Acker Merrill '80 Red Burgundy dinner at Tocqueville, NYC

Tasted Wednesday, March 13, 2013 by dream with 489 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 1980 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Bousse d'Or 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC - magnum. A really pretty wine with a lovely old Pinot nose. On the palate, light and ethereal and quite bright with a lovely and surprisingly fresh flavor of cherries with notes of sweet horse barn and damp cellar. Finishes smooth and elegant and while it lacks great complexity, it's a fine, silky, mature Burgundy to enjoy tonight.

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Flight 2 (3 Notes)

  • 1980 Domaine Joseph Roty Charmes-Chambertin Très Vieilles Vignes 81 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. Nice cherry fruit but too high in acid and out of balance to my taste. Others thought it improved over the course of the evening but to me it's just another disappointing aged Roty. I'm not a fan.

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  • 1980 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. Lovely nose of cherries, red flowers and sweet cream. Showing beautifully out of a perfect bottle, there is delicious cherry fruit and a wonderful cherry perfume that pervades throughout this wine. Great balance and definitely fully mature with a fine, silky texture. Best right out of the bottle.

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  • 1980 Faiveley Charmes-Chambertin 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. A bit foursquare at first but it kept improving in the glass. More structured than the other wines tonight and quite austere and perhaps in need of more time in the cellar. Finely textured and quite clean if a little unexciting.

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Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 1980 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Mazy-Chambertin 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. Just a beautiful aged Red Burgundy with a smooth, silky texture. Not overly complex but full, lacey cherry fruit with hints of barnyard and spice. It's fully mature and just goes down so smooth. All the '80 Rousseau's were really brilliant wines.

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  • 1980 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Ruchottes-Chambertin Clos des Ruchottes 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. Quite firm at first and some (including me) thought it was corked. But whatever that aroma was blew off and the wine softened some with more time in the glass. There is gorgeous cherry fruit underneath but this is very structured compared to the other Rousseau's and may benefit from more time in the cellar. 91+

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  • 1980 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Clos de la Roche 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. This showed beautifully and drinks perfectly tonight with deep, rich cherry fruit and a lovely spice note on the back-end. Really representative of the vineyard with that cherry spice thing going on. I'd love to drink a bottle of this with a roasted bird!

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  • 1980 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 96 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. This was a clear step up from all the other wines so far tonight. Full-bodied with great depth of that wonderful medicinal cherry fruit that Rousseau seems to find in this vineyard. Balanced and classic and easily the most complex wine tonight on the finish with fantastic spice and iron mineral notes. This is perfect tonight but will still go for quite some time. Wow!

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Flight 4 (1 Note)

  • 1980 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 96 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru

    Acker '80 Red Burg dinner at Tocqueville, NYC. By far the most interesting and complex nose of the night with this incredible kaleidoscope of dark spices and dark red cherries with a hint of black truffle. It almost lives up to the nose on the palate with great dark cherry spice and mushroom flavors and a sleek, lacey texture. The finish is still intense with great complexity. There is something otherwordly here that I don't want to get too used to. Just a touch dry on the finish and perhaps not as voluminous in the mouth as expected but those are just nits for this incredible wine. Great provenance tonight in all but one or two of the wines.

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