Small glass, brief note. Caramelized apple with moderate intensity, ending with a trace of sweetness that is somewhat balanced by good minerality. Good+ overall.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Ripe apple, peach, floral aromas. Ripe flavors with very good energy and freshness for its age and the vintage. Very long and finesseful.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Rmagnum. ipe and floral with a hint of new oak. Fat and ripe flavors seem fleshy to start, but reasonable minerality bolsters the good finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Bright color for its age. Nicely mature apple, spice hints and earth aromas. Also fully mature flavors with good weight, while also with enough elegant structure for very good brightness throughout with wonderful harmony.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Mature apple aromas show some sweet evolution along with spice hints and earth. Comparable flavors with clear Grand Cru density and a rich, unctuous textures. Very good.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Ripe stone fruit aromas with floral hints in combination that imply a richness that the wine's palate fulfills. Still nicely fresh for its age and for the 1990 vintage. Just enough structure to retain vibrancy. Moderate length. Very good +.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Apple and candied lemon throughout with moderate weight and a helpful burst of energy on finish. Nicely mature, exactly correct for its age and the vintage.
Small glass, brief note. Nicely floral with bright lemon and green apple. Similar flavors with crunchy minerality and seemingly mouth puckering acidity. Great concentration and length. Needs lots of cellar time. 94-95 point potential.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Enticing floral, spice aromas with slowly evolving apple and quince. Rich flavors on palate with energizing acidity that lasts a tad bit longer than the fruit. Still, what a great bottle.
Small glass, brief note. Very similar to another bottle a few days ago go (probably from the same case). Very similar, seemingly slightly less ripe and concentrated, while with just as good structure and length.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Maturing red cherry throughout with baking spice. Very good balance, moderate weight and length. Certainly already in the middle of its peak drinking window.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Lots of black and red fruit with great spice aromas, less spice on palate with same concnetrated fruit. Very well balanced, also very long. Great now with upside.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Identical to another bottle from same source a few days ago. Almost fully mature with very good balance, some roast beef notes, moderate concentration.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Incredibly alluring and charming, very forward and charming already. Great array of red fruits, great spice. Very good concentration, good length. Not quite as complex or finessed as I recall from when last tasted a few years back.
Small glass, brief note. Served blind. Great nose with spice and wonderfully mature red and black cherry. More mature flavors, borderline tired, but on the better side of that borderline. 91 point nose, 86 point flavors.
Small glass, brief note. Perfect place now, with enough maturing black plum & cherry, spice, tobacco and mushroom. Maybe a little more mushroom / earth than ideal for 1982, but a pleasant wine.
Small glass, brief note. Quit a bit of earth/ dirt with faint hints of Ted frui remnants. Some faint bitter notes at end. But overall impressive for what it is.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
My contribution today. Very perfumed with broad array of red berry aromas. Spice and fruit in very good balance. Good+ concentration, very good length. Just entering its peak drinking window, with a great long life ahead.
Small glass, brief note. All black fruit, black pepper, plenty of earth. Very enjoyable now. Moderate weight and length. Best for the near-term, no upside here, but no urgency either.
Small glass, brief note. Black fruit is obviously mature, but still fresh for its age and very concentrated. As much leather and cooked mushroom as fruit, with very good supporting structure. Very good+.
1982 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Valmur
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Caramelized apple with moderate intensity, ending with a trace of sweetness that is somewhat balanced by good minerality. Good+ overall.
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1990 Domaine Michel Niellon Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Ripe apple, peach, floral aromas. Ripe flavors with very good energy and freshness for its age and the vintage. Very long and finesseful.
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2008 Joseph Drouhin Bâtard-Montrachet 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Rmagnum. ipe and floral with a hint of new oak. Fat and ripe flavors seem fleshy to start, but reasonable minerality bolsters the good finish.
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1978 Domaine Francois et Antoine Jobard Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Bright color for its age. Nicely mature apple, spice hints and earth aromas. Also fully mature flavors with good weight, while also with enough elegant structure for very good brightness throughout with wonderful harmony.
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1983 Joseph Drouhin Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Mature apple aromas show some sweet evolution along with spice hints and earth. Comparable flavors with clear Grand Cru density and a rich, unctuous textures. Very good.
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1990 Louis Carillon Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Ripe stone fruit aromas with floral hints in combination that imply a richness that the wine's palate fulfills. Still nicely fresh for its age and for the 1990 vintage. Just enough structure to retain vibrancy. Moderate length. Very good +.
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2001 Michel Colin-Deléger et Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Truffière 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Apple and candied lemon throughout with moderate weight and a helpful burst of energy on finish. Nicely mature, exactly correct for its age and the vintage.
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2010 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Nicely floral with bright lemon and green apple. Similar flavors with crunchy minerality and seemingly mouth puckering acidity. Great concentration and length. Needs lots of cellar time. 94-95 point potential.
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1982 Jean Noel Gagnard Bâtard-Montrachet 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Enticing floral, spice aromas with slowly evolving apple and quince. Rich flavors on palate with energizing acidity that lasts a tad bit longer than the fruit. Still, what a great bottle.
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1985 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Small glass, brief note. Very similar to another bottle a few days ago go (probably from the same case). Very similar, seemingly slightly less ripe and concentrated, while with just as good structure and length.
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2007 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Maturing red cherry throughout with baking spice. Very good balance, moderate weight and length. Certainly already in the middle of its peak drinking window.
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1991 Domaine Leroy Clos Vougeot 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Lots of black and red fruit with great spice aromas, less spice on palate with same concnetrated fruit. Very well balanced, also very long. Great now with upside.
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1969 Maison Leroy Echezeaux 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Nicely mature red cherry with good background spice. Drinking and holding well. Good weight, nuance and length.
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1985 Maison Leroy Ruchottes-Chambertin 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Identical to another bottle from same source a few days ago. Almost fully mature with very good balance, some roast beef notes, moderate concentration.
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1990 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos de La Bussière Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Seemed stewy, and so I think somewhat heat damaged.
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2006 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Incredibly alluring and charming, very forward and charming already. Great array of red fruits, great spice. Very good concentration, good length. Not quite as complex or finessed as I recall from when last tasted a few years back.
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1979 Rutherford Hill Pinot Noir
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Small glass, brief note. Served blind. Great nose with spice and wonderfully mature red and black cherry. More mature flavors, borderline tired, but on the better side of that borderline. 91 point nose, 86 point flavors.
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1982 Château La Lagune 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Small glass, brief note. Perfect place now, with enough maturing black plum & cherry, spice, tobacco and mushroom. Maybe a little more mushroom / earth than ideal for 1982, but a pleasant wine.
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1955 Pierre Leger Vosne-Romanée
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Small glass, brief note. Quit a bit of earth/ dirt with faint hints of Ted frui remnants. Some faint bitter notes at end. But overall impressive for what it is.
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2007 Domaine Dujac Bonnes Mares 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
My contribution today. Very perfumed with broad array of red berry aromas. Spice and fruit in very good balance. Good+ concentration, very good length. Just entering its peak drinking window, with a great long life ahead.
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1978 E. Guigal Hermitage 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Small glass, brief note. All black fruit, black pepper, plenty of earth. Very enjoyable now. Moderate weight and length. Best for the near-term, no upside here, but no urgency either.
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1969 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Small glass, brief note. Black fruit is obviously mature, but still fresh for its age and very concentrated. As much leather and cooked mushroom as fruit, with very good supporting structure. Very good+.
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