12/19/2013 - jayh808 wrote:

Bottled under neo cork and showing. Oxidized with an amazing amount of ethyl acetate on it too. Undrinkable.

12/23/2010 - jayh808 wrote:

Pale straw with green hints, moderate earth driven nose. Surprisingly rich for an '04 with baked yellow orchard fruits and lemon curd notes framed by baking spices and vanillin (oak) with light wet stone. Moderate plus body, with a rich, creamy roundness to it (lots of batonage?) more so than even Grand Cru '04 whites. Moderate plus acidity, moderate alcohol and complexity. Long length with a slight nutty back end. Palate flavors follow the nose with slightly more richness and density. An enjoyable, thicker '04 that lack some of the definition I was hoping for.

5/8/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Dark in color with a tight nose of blackfruits, cherry, spice and raspberry. Medium bodied with good intensity. Pretty tight on the palate as well with more blackfruits cherry and baking spice. In great balance, and in need of a few more years to flesh out more.

5/8/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Aromas of spice(nutmeg, cinnamon) slate, minerals, ripe fruits, pear, lemon and vanilla. Medium bodied with with great intensity. Spice, minerals, pears, pineapple, lemons and tropical fruit fill out the palate. Good balance considering the hefty alcohol. Luckily with the large amount of ripe fruit it should outlast the heavyhanded oak treatment.

4/30/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Pretty much the same with mushrooms, spice, baked bread apple and pear on the nose. Lively mousse and acidity with more mushrooms, earth, yeast and apple.

5/7/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Medium garnet with the slightest bricking on the rim. Aromas of tar, fresh and dried roses, dried cherry, violets and dusty currants. Medium to full bodied with great intensity. Waves of tar, cherry, earth, strawberry, roses and spice. Balanced, young with slightly drying tannins.

4/22/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Light yellow color as to be expected from such a baby. Semi tight nose of orange peel, dried apricot, honey and peach. Medium bodied with lots of fatness. More of the same in the mouth with a burnt sugar quality and good botrysis. Nice, but will never be great.

4/22/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Light to medium brick red coloring throughout. Nose full of red fruits, cherry, spice, hung game/dried meats, mushroom. Medium bodied with resolved tannins and an explosive taste of red and black fruits, spice, mushroom, truffle, earth, hung game, tobacco, tea and cardomon. What Burgundy is all about.

4/20/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Dark cherry, raspberry, dark fruits and cola in the glass. Medium bodied with waves of more dark fruits, raspberry and spice. A little hot, a little unbalanced.

4/20/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Very tight in the glass only being able to coax out some dark fruits, cola and spice. Suprisingly lighter bodied with more dark fruits, strawberry ad cherry. A lot better than the No. 6 but still hot, out of balance and not a pleasure to drink.

4/20/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Nose full of bright cherry, cola, raspberry and spice. Sikly smooth, medium bodied in the mouth. Dried cherry, spice and cola follow through on the palate. Nicely balanced.

4/17/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Light maroon with orange hints. Tar, roses, mushroom, earth, licorice and dried cherry. Medium bodied with waves of tar, truffles, roses and fruit. A little wound up with good tannins, acid and fruit. Alcohol(14.5%) peaks out a little

4/10/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Plum, spice, raspberry, tea and cocoa. Medium bodied with layers of more plum, raspberry and spice. Relatively balanced with a good finish, young.*

4/8/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Tar, roses, mushroom and cherries. Medium bodied wilth loads more cherries and a smoky component. High acid and tannin, a tad hot.*

4/7/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Leather, earth, cherry and tar. Medium bodied with dried cherry, raspberry, tea and mushrooms. High acid and tannins with a lengthy finish.*

3/30/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Reductive nose of blackberry, cassis. smoke and minerals. Palate is dominated by smoke and dark fruits. Well balanced with gripping tannins.

4/3/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Pale straw gold with a greenish hue. Lively nose of mushroom, earth and green apples. Fresh acid with a tinge of lemon. Decent delineation and finish.

4/1/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Straw yellow in color with fine beads and a lively mousse. Green apple, baked bread, mushroom, lemon and yeast. Fresh on the palate with much of the nose following through with strong acidity.

4/1/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Flawed, dumped.

4/1/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Pale yellow, scents of melon, pink grapefruit, kiwi, passion fruit with a hint of grass and herbs. More melon and tropical fruit on the palate. Vibrant acidity and good finish.*

4/1/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Raspberry jam, sour cherry, boysenberry and spice. Medium to full bodied with more dry jammy fruit and a decent amount of tannin. Claret styled and nice for this style.*

3/28/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Boysenberry,blackberry, cocoa and smoke in the nose and palate. Medium bodied with soft tannins, some complexity and a nice finish with good balance

3/27/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Water white with pale straw color towards the edge. White peach, honey, lemon, mineral and spice. Creamy in the mouth, flabby, lacking a good acidic back bone.

3/26/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Dried cherries, baked/overcooked strawberries, raspberries and cherries though the fruit seemed muddled/dirty, not really pure, though a definite expression of fruit. Reasonably balanced with more fruit than acidity and tannin.

3/26/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Pale yellow green with nose of green apple, pear, lemon/lime and a hint of mint. All follows through on the palate with orchids and honey added in. Good balance of acidity and fruit with a great expression of terrior.

3/26/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Dark in color with loads of dark berries, casis, chocolate, cedar and vanilla. Round in the mouth with all of the above and oak. Slightly hot, with sweet tannin and a moderately long finish. Prefer to the 2001, didn't have the 2000.

1/5/2005 - jayh808 wrote:

Beautiful clear red orange color with rust orange toward the rim. Full nose of clove, peat, damp mushrooms, dates, orange peel, brandied apricot. In the mouth strawberry, overripe persimmon, roses and tea. Good balance between fruit/acid/tannin with a medium finish. Tannin still needs probably another year to integrate.

12/2/2004 - jayh808 wrote:

Nose of citrus, orange & lemon rind with barely a whiff of cherries and strawberries poking through. In the mouth the citrus overwhelms giving a sense of spritz and blocking out almost everything else. I hope this is just a bad bottle since I still have two more left, but I don't believe it to be. After one glass corked and put in the refridgerator in hopes that the citrus notes may lighten.