12/29/2023 - enoconsultant Likes this wine:

Third bottle from a case. Conistent notes. Good rather than great. While it dispalys the signature Krug richness, it lacks the elegance one expects from vintage Krug, perhaps becasue 2000 was such a hot year.

11/11/2023 - enoconsultant Likes this wine:

Third bottle from a case purchased on release. Evolving on course with softening tannins while benefiting from good balance between fruit and acid. Nice lift. Interesting secondary characteristrics of violets, black raspberry and chocolate. Broad shouldered and supple. The alcohol may be atouch high for my palate but otherwise a very good Brunello maturing with grace.

10/10/2023 - enoconsultant Does not like this wine:

My experience with this wine: 3 bottles purchased on release. 1st bottle opened, 12/8/22: oxidized, 2nd bottle opened same date, on the edge, advanced, barely drinkable. 10/6/2023: Oxidized. PreMOx or poor wine making, who knows?

11/29/2022 - enoconsultant Likes this wine:

Typical of the 2014 vintage and atypical for CC; pronounced acidity and angular. A bit more evolved than last bottle in 11/2020 though still quite taut. Approachable now with decanting but more about promise than current gratification. Light gold color, modest aromatics, good lift, somewhat textured, definite CC minerality but lacking the richness expected of a grt CC. I look forward to another bottle from this case in 2-3 years.

11/5/2022 - enoconsultant wrote:

Similar experience to a year ago: first bottle suffered from PMOx. Opened a second that is now more evolved but on the edge: golden color, modest correct P-M nose. Mature beyond its years but not over-the-hill. Too angular for my taste: lacks suffient fruit to balance its bracing acidity. This is a problem for many 2014 white Burgs and Sauzet did not out perform the vintage in this example. Not enough stuffing to hang on a very structured frame. Long-time Sauzet buyer who has now experienced too many bottles suffering from premature oxidation in recent vintages. Having to open two bottles of 1er Cru P-M to use one is unfortunate, to say the least.

10/15/2022 - enoconsultant Likes this wine:

Conistent note with previous bottle in October 2021 but now more completely into its secondary nuances. Still needed time to present. (I do not typically decant red Burdundy of this age). Initially nose was dominated by a forest floor mustiness, with time it showed its Vosne spice, a touch of violets and black fruit that continued on the palate. Medium body. Harmonious with the right amount of acidity to give it lift without poking through the fruit. Fine example of Suchots with a number of years ahead. Outperformed expectations for the vintage and producer.

8/27/2022 - enoconsultant wrote:

Discernibly Pommard but one where the limitations of the vintage have prevailed and produced a rather charmless wine that lacks balance as the acid pokes through the fruit. Still, its crunchy red cherry palate and masculine presence along with modest aromatics make it enjoyable if not compelling. Doubt time will improve what the grapes did not provide.