Community Tasting Note

• bevetroppo Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 5, 2021 - I bought this because it was recommended highly be our local MW, who compared it to Clos Rougeard at 1/10th the price. Clos Rougeard prices have gotten stupid, so I no longer drink them, and in fact my last tasting note on their Poyeux bottle was in 2013 (for the 2002 vintage) well before it eclipsed $100.
  
  So to even put it in that category is a bold assertion, which I guess you can get away with if you're an MW. The color is a deep red and fully opaque just short of the bright cherry on the rim. The nose has a touch of appealing wet slate and cool red fruits, mingling berry, tart plum and cherry, with slight leafy overtones and hints of tobacco, cocoa and coffee in the background. That's a lot of stuff in a $40 bottle. So far so good.
  
  The palate was stony and elegant, with restrained fruit given its youth. At first I felt there was some attenuation in the mid-palate but it smoothed out with an hour or more of air to a very attractive even sleek mouthfeel.
  
  I don't remember the ghost of Clos Rougeard from almost nine years ago well enough to make a meaningful comparison but there's an air of refinement here that gives it almost a cru-llke quality. I'm not averse to disputing an MW (oh the arrogance!) but he's definitely on to something here.

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• bacchus commented:

  11/15/21, 2:03 PM - We are both customers of chris cree. Would enjoy meeting you. Perhaps he could seat us together at an upcoming event.

• bevetroppo commented:

  11/20/21, 1:16 PM - Hi, Bacchus. Don't know how to coordinate something like that but Chris' new place is open or at least partially open so it should be possible. Best,
  -B

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