pruney nuances, a hint of lingonberry and a touch of funk.
  
  This wine was much better shape than the previous bottle we had a year ago - which was either completely dead or slightly corked. Yet still, I really can't say this was a classic, beautifully aged red Burgundy - the nose was just weird with very funky notes of stinky Alpine cheeses and the flavor profile was somewhat thinned out. If you could get past the rather distracting nose, the wine was actually fully drinkable and quite enjoyable. Perhaps this wine was worth the 20€, but not much more.

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  5/9/2022 - forceberry wrote: flawed

  13% alcohol.
  
  Translucent cherry red color with surprisingly little of that evolved maroon hue. The nose is dull, musty and earthy with aromas of damp old cellar, some sous-bois, light notes of tobacco and a hint of decomposing wood. Very little fruit here. The wine is dull, musty and quite unpleasant on the palate with a medium body and clipped flavors of mildew, some metallic notes of rusty iron, a little bit of tobacco, light nuances of damp earth and a hint of tart lingonberry. The wine is high in acidity with quite gently grippy medium tannins. The finish is short, gently grippy and rather earthy with dull flavors of tobacco, dust, some damp cellar, a little bit of tobacco and light autumnal notes of damp leaves and sous-bois.
  
  Some people said immediately that the wine was corked, whereas others considered it just dull and earthy, but not in good condition. I can't say which one it was - it felt rather corked, as it didn't taste one bit of aged Burgundy, but the aromas weren't precisely typical for TCA either. Quite close, but not to the extent I'd immediately say the wine is definitely corked, just that it feels somewhat corked. Whatever the problem was with the wine, it really wasn't particularly enjoyable. 20€ down the drain.

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  2/27/2010 - Brad L wrote:

  Poopy. Not completely shot and oxidized like the last, but most definitely over the hill. Poured out most of the bottle, but did drink a couple glasses.

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  11/5/2009 - Brad L wrote:

  Started off more or less dead, then rallied for about fifteen minutes with a decent sappiness. Then absolutely packed it in and went down the drain.

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