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2012 Domaine Château De La Tour Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes Clos Vougeot Grand Cru Pinot Noir

4/17/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Enjoyable but was expecting more from this wine. This is balanced with good acidity, fruit and moderate tannins but there is no pop from the fruit or a lingering sweetness to this wine. This is somewhat austere. Nothing draws you into wanting to finish the bottle. Considering the price point ,age of the grapes and the heritage of the vineyard I was underwhelmed. At 10yrs + this should be better. I was not Neutral on the rating as it is still a good wine but Not a great wine. The second day there was more dark fruit flavour with prune overtones.

Pinot Peter commented:

12/29/23, 10:23 AM - Since I left this in the fridge after tasting a full glass with just a stopper in the bottle for a whole day before I drank the rest of the bottle it is difficult to suggest a time line to decant . Generally the time frame I gave this wine would be more than ample to open up and show more integration or finesse in the wine. Try one and double decant . Let me know if that worked. I will wait a couple more years or until I see more positive reviews . N. Bonaparte .... Hope that helps!
Pinot Peter commented:

12/29/23, 1:18 PM - Let me know
Pinot Peter commented:

2/2/24, 6:25 AM - thanks

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2020 Domaine Joliet Fixin 1er Cru Clos de la Perrière Pinot Noir

1/3/2024 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

This is less fruit forward than the 2019. Same colour, same fruit flavours with slightly less intensity but is fresher ,slightly more acidic and more tannic wine than the 2019. It has good length. I like both years but would give the nod to this 2020 version. Both excellent wines.
If anybody has experience aging this wine please let me know in the comments section?

Pinot Peter commented:

1/25/24, 6:42 AM - Markricardo,
Thank you. I will put a few aside for that time frame and try just to open one every couple of years if I can keep my hands off them

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2008 Château Pape Clément Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend

12/8/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Dark red, good acidity and good length. No discernible nose for me. I a not going repeat the typical fruit flavours and taste descriptions that are in so many previous notes on this wine.
This wine is drinking exceptionally well for me at this point in it,s evolution.
It has a gripping sweetness and an underlying tannic spine that meld well together giving me great pleasure in finishing this bottle and wanting more. What else do you need to know.

Pinot Peter commented:

12/9/23, 6:11 AM - I don,t score generally .I would put this at 91/93

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2013 Domaine Bruno Clair Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Pinot Noir

10/3/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Acceptable at best would be my overall statement on its drinkability and appeal . No nose, good acidity, medium red , slight sweetness but this turns into a tartness on the back go the palate. Fruit flavours are subdued : cherry, dark fruit. Tannins are balanced. As an 2013 this wine shows well but lacks any excitement or desire to open another bottle. As I said ...Acceptable.
Would I age my remaining bottles? Probably not

Pinot Peter commented:

12/4/23, 6:50 AM - Clever!!!!!

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2002 Château Pavie Decesse St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend

12/3/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Dark red, good acidity, slight fruit nose, beautiful sweetness, all the flavours expected of a St. Emilion , tannins leave a slight bitterness on the back of the palate. I drank this over two days with no degradation in flavour. A pleasure to drink and a bargain 2002. If you have it enjoy! If you don,t and see it offered and the price is reasonable try one. Underrated.

Pinot Peter commented:

12/4/23, 6:25 AM - 2002
Pinot Peter commented:

12/4/23, 6:28 AM - thanks corrected the error in my blurb

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N.V. Château Monbousquet St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend

7/9/2023 - Pinot Peter wrote:

opened ,tasted, poured out..flawed.
This was the 2003

Pinot Peter commented:

7/10/23, 7:12 AM - NV = Non Vintage
I screwed upend forgot to scroll through and find the 2003 vintage for my note

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2014 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley

6/16/2023 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

For me this is a beautiful drinking wine. Has all the aspects of a great Cabernet Sauvignon at a great price point. This will age well .
When did this wine get so pedestrian? Consistently good value, exceptionally well made wine and at a good price.
This wine just needs more aging to exhibit the softness and complexity of flavours present.

Pinot Peter commented:

7/8/23, 7:33 AM - Hi.
It is tannic but approachable.Decanting definitely will help as the wine was awesome after being open for a day. As far as how long to decant I have no formula for you. sometimes I decant a bottle 2pm to serve at supper sometimes only an hour before. If it's still tight I vacuum and drink it the next day. Hope that helps!
Pinot Peter commented:

7/8/23, 5:33 PM - Your welcome.
I really like this wine and as a friend says ..This will be a killer wine in 10years!!!
Pinot Peter commented:

7/8/23, 5:56 PM - Thanks… will gage my bottles over the next few years
Pinot Peter commented:

7/8/23, 6:03 PM - Gauge

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2013 M. Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite Hermitage Syrah

2/22/2023 - Richard.schmit Likes this wine:

96 points

dark color. still a little bit closed. too early to drink. wait another 5 years. tanines were developped and a wine with long depth. but still lots of potential to develop.

Pinot Peter commented:

3/30/23, 8:43 AM - Richard,
I see you opened a bottle. When would you open your next bottle?
I opened a 2012 Chapoutier Ermitage Le Pavillon 2012which is drinking exceptionally well. One year apart with considerable offences in drinkability!

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2014 Domaine Amiot et Fils Charmes-Chambertin Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir

10/6/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Opened tasted and left for a day. This was more integrated and balanced the second day. Great fruit and ample tannins. Needs decanting if opened now and more cellar time will reap benefits.

Pinot Peter commented:

2/4/23, 2:43 PM - Palisades 57...I drank my bottles too early. If you do go ahead and open one do decant and wait an hour before serving. I found the last bottle I opened got better after each pour. I am keeping the remaining few bottles for at least 2 to 5 years before opening another bottle. Hope that helps. I find Pierre Amiot,s wines need at least 10 yrs to balance and start to shine.

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2013 M. Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite Hermitage Syrah

12/3/2022 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Dark red, high acidity, no nose, some sweetness with notable tannins. This was left open for a day to see if the wine would open up and the fruit would pop. Nope....V Tight wine that has either shut down and needs time, or is a wine that will not improve and is not worth the price versus the pleasure gained.

Pinot Peter commented:

1/27/23, 10:28 AM - Thanks..richard

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2017 Maison Leroy Bourgogne Pinot Noir

7/15/2022 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

I have written previous notes. Another bottle bites the dust. Excellent pinot! Worth the price.

Pinot Peter commented:

7/16/22, 7:06 AM - Absolutely these will age well. I just enjoy them very much at this stage. I plan on keeping a few bottles and will open one in 3 years another in 5 depending on the tasting in 3years. I tend to drink my wines to early if I find them hitting my happy spot in flavour profile. There is always more wine!

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2016 Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay 1er Cru Pitures Pinot Noir

3/1/2022 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

This is not a common 1er cru in Volnay for me.
it is adjacent to the Pommard,s Northern border.Drinking well now.
Medium red in colour, good acidity, great sweetness with some dryness on the back of the palate from the tannins. Great intensity of dark fruit /sour cherry favours. Opens up and mellows on the palate as you finish the bottle. A refreshing wine.

Pinot Peter commented:

5/2/22, 9:40 AM - Yes..Thank you! North portion of Volnay adjacent to the south border of Pommard

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2017 Domaine Jean-Marc / Thomas Bouley Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens Pinot Noir

6/14/2020 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Deep red color, soft tannins, big dark fruit flavours that coat the mouth, a perceived sweetness. A slight bitterness that lingers the palate...maybe due to stems or barrel toasting? This is so approachable now.

Pinot Peter commented:

4/22/22, 5:32 PM - Yes … screwed up deleted the comment on the. Beaune! Thanks
Pinot Peter commented:

4/23/22, 7:29 AM - I will try another bottle
Pinot Peter commented:

4/23/22, 9:41 AM - I am not in NYC..In Canada. Will check my cellar to see if I have more bottles. If I do I will try another one and post a review. Will re check for my bitter note comment. Thanks

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2017 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero Nebbiolo

1/12/2022 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

This is an amazing wine. Cork has a smell of cloves, medium red in colour, great acidity, smells of raspberries and tar, good length from the bouquet of light fruit flavours/tar/leather/violets that envelope the palate. At 14.5% alcohol this does not taste like a hot wine. The complexity of flavours keep increasing with time in the glass as you finish the bottle. My delema is whether to drink my remaining bottles sooner in case the tannins and alcohol overcome the fruit component that tastes so great now?

Pinot Peter commented:

1/13/22, 9:02 AM - please let me know what your opinion is after you try a bottle!
Pinot Peter commented:

1/13/22, 10:49 AM - Hi,
PNP no decant. Saved half for the next day. Seems slightly hot more sweet fruit.
Pinot Peter commented:

1/13/22, 3:09 PM - SARED,
To me the alcohol was more pronounced the second day and I believe is helping elevate the intensity of the fruit flavours? This is an individuals perception and may not be what your palate tastes.

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2018 Domaine Amiot et Fils Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes Pinot Noir

10/27/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Deep red in colour, no nose, excellent dark fruit flavours, just a touch of a candy floss taste but that goes away as the bottle sits, tannins are evident on the back of the palate along with a satisfying sweetness from the fruit. This as most 2018,s from MSD I have tried is very approachable young and has the capability with age to impress. Will leave the rest of the case for a few years before opening another bottle.
The second day the tannins are dominant giving this wine sense of dryness and masking the fruit component. Will definitely need time!

Pinot Peter commented:

10/28/21, 3:55 PM - aajder,
My experience with the Pierre Amiot wine is they need time. With you big format bottles they will even age longer. I have found Amit's wines to take at least 8 to 10 years to balance out and let the fruit component shine. They need just need time. Those bottles will reward you time
Pinot Peter commented:

10/28/21, 7:28 PM - Sorry for my poorly worded reply.
Yes I believe that if you let your wines age at least 8/10 yrs the wines will reward your patients .
I tend to open one of Amiot,s wines the first year then another in two more years and then gauge when to open the next. Your big bottle format doesn’t lend to opening your bottles early. Best to just read other peoples notes over the next few years and decide when you want to open the bigger bottles . The longer the better.

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2019 Jérôme Chezeaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots Pinot Noir

10/6/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Medium to dark red in colour, good acidity, ample tannins.
Jammy raspberry flavours,slight spice note, a candy floss after taste at this stage. Needs time to evolve.

Pinot Peter commented:

10/12/21, 9:49 AM - Dajapino,
This wine is drinkable young if you are OK with the very sappy raspberry flavoured pinot. I will wait and let the fruit balance out with my remaining bottles. I will open up another bottle in a year and see how it is evolving. I do feel this will age very well. It all depends on your tastes!

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2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo Nebbiolo

5/8/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

The 2013 for me is a more classic tasting nebbiolo from Barbaresco. Starting to show a brick red colour, great acidity, tannins are softening and the fruit favours are beginning to become more pronounced. Flavours of tar, leather,raspberries and tobacco. There is a dryness on the palate initially from the tannins with only a slight sweetness from the fruit. This is starting to show balance. Opened from the cellar at 60 degrees F. This opens up after the first glass as it warms in your hand and begins to show more weight on the palate and sweetness from the fruit. This becomes a great tasting wine as you let the bottle open up. I will decant or let the next bottle sit for a couple of hours . This will age well.
Tried the left over wine the next day. Softer and way more fruit forward. Excellent

Pinot Peter commented:

9/25/21, 12:02 PM - Thank you Bin707 for making me aware go my tasting note being posted by the WSJ wine writer! Appreciate you taking the time to do that.

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2012 La Pousse d'Or Corton-Clos du Roi Corton Grand Cru Pinot Noir

4/11/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

This is awesome. Drinking very well now with ample aging potential. Dark red , good acidity and fabulous balance of dark fruit flavours and soft tannins. This just gets better and better with every glass. This has great weight in the mouth and coats the palate with its fruit flavours. An impressive Corton! A pleasure to drink.
This is excellent and what I love about Burgundy reds!

Pinot Peter commented:

8/19/21, 12:35 PM - Thank you

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2016 Domaine de Montille Bourgogne Pinot Noir

11/25/2020 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Medium red, great nose of dark fruit, such an approachable and easy drinking Pinot, good acidity, good length, great fruit flavours with a good tannic spine. The fruit flavours dominate and linger and leave a sweetness on the palate. Great Bourgogne!
Wish I had bought more. A bargain every day wine!

Pinot Peter commented:

6/21/21, 2:37 PM - Thank you for the additional info on that wine.

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2010 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru Pinot Noir

4/22/2021 - Pinot Peter wrote:

This is just starting to show a colour transition from all medium red to a slight orange rim. This has great acidity, moderate tannins with a very predominant flavours of cedar and raisin. The residual taste from the tannins leaves a dryness and bitterness on the palate . Disappointing wine for me . No extra bottles in my cellar to see if this is typical or unique for Lambray,s Clos des Lambrays 2010 vintage?
Checked my previous notes and the taste profile seems to be off in several bottles.

Pinot Peter commented:

4/23/21, 4:42 PM - Thanks.for the comment. I have not had much luck with my case of 2010 of this wine.
I do enjoy this wine and have several vintages because I have had some exceptional wines from here.
Pinot Peter commented:

5/28/21, 3:11 PM - Thanks for your comment

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2017 Marc Colin et Fils Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Chatenière Blanc Chardonnay

4/27/2021 - KVM wrote:

Pale yellow, crystal bright. Gunpowder, green apple and anise nose - wow. Candied pear fruit flavour is the first thing i noticed, then lemon...oh so ripe with long, apple pie finish.. I judge it to be lacking acid for all that ripeness and its a little tiring. Enjoyable but not crushable or age able.

Pinot Peter commented:

4/29/21, 3:10 PM - Excellent note..thank you

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2015 Domaine Heresztyn/Heresztyn-Mazzini Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes Pinot Noir

4/18/2021 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Opened a bottle to gauge its maturity. This is still very young. It is drinkable due to the wonderful dark cherry/berry flavours that are wrapped around a coat of moderate tannins. The tannins are just slightly bitter at the back of the palate. This has all the components of a fantastic MSD 1er Cru with great ageing potential. Absolutely a wonderful complex wine in the making. To me it has GC qualities.

Pinot Peter commented:

4/18/21, 5:03 PM - Your welcome

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2011 Rapet Père et Fils Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses Pinot Noir

8/5/2020 - Pinot Peter wrote:

Medium in colour, medium tannins with minimal dark fruits, tannins prevelant on the palate with fruit lingering in the background, a very light bodied wine.
Ok but no inspiration in this bottle! No flaws just ok!

Pinot Peter commented:

9/2/20, 7:44 PM - Thnaks

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2014 P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Corton-Clos du Roi Corton Grand Cru Pinot Noir

8/4/2020 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Medium red colour, good acidity, well integrated soft tannins with massive dark fruit notes, long length with a slight tinge of dry tannin, slight nose of raspberry, this is drinking extremely well now. This won’t make the two day testing ! Just so approachable and easy to drink with great flavours for a lighter bodied Corton.

Pinot Peter commented:

8/4/20, 12:02 PM - Your welcome

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2015 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts Pinot Noir

8/3/2020 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

Medium red colour , good acidity, slight smoke nose, medium tannins with big dark fruit flavours that overwhelms the tannins and lingers on the palate. Good length. Slight tart flavour due to the tannins. Very enjoyable young wine . This will meld and soften with time. Very approachable now.

Pinot Peter commented:

8/4/20, 7:38 AM - No I did not decant. Since the wine did improve as I poured each glass it would not be a bad idea to decant. Generally I drink the first bottle without decanting and save about a third to taste the next day

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2013 Domaine Jean-Marc / Thomas Bouley Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens Pinot Noir

6/14/2020 - Pinot Peter Likes this wine:

92 points

Slight fruit nose, deep red color, well integrated tannins, massive dark fruit that coats the mouth, slight bitterness that lingers on the palate that dissipates after the first glass, a pleasure to drink, long length
Very enjoyable Beaune 1er Cru
sorry this review is for the 2013 Beaune 1er Cru Reversees NOT the Pommard

Pinot Peter commented:

6/16/20, 3:48 PM - this revue is for the Beaune 1er Cru Reversees ..not the Pommard

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2011 Henri Boillot Corton-Charlemagne Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay

5/8/2020 - KVM wrote:

Dark yellow to orange.. gun powder, smoke and oxidative nose. Wtf. The palate is lusciously textured, herbaceous, pear confit, mature. Jesus, it is good but it has an unusual collection of attributes, for an 8 year old, expensive Grand Cru.

Pinot Peter commented:

5/23/20, 2:32 PM - 3 out of a 6 I tried where oxidized. Just posted my review on my last bottle

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