4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

This was put into a flight of Bordeaux as a ringer. It stood out as being a bit hot and one-dimensional. Not bad for the price and genre, but obviously not my favorite.

4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

A classic Pauillac and drinking well.

4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

Dark and intensive. A great wine from a not so great year.

4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

A bit dirty on the nose at first. Becomes better with time. Not the best of these bottles, but still a very nice mature Bordeaux.

4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

A very nice well balanced and intensive villages drinking great today.

4/1/2016 - VHJV wrote:

A bit oxidized at first, but not completely DOA. Surprisingly, it resolves itself with enough time (3 hours) and becomes really delicious with that terrific chalky intensity.

12/29/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Spice and oak. Has a very nice velvety mouthfeel, but clearly not giving everything it has in store now. Better on day 2. For the cellar.

12/21/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very nice.

12/13/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Delightful bright, complex fruit together with earth and meats. Beautiful purity and balance. Really wonderful texture. A great village.

12/6/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Warm and jammy. Not at all to my liking.

11/29/2013 - VHJV wrote:

As good as ever.

11/23/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very nice, deep wine with a lovely structure. The aromatics are complex with excellent fruit from the darker end of the spectrum and the usual Gevrey earth with some vegetal notes also. A wonderful village wine as usual from this address.

11/15/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Nicely complex, smooth and finely balanced. Some vegetal aromas. Becomes very nice with three hours of air. On the second day and after three hours it really starts kicking, delivering a wonderful experience of a deep, complete and complex red Burgundy. Really outstanding.

11/9/2013 - VHJV wrote:

My first Rhys Syrah. Nicely complex and with a perfect balance. Classic Syrah aromatics. Expressive, but not too overt fruit. A very nice acidic structure. Will clearly benefit from further aging, but quite outstanding already. I love Cote Rotie and this fits wonderfully in my boat.

4/4/2014 - VHJV wrote:

Corked

1/17/2014 - VHJV wrote:

Corked.

11/2/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Closed upon opening. Needs many hours to even partially open up. Has a very nice intensive core of fresh fruit and wonderful purity. This will probably develop into a very nice wine with a few more years in cellar.

11/1/2013 - VHJV wrote:

A very nice Gevrey nose. In the mouth quite tight, but becomes slowly smoother with air. Developes very nice earthy and spicy aromatics after several hours. A really great village wine that will be still much better after a few more years in cellar.

10/27/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Young and a bit closed. With enough air it slowly opens up to reveal a nice combination of (not too obvious) Grenache fruit and lovely, much darker Syrah tones. An excellent CdR with a long life ahead.

10/25/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very promising immediately. Young and initially a bit tight. Becomes better all the time until the last drop about three hours from the start. Fresh with chalky minerality and with powerful, complex aromatics that are classically Chablis. This was really a great bottle and I'm looking forward to trying my remaining bottles in a few years. Fingers crossed about premox, though.

10/18/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Red fruits and spicy oak on the nose. Same aromatics in the mouth with a nice mouthfeel, even if quite tight still. Strong acidic structure.

9/28/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Closed, but nice enough. Should just bury these in the cellar for 5+ years.

9/8/2013 - VHJV wrote:

In fine condition. Fresh and pure, a classic Chablis.

8/13/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Spicy, complex aromatics. Great depth of flavor with a lovely structure. This is a really good example of Chambertin, even thought the usual Chambertin wouldn't probably be drinking this well this young (unless it was a Rousseau).

8/13/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Slight reduction at first, but becomes clean after about half an hour. Stone fruits and minerality. Lovely freshness. The mouthfeel is really nice as is the balance. A quality villages.

8/10/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Sweet and complex. Developes a nice minerality with time in the glass. Best on day 4, when the forward fruitiness has given more room for that lovely refreshing minerality and aromatics have become wonderfully complex.

8/4/2013 - VHJV wrote:

A primary nose of sweet fruit and earth. Lovely perfume. In the mouth still very primary for my taste, but with nice depth and lovely balance. Some brett also that gets almost offensive on day 2. The score is for the first days performance.

7/23/2013 - VHJV wrote:

In a good condition. A very nice village wine with lovely fruit, great acidic structure and an excellent balance.

7/16/2013 - VHJV wrote:

A bit over the hill, but a nice drink anyway. Good balance with a nice flowery complexity.

7/2/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Young but delicious. Strong dark fruit with some nice pepper and olives.

6/24/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Not nearly ready yet. Just hinting at the things to come.

6/21/2013 - VHJV wrote:

No formal notes, but a nice mature white Burgundy (so rare these days).

6/15/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very promising, but also very primary and quite closed. Everything is as it should be. This one just needs several years in the cellar.

5/29/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Wonderfully aromatic. Drinking well almost immediately. Very complex and deep in the mouth with ripe red fruits on the fore and then some very lovely game and soil aromas among many other things. The aftertaste is really long and lovely. The structure at first seems to be a bit on the softer side (at least for 2010 Burgundy), but firms up nicely with some air. In the end the balance is excellent and every piece has found its place in the puzzle.

5/17/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Needs an hour to get rid of the gas and even then is still young and tight. Great potential, but needs patience.

5/11/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Ripe, but becomes nice with air. Excellent villages.

5/4/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Smooth, velvety and with greath depth. Wonderfull fruit, spices and classy oak. This has a nice structure with good acidity and lovely balance. A wonderfull 1er Cru.

4/26/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very primary, but extremely promising to begin with. Wonderful depth and a fleshy mouthfeel. This has a great balance and a formidable structure with a style to really match my tastes. Can't wait to try this wine at full maturity.

4/21/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Lovely aromatics and intoxicatingly refreshing in the mouth. So complex and with great balance. Almost speechless...

4/19/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very smooth and nice. Aromatically this is (obviously for a 2009) riper than many other vintages of this wine, so stylistically not my favorite, but really good nevertheless.

4/15/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Young and quite tight. Clearly great potential, but needs more time in cellar.

4/7/2013 - VHJV wrote:

At first this shows a soft structure with ripe strawberry aromatics; not that positive for my taste. After 3+ hours it became a completely different wine. The structure had become much better and the obvious ripeness disappeared. I've seen this before with Bertheau wines and I knew to expect that. The performance of the left overs on day 2 was better still and really showed that this is a quality Chambolle from a quality producer.

4/3/2013 - VHJV wrote:

A really lovely depth and intensity of flavor and aromatics. So pure and smooth. Really wonderful.

3/26/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Lovely spicy fruit. Great intensity and depth. A wonderful 1er Cru.

3/24/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Nice aromatics of mature fruit and barnyard. In the mouth still a bit closed, but improves with air. A very reliable Bordeaux.

3/23/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very nice complex and mature fruit with bacon and earth. Gains weight with air and is really excellent in the end. Has a great balance.

3/19/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Nice and pure with the usual dark Bachelet aromatics and a very good depth.

3/8/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Very, very nice, deep and complex wine, but also very tight now.

3/5/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Fresh, dark and powerful fruit. Wonderful intensity. Impressively structured still, but starting to show some maturity. Tight, tannic and closes down with air, so probably needs still years before hitting true maturity.

3/2/2013 - VHJV wrote:

Dark fruit with lovely freshness. Great balance. Some interesting aromas of pine needles. Great for this level.