Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Bright red cherry and berry with fleshy fruit and impressive weight for its level. Nearly sweet, but so well balanced. A great Villages wine.
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Red and black cherry with good depth, but here the SO2 dominated and it was impossible to really assess the wine.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Red and black cherry with sweet spice and background hints of braised meat. Very good depth, good+ weight. Very good 1er Cru, already showing its terroir wonderfully.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Broad array of sweet and ripe cherry aromas and flavors with sweet spice, most notably on its finish. Impressive concentration, very good depth. Very good potential.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Old vine concentration really stands out here with bold red fruit and deep spice, even if the finish is somewhat brooding. As nice as Beaumonts is, this is so much more exciting.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Much less forthcoming on either nose or palate, this comes across as backward and brooding, but still so powerful, long and hinting at future greatness. So powerful. This needs until at least 2030 or 2035, especially since it will only be bottled in magnum.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. SO2 fairly pronounced here, so tough to assess. Red and black cheery coming through with spice hints. Texturally energetic with balance. Lots here.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Wow, this is great. So regal and complex. Ripe red fruit with great concentration. Plenty of structure, so silky and elegant. Great start, expanding finish. So exciting 96-97 point potential.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasting at the domaine. Popped and poured. Bright red fruit, just backward for now. Very good depth and weight with very good (90+ point) potential, probably 2025-.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Wow, is this impressive. Equal amounts of red and back cherry with savory spice. Near magical textures with an amazing sense of harmony. In its peak drinking window already. Great when popped and poured, then equally great when finished 14 hours later.
2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Bright red cherry and berry with fleshy fruit and impressive weight for its level. Nearly sweet, but so well balanced. A great Villages wine.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vougeot 1er Cru Les Petits Vougeots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vougeot 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Red and black cherry with good depth, but here the SO2 dominated and it was impossible to really assess the wine.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Red and black cherry with sweet spice and background hints of braised meat. Very good depth, good+ weight. Very good 1er Cru, already showing its terroir wonderfully.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Broad array of sweet and ripe cherry aromas and flavors with sweet spice, most notably on its finish. Impressive concentration, very good depth. Very good potential.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Old vine concentration really stands out here with bold red fruit and deep spice, even if the finish is somewhat brooding. As nice as Beaumonts is, this is so much more exciting.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Much less forthcoming on either nose or palate, this comes across as backward and brooding, but still so powerful, long and hinting at future greatness. So powerful. This needs until at least 2030 or 2035, especially since it will only be bottled in magnum.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Romanée St. Vivant
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. SO2 fairly pronounced here, so tough to assess. Red and black cheery coming through with spice hints. Texturally energetic with balance. Lots here.
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2018 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Richebourg 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Barrel tasting at the domaine. ML recently finished and SO2 added 1-2 weeks ago. Wow, this is great. So regal and complex. Ripe red fruit with great concentration. Plenty of structure, so silky and elegant. Great start, expanding finish. So exciting 96-97 point potential.
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2017 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Meursault Clos des Écoles 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Tasting at the domaine. Ripe apple with toasted bread and almond butter. Good precision and energy with good+ concentration for its level. Good now.
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2017 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasting at the domaine. Popped and poured. Bright red fruit, just backward for now. Very good depth and weight with very good (90+ point) potential, probably 2025-.
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2014 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Romanée St. Vivant
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Tasted at the domaine. Popped and poured. Reductive and tough to assess. Clearly so much potential. Previous bottles have not had this issue.
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2013 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Romanée St. Vivant 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru
Wow, is this impressive. Equal amounts of red and back cherry with savory spice. Near magical textures with an amazing sense of harmony. In its peak drinking window already. Great when popped and poured, then equally great when finished 14 hours later.
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