Paulee style dinner. From magnum. This showcased both Chardonnay and Pinot beautifully, with rich and powerful apple and berry throughout. still nicely fresh enough with faint mature edges. Wonderful.
Paulee style dinner. Magnum. Very rich, slightly more bready than I recall from previous bottles, but with the underlying structure to keep everything in harmony. Very complex with very good depth.
Paulee style dinner. Rich and unctuous with wonderful density for its level, yet bright and lithe from middle through finish. This is a baby and will age gracefully. Upside from here.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
So layered and complex with mostly lean fruit complemented with faint earth sitting behind lots of spice. Mostly mature but certainly fresh enough to hold for another 5+ years. I've had this wine many times through the years, and it just seems to keep getting better.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Magnum. Restrained start with apple and pear, delicate floral and spice notes. Bigger finish, all well balanced. Upside from here.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. So concentrated, rich, and powerful, it nearly has the textures of a sweet wine, but is just so bright at the same time. Backward and nearly brooding, this is brilliant wine that wants to be left alone for another decade, 95-97+ point potential. Thanks, Bobby!
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Brilliant aromatic start with bright and energetic textures from start-to-finish. Apple and quince start strong, end even stronger. Great already now.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Black and red cherry throughout with good+ depth, but lean textures making this seem backward tonight. Not as harmonious vs the previous time tasted two years ago.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Dense and powerful with so much fruit, with some of the roughness of the vintage still evident. So much better than my flawed bottle from a few months ago.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Still a backward behemoth with the fruit starting to mature. I loved this wine’s potential in its youth, but am starting to be less confident.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Stunning aromatics to start, following by rich and meaty fruit with a firm core that is actually already wonderfully balanced. Cellar for a decade to shed some baby fat and enhanced harmony, but this is a magical wine in its infancy.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. I was particularly excited to try this wine because I’ve never had a great bottle, but have heard stories of its greatness. Tonight’s was good, certainly charming, but slightly more dirty than I’d consider ideal. Good balance with Grand Cru density.
Paulée style dinner. Decanted for several hours. Mostly mature red fruits, very perfumed and well spiced. Perfectly balanced, nicely combining maturity and freshness, good weight.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
An old, tired wine. Too bad - perfect color and fill, but with an odd story. I had flown with this bottle today, and when I removed the capsule, there was no cork to be found. I am assuming the flight’s air pressure caused the cork to fall in, but there was no leakage. The wine should have been good with that strange story.
Paulée style dinner. So rich and powerful with hedonistic black fruit that effortlessly retains its balance all the way through to its long, long finish. Wow.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Red and even redder sweet fruit, showing both fresh and mature character in excellent combination. Enchanting spice. Even better than a very good bottle tasted last month.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. I have never seen or tasted this wine. Shows its Vosne-ness nicely with red cherry and baking spice, but not quite the depth or concentration I’d expect.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. The last pour from the bottle, so possibly not representative. Big, burly, meaty character with reasonable finesse but very good weight.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Much more exciting to me vs the Chambertin just tasted, this showcased a perfect combination of bold black fruits, roasted game, and cooked mushroom. So balanced and elegant.
1996 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 95 Points
France, Champagne
Paulee style dinner. From magnum. This showcased both Chardonnay and Pinot beautifully, with rich and powerful apple and berry throughout. still nicely fresh enough with faint mature edges. Wonderful.
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2020 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Wonderfully, decadently floral and spiced with a big fruit center, ending with bright textures. Very tasty already.
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1998 Krug Champagne Vintage Brut 93 Points
France, Champagne
Paulee style dinner. Magnum. Very rich, slightly more bready than I recall from previous bottles, but with the underlying structure to keep everything in harmony. Very complex with very good depth.
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2017 Coche-Dury Meursault 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Paulee style dinner. Rich and unctuous with wonderful density for its level, yet bright and lithe from middle through finish. This is a baby and will age gracefully. Upside from here.
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2008 Bouchard Père et Fils Montrachet Domaine
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Montrachet Grand Cru
Another odd bottle of this wine. Lean and tense with mostly tart fruit. Good concentration but somewhat lacking.
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2004 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
So layered and complex with mostly lean fruit complemented with faint earth sitting behind lots of spice. Mostly mature but certainly fresh enough to hold for another 5+ years. I've had this wine many times through the years, and it just seems to keep getting better.
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1990 Domaine Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Ruchottes 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Mature and rich, nicely balanced, just less complex vs the 2004.
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2015 Bouchard Père et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet Domaine 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Magnum. Rich and powerful with lots of lush fruit in complete control, so less complex today vs Chevalier expectations. Upside?
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2020 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru La Forest
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. An odd bottle. A little spritz and a little sweet. Lots here, but not Chablis-like to me tonight.
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2018 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Corton-Charlemagne 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Magnum. Restrained start with apple and pear, delicate floral and spice notes. Bigger finish, all well balanced. Upside from here.
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2012 Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. So concentrated, rich, and powerful, it nearly has the textures of a sweet wine, but is just so bright at the same time. Backward and nearly brooding, this is brilliant wine that wants to be left alone for another decade, 95-97+ point potential. Thanks, Bobby!
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2012 Coche-Dury Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Brilliant aromatic start with bright and energetic textures from start-to-finish. Apple and quince start strong, end even stronger. Great already now.
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2019 Guffens-Heynen Mâcon-Pierreclos Tris de Chavigne 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Mâcon-Pierreclos
Paulee style dinner. From Magnum (or 3L?). Wonderfully bright for the vintage with an orchard fruit assortment. Impressive depth and density.
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2000 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Wonderfully bright and fresh, maybe just a little angular in texture. Still, lots here to enjoy.
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1988 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Fully mature, still interesting.
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1993 Domaine Michel Niellon Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Rich, layered with mature orchard fruit, honeysuckle, and dried herbs. Powerful, expanding finish. A great success.
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1999 Coche-Dury Meursault Les Rougeots 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Paulee style dinner. Mostly mature start, fresher on the palate, this has a wonderful and long finish. No further upside.
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2002 Domaine Trapet Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Black and red cherry with good depth, well structured and slightly taut.
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2008 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Paulee style dinner. Black and red cherry throughout with good+ depth, but lean textures making this seem backward tonight. Not as harmonious vs the previous time tasted two years ago.
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1990 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. Magnum. Lean and slightly dirty. An off bottle.
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2010 Domaine de Montille Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. Easy red fruit, starts slow, ends with the firmness and power I appreciate in young Malconsorts.
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2001 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. Perfumed red fruit with plenty of earth and real sense of power (and place) on its finessed finish. Very good now.
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1993 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Bonnes Mares 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Dense and powerful with so much fruit, with some of the roughness of the vintage still evident. So much better than my flawed bottle from a few months ago.
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2011 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. On the underripe side with good weight but also losing energy. Time to drink up.
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1999 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Still a backward behemoth with the fruit starting to mature. I loved this wine’s potential in its youth, but am starting to be less confident.
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1996 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Clos Vougeot 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. A rare treat. Powerful, and still backward like so many 1996s, but with so much in reserve.
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2017 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes Vieille Vigne 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. Charming and poised with wonderful balance, good enough depth. Drink young.
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2020 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche MCMLV 97 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Stunning aromatics to start, following by rich and meaty fruit with a firm core that is actually already wonderfully balanced. Cellar for a decade to shed some baby fat and enhanced harmony, but this is a magical wine in its infancy.
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1993 Domaine Denis Bachelet Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. I was particularly excited to try this wine because I’ve never had a great bottle, but have heard stories of its greatness. Tonight’s was good, certainly charming, but slightly more dirty than I’d consider ideal. Good balance with Grand Cru density.
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1989 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Riserva Falletto di Serralunga d'Alba 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Paulée style dinner. Decanted for several hours. Mostly mature red fruits, very perfumed and well spiced. Perfectly balanced, nicely combining maturity and freshness, good weight.
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2002 Domaine A.-F. Gros Richebourg 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Charming example of textbook Vosne fruits and spices, faintly mature. Nicely finessed, borderline Grand Cru density to me.
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1985 Georges Lignier et Fils Clos Saint-Denis Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
An old, tired wine. Too bad - perfect color and fill, but with an odd story. I had flown with this bottle today, and when I removed the capsule, there was no cork to be found. I am assuming the flight’s air pressure caused the cork to fall in, but there was no leakage. The wine should have been good with that strange story.
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2003 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage Cuvée Cathelin 98 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Paulée style dinner. So rich and powerful with hedonistic black fruit that effortlessly retains its balance all the way through to its long, long finish. Wow.
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2004 Domaine Fourrier Griotte-Chambertin Vieille Vigne 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Tasty for the problematic vintage, but not what we want from Grand Cru. Lighter style.
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2018 Coche-Dury Chardonnay Bourgogne 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Paulée style dinner. Large scaled for its level,on the tart side. Better to cellar further.
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1999 Domaine Robert Groffier Bonnes Mares 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Lots of red and black fruit here but slightly dirty, although not too dirty.
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2002 Domaine Dujac Clos Saint-Denis 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Red and even redder sweet fruit, showing both fresh and mature character in excellent combination. Enchanting spice. Even better than a very good bottle tasted last month.
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1991 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, La Tâche Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Massive spice box with mature red fruits, all in a seamless and harmonious package. So great tonight.
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2007 Arnaud Ente Meursault 1er Cru Gouttes d'Or Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. Magnum. Open for hours but still massively reductive.
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2018 Domaine Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis
Paulée style dinner. I was told this is Jacky’s hobby wine these days. Fun and wonderfully balanced. Better than the 19 or 20.
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2020 Domaine Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis
Paulée style dinner. I was told this is Jacky’s hobby wine these days. Ripe black and red cherry with good enough weight, very good balance.
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2019 Domaine Truchot-Martin Morey-Saint-Denis 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis
Paulée style dinner. I was told this is Jacky’s hobby wine these days. Ripe with less concentration or balance than the 2018, but certainly tasty.
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1988 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Bonnes Mares 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Easy red fruit with faint earth and spice. Light style that should be expected from these mostly young vines.
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2008 Hubert Lignier Echezeaux 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. I have never seen or tasted this wine. Shows its Vosne-ness nicely with red cherry and baking spice, but not quite the depth or concentration I’d expect.
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2019 Domaine Bizot Bourgogne Le Chapitre 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Paulée style dinner. Lush red cherry and berry with Asian five spice. This kept going and going, with wonderful depth for its level. A rare treat.
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1993 Domaine Leroy Latricières-Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. The last pour from the bottle, so possibly not representative. Big, burly, meaty character with reasonable finesse but very good weight.
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1999 Domaine Leroy Clos Vougeot 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Paulée style dinner. Vosne-styled red fruits and spice with good weight, great balance and persistence.
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1988 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Paulée style dinner. An off bottle?
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1988 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Not quite as exciting as the Beze 88 tasted next, this was more burly and less perfectly composed. Others liked this more.
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1988 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Paulee style dinner. Much more exciting to me vs the Chambertin just tasted, this showcased a perfect combination of bold black fruits, roasted game, and cooked mushroom. So balanced and elegant.
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