Mort du Canard (Dave's place, Banksia): Autumn leaves, red rather than black hued fruit, leather, earthy, slight farmyard, spice…there is a fair amount of funkiness here but that blows off with time. Slight tart and sour on the palate with red currant fruit. Long.
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Pinot and Pate matching (KC's place): From Coravin. Medium plus intensity broad, elegant, rich without being overtly weight. Slight cranberry fruit. Juicy to the point of sourness, cranberry fruit, fine silky tannins…I want to say gossamer for some reason. Quite good other than the sourness...
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Coravin fun - Burgundy practice #1 (Kennards, Waterloo): From Coravin. Muted red berry and cherry, slight stalks, earth and wet stone. Fleshy and juicy on the palate with some spice and silky barely discernible tannins. Drink up for me.
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Aromas of cream and butter, ripe and sweet smelling muted cherry, slight herbaceous notes - almost sweet tobacco - are hidden by spicy elements, some meat and leather. With time there are some VA notes. In the mouth the wine is quite juicy with savoury cherry, slight volatile acidity. No real tannin to speak of...slight fur on the front of the tongue and the gums. It's a little bit funky as well. Hmm...needs food - fortunately I have a simple rice, veg and chook dish which is serving the purpose admirably.
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(Mugnier J-F Chambolle-Musigny) Short note two days after drinking. This was drunk together with the 99 Chambolle from Barthod. Just a little deeper in colour. The nose is more diffuse but seems to have more going on. The palate is not so focused, but matches the concentration of the Barthod then takes on another dimension - a really fantastic, many faceted finish - a real surprise, overall (just) bettering the 99, but perhaps less long-lived.
(Mugnier J-F Chambolle-Musigny) From a half bottle, I have a soft spot for this wine in halves, very handy. Medium red and still quite young looking. The nose has quite some depth, just a little powdery perhaps but digs up spade-fulls of red fruit. The palate is equally giving, depth, interesting creamy length and not too much tannin. I'd still leave this another year or two, but from a half it's drinking pretty well. On the finish, not the extra dimension of the 1999, but this comes close and is a rewarding drink - I stocked up on a few more - you can't beat having a few halves available.
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9/25/2017 - chatters wrote:
Mort du Canard (Dave's place, Banksia): Autumn leaves, red rather than black hued fruit, leather, earthy, slight farmyard, spice…there is a fair amount of funkiness here but that blows off with time. Slight tart and sour on the palate with red currant fruit. Long.
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9/17/2017 - chatters wrote:
Pinot and Pate matching (KC's place): From Coravin. Medium plus intensity broad, elegant, rich without being overtly weight. Slight cranberry fruit. Juicy to the point of sourness, cranberry fruit, fine silky tannins…I want to say gossamer for some reason. Quite good other than the sourness...
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12/31/2016 - chatters wrote:
Coravin fun - Burgundy practice #1 (Kennards, Waterloo): From Coravin. Muted red berry and cherry, slight stalks, earth and wet stone. Fleshy and juicy on the palate with some spice and silky barely discernible tannins. Drink up for me.
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2/24/2015 - chatters wrote:
Aromas of cream and butter, ripe and sweet smelling muted cherry, slight herbaceous notes - almost sweet tobacco - are hidden by spicy elements, some meat and leather. With time there are some VA notes. In the mouth the wine is quite juicy with savoury cherry, slight volatile acidity. No real tannin to speak of...slight fur on the front of the tongue and the gums. It's a little bit funky as well. Hmm...needs food - fortunately I have a simple rice, veg and chook dish which is serving the purpose admirably.
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12/14/2014 - Vabene Likes this wine: 88 Points
A bit weak in bouquet and flavor, albeit a very nice wine that we did enjoy. I would advise drinking now as it will not improve.
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