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• chambolle wrote:

  February 16, 2013 - Pale rose to rouge color. On the nose, it seems far more advanced than I would hope for in a '99 - lots of truffles, underbrush, a bit of peat, some higher toned rose petal and just a hint of bright red strawberry/cranberry fruit. On the palate, very much the 'old' burgundy, not a lot of weight or fresh fruit and quite a bit of grilled meat about it. There is a good bit of sandy tannin at the leading edge of the finish and a healthy amount of acidity at the tail. The following day, not a lot to show but the tannin and acidity, mostly a hollowed out shell of a wine. I can see this wine might become a lovely faded rose in a few more years, but at present it lacks balance and it has one foot reaching for the fresh fruit side of the room and the other foot firmly planted on the forest floor. This is one of a few bottles 'acquired from a private cellar' and purchased from Acker Merrall, and perhaps it was not as well cared for as one might wish - it is certainly way more advanced than other '99 1er cru Chambolle bottlings I have had in recent memory, most of which are still somewhat primary and considerably fresher than this.

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