Community Tasting Notes 12

• Collector1855 wrote: 97 points

  July 9, 2021 - Now we are entering unicorn territory, Rene Engel... Boom, the nose sais it all. Splendid aromas of sour cherry, game, dried meat, Vosne spices, refined and complex. The palate is distinctively sour, like a whisky sour mouth feel but with so much aroma and red fruit. A texbook burg and showcase why we drink Pinot Noir from Burgundy. Alas, every time I drink a wine of the late Rene Engel I get both sad and angry to see how the Chateau Latour team of Francois Pinault have bastardized these wines, trying to make Parker style extracted Bordeaux in Burgundy. So stay away from Domaine Eugenie. It is not a successor Domaine, it has not even the slightest resemblance with the Grandeur of Rene Engel. 97

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• hungrybram wrote: 91 points

  December 30, 2019 - I really admire Rene Engel for producing sensual wines that are so finely textured, expressing complexities in a gentle way. Their Brulees is a big step up from their village, from my experience, but I think their Clos Vougeot & Grands Echezeaux are also quite a big step up from the Brulees. This 98 brulees was drinking seamlessly w/ integrated spices & Brulees sweetness after 2hrs.

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• Burgnick wrote: 88 points

  March 6, 2017 - Vosne spice, perfume and red fruit on the nose. Palate has too much tart fruit. The fruit lacks the roundness and pureness. The nose is much better than the palate.

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  March 2, 2017 - RE & Truchot dinner at Jade Palace.
  
  Another very nice wine to have alongside the Truchot MSD. These 2 wines "made" our 1st-flight. But of course, expectations were much higher for the coming 2nd-flight!

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• justburg wrote: 88 points

  March 2, 2017 - Engel and Truchot dinner at Jade Palace. Flight 1 with the Truchot MSD VV 99, Engel Vosne 99, Serafin Gevrey 99. This was actually quite disappointing. Tawny orange, a little too evolved for a 1er from Engel. A rather feminine nose of dried roses, pomegranate, cherries, strawberries and incense. This was really more Chambolle like than the exotic, wild character of a Vosne from Engel. On the palate, this was initially quite silky, with matured red fruit, along with cherry cola, leather, earth and herbs. Over time, there was a disturbing tea leaf element, and it seemed to fall off quite quickly. Probably not a representative bottle.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1998
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine René Engel
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Brulées
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

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• In Cellars 53 (52%)
• Consumed 47 (47%)

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