12/27/2017 - Kriz wrote:

Very young and a little closed on the nose but showing more after some time and air. I love the palate. Nice tannins which let the wine stick in your mouth. Prunes and fresh strawberry. Nice acidity, good wine.

4/22/2015 - Kriz Likes this wine:

Amazing!Totally unknown Chateau for me which should be way over the top. But it didn't. In top condition. Still red fruit left, good tannins, well balanced. What a surprise. But the seller, Haags Wijnhuis told me it was good. And it was.

4/10/2021 - Vandelaar Likes this wine:

This is young but I think very promising on what was showing last night. Crunchy crisp red fruits feast from sour cherry to cranberry over to strawberries. Very balanced acidity adds to the crispness. The wine is medium + intense on the palate and finishes long with a mineral aftertaste. Oak aging shows modestly in the back but gives it just that little extra.
Definitely decant for an hour or 2 to bring out the most or tuck away for a few years and hopefully be rewarded with all the tertiary treats Burgundy is famous for. Curious on how others see this wine's potential.

8/25/2021 - Kriz wrote:

It's okay. There's fruit, grip, taste and acidity. Okay for it's level.

11/21/2020 - Kriz wrote:

I like it. Classic. Nose with oak, tobacco, fresh cut wood and ripe black fruit. Nice palate with good acidity which makes the wine balanced and not too big.

10/29/2020 - Kriz wrote:

Oak, sweet black fruit, oak again and some more oak. This is a silky smooth oaked wine. Some nice acidity. Better with time but I don't realy like it right now.

5/12/2018 - Kriz wrote:

Deep, sweet nose, some smokiness and violets. Big tasty palate, a little heavy. But Corton of course showing it's terroir. Will live for the next 20 years.

10/28/2019 - Fractalage Likes this wine:

24 Oct 2019, 5:20PM
Well stored. Cork perfect. Decanted until smoke showed which left a glass in the bottle.
Dusty nose of intense blackberry. The dust was pretty obvious. Beautiful pure nose of blackberry, ripe plums, cherries, touch of smoke.
Palate was big and rich with mushroomy blackberry with intense spices. There was a current undertone. Just loved that flavor. The spice was big and long. Really enjoyed this.
Such a fantastic wine. Dry, mouth coating tannins, of purity. I could taste the heat of the hills. It finished really dry and long with purple lingering spices.
See, this is the difference between the natural burn of wine acids with the added mouth burning of added acids. I can really taste the difference.
In the aftertaste some anise peeked through.

6:29pm.
Muted and more subdued from its original fruit it smells of more closed down tertiary notes of earth and mushrooms with burnt earth.
On the palate it has more earthen deliciousness with truffles and a candy taste with violets. OMG delish.

7:10pm
Dark, brooding, black earth, tastes like it’s from the underworld with a touch of joy of candied flowers. Just beautiful, but way below the 2015, which is godly!

4/19/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote:

Dark in color, the wine is loaded with licorice, truffle, smoke, and a background note of mint. Full-bodied, rich, dense and multi-layered, the wine exudes, dark, juicy, ripe, dark fruits on the nose and palate. The wine is made from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc and will be aged in 60% new, French oak barrels. 94-96 Pts

10/15/2017 - Barry Rothof wrote:

Restaurant Fitzgerald (Rotterdam , NL): Wow! Huge intense nose of lime, pears and apricot, with aromatic tension and complexity. On the palate very rich and complex, nutty, spicy with amazing balance, power and magnificent length.

4/28/2017 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine:

if only I could make these appear as fast as I make them disappear!!

5/10/2016 - Kriz wrote:

Lot's of fruit, tannins and acidity. Nicely aged and of course there are some nice mature accents. But this is around € 100,- and I know better wines for less money.

6/29/2015 - Kriz wrote:

Wow.. This is big, even gigantic for a Burgundian Pinot Noir. Fruit, spice, smoke and oak. Big palate with sweet fruit and acidity. This is one hell of a wine. F&*cking great now but please wait and it will pay off.

6/29/2015 - Kriz wrote:

Young but beautiful! Sweet fruit and smoke. Good taste and nice acidity and bitterness. Will improve but so good as a youngster.

6/22/2015 - Kriz wrote:

A nose with flowers (those which are in soap, but I don't know which soap). Solid, powerful and tannic palate with oak and dark ripe fruit. Too alcoholic in my opinion. To put it in other ways: The alcohol is too present and therefor too much.

9/1/2014 - ubercuvee wrote:

Great depth of fruit, nice minerality, plenty of stuffing and intensity. Starting to be in good place, will probably plateau from here. And even though there's not much ABV (14.0%), two glasses got the normally spongy mrs ubercuvee totally tipsy - two extra points for that (at least)

7/20/2014 - Kriz wrote:

- Yellow color - Another horrible bottle. Maybe this is just all gone. I don't like wine which smells like Gherkin juice and tastes like some sour, bitter mixture of piss and pickles and unions. I threw it away. disgusting.

8/10/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Chave Hermitage Dinner with Erin & Jean-Louis Chave (MK Restaurant - Chicago IL): From magnum, in 97/98/99 flight. This is a wine I've often enjoyed before and tonight's magnum didn't disappoint. Blackberry with faint liqueur hints, lots of black pepper. Great structural balance and textures. Jean-Louis talked about vintages such as 1998 that are less ripe that really let Hermitage showcase its granite character (vs limestone that comes through in riper vintages). I guess I really like granite. This might now have quite the long-term cellarworthiness of 1999 or 2004, but is a gem for now and the next decade+. My WOTN, while the majority preferred the 1989.

5/19/2014 - Kriz wrote:

This old boy is still alive! And not only alive but full of life. Georgeous nose with violins and earthy tones. Solid palate with red berries and nice signs of it's age. I was surprised.

2/22/2014 - Ramberg wrote:

Wow!
What a wine!
Such a beautiful, beautiful, perfect wine this is.
Almost indescribable, and this again proves the greatness of the vintage.
This has to be the best ever vintage in Burgundy!
Period.
This wine is such a delicate and complex thing, I can’t even understand how this can be made from grapes.
This brings wine to a different level.
Such pure terroir and transparency we have here.
Unbelievable.
Weightless, minerals, so sexy and clean.
Flowers, air, purity and again minerals.
Not to mention the superb fruit, the fruit is pure magic.
This is up there with La Tâche and DRC R.S.V and Vogüé Amoureuses from the same vintage, as among my top ever wine encounters.
We had 10 vintages of Rousseau Chambertin tonight, tasted by 10 experienced tasters, and 8 out of 10 had this as wotn, with one who had this as runner up and one had it as the third best of tonight’s line up.
So to me there is not much doubt in the greatness of this wine.
Simply magic, and hence simply scored after that.
This will be a wine to tell your grandchildren about.

7/3/2013 - Kriz wrote:

Château Montrose / Tronquoy-Lalande tasting; 7/2/2013-7/3/2013 (Ciel Bleu (**) Amsterdam Okura hotel): In a line-up with Montrose '00 '10 '09 it's hard for a 1995... Passed it's peak. Everything integrated and ready to drink.

7/19/2012 - dutchwinelover wrote:

were they 1er cru suchots is wonderfull,this bottle is very harsch to put it mildly. i diddin't enjoy it at all, imust admit i washed the bottle through the sink!
is this an accident or is the vosne village just a bad wine? lets hope for the best.