3/31/2023 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Still at an early stage of its projected range, it's youth shows early while across two hours it opens into a luscious, mouth-filling joy.

3/26/2023 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

A truly sumptuous Charmes at this point--hard to imagine it getting any better.

9/17/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

A marvelous Echezeaux! Singing even now, one wonders just how indescribably good it will be across time.

2/23/2023 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking just beautifully right now.

11/19/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Very nice right now, very drinkable, though more time in the bottle will surely improve it--strawberry, black cherry, mushroom blend that nicely lingers on the mid-palate.

11/11/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

No, nothing fancy here, but performing comparably to its $ range. Perhaps we drank it rather too early.

9/26/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

The wine is drinkable today & may improve over three or four years, but pricey for what it delivers.

8/26/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Lots left, to be sure, but nicely drinkable right now.

8/26/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

As big as you expect an excellent Burgundy can be, with multiple dark fruits and secondary tastes; delicious now yet on the way to a still smoother texture and enhanced charm.

7/22/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Very tasty indeed!

7/28/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

This particular bottle, while very smooth and quite good, had transitioned beyond the point of tasting glory that it showed a few years ago. It's probably a good idea to drink em pretty soon if you have em.

5/5/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Superb!

5/21/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking just about at its price range--way more than serviceable.

5/19/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Still excellent but should be attended to soon if you have it.

4/24/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Young still but giving. A very tasty high-end Burgundy.

4/16/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

A very nice Chambolle-Musigny--drinking young but nicely, w delicate red-fruits. Surely this wine has a good decade or so to evolve in the bottle.

4/3/2022 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Very smooth and tasty right now. Drink away with relish!

12/10/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Smooth as can be, eminently drinkable, w little to distinguish it in terms of complexity at this point.

10/29/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

A really good mid-level Pommard--on the dark and rather textually thick side of them. Very drinkable now and should get better.

10/15/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

A really nice Echezeaux, was everything it should have been--ready to drink now, with a decade or more to go.

10/11/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking splendidly, smooth as silk tannins fully resolved

7/15/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking just beautifully!

7/3/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

All of the expected notes revealing themselves fully.

3/13/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Very smooth, eminently drinkable, tasty

1/1/2021 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Had the quality of a good table wine--drinkable, but hardly remarkable; perhaps it's moved a bit past it's prime.

12/17/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Still somewhat young, but still a good, eminently drinkable Burgundy.

12/16/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

The Comtesse is in full bloom. Rich, tasty, filling the palate. A giving, gorgeous wine.

12/6/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking really well now, after just a bit of air, and a long way to go. Fresh strawberries and creamy finish. Well worth the dollar amount.

11/25/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

This is drinking fine right now, as a little tightness that characterizes a sip from the first-poured glass gives way in a few minutes to the smoothness of a nice Burgundy.

11/17/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Big & beautiful & still more joy to be revealed

8/7/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

May be about to start the wind down, but smooth & delicious was this bottle, with the typical barolo features. I'll wait about a year to drink my lone remaining bottle of a case.

6/10/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Opened for a glass on 6/8--a bit tight then, but good. Drank beautifully paired w baked red snapper two nights later: a fine Clos Vogeout.

5/8/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Eminently drinkable right now. Smooth and elegant.

4/3/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Sufficiently good for the price.

4/24/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Just wonderful across several days. A beautiful and giving Clos de la Roche.

4/30/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

A three-day drinking range, good from the beginning and improving with the days.Very nice.

5/3/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drank across 5 days; a little tight at first but opening progressively and smooth with some fruitiness by day five, big on the palate too by the end.

4/4/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Very smooth w typical smoke in background but too little taste

4/14/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

about what it's supposed to be

3/27/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Nice and smooth, w sufficient impression of dark-fruit for its level; did not disappoint.

2/26/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Drinking nicely, smooth & crisp, with time for some evolution. Slight smokiness--very slight and appropriate--that underlies the delicate finish. Rises to its provenance. Will seek more of this.

2/14/2020 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

A glass a night over 5 nights. Giving much now, but years to go.

12/31/2019 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Smooth & Delicious -- fully mature

8/18/2019 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

4th since 2007--getting better and a good decade to go; much more to give

7/21/2019 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

@ party for Elliott, my house, Elliott, Sydney, Brent, Debbie, Diane, Lawrence, Amy, Drew, Lisa L, me

1/19/2019 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Past its prime

12/15/2018 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Been 4 years since last--still wondrous. WOTN among 7 other fine Bordeaux. Smooth and tasty, w the usual Cos markings. Having started w an '06 and going thru an '08, both outstanding in their own right, the qualitative advance was highly conspicuous.

12/2/2018 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Nice as expected and hailed. Drink over the next two or three years.

11/13/2018 - isdblm@lsu.edu Likes this wine:

Still young but very good; graphite and medium blackfruits.

9/19/2018 - isdblm@lsu.edu wrote:

Spices, graphite, black currant, cassis--yep, all of that, with cedar to the forefront and more than a touch of black pepper. Living up to its billing!