June 10, 2022 - Beautiful nose. Sweet strawberry fruit, tomatoes Umami. With some guts. Sexy and exotic with that nutty marzipan goodness. Rich and sweet. And dark and deep. Good grip some smooth tannins still. Earth and blood. Iron. Dirt. Very good long umami dark. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5-5.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17-17.5/20.
November 20, 2021 - The nose cries Vaucrains, with its black fruit and chalky aromas, and attractive secondary notes of damp leaves and mushrooms. A rather sweet and expansive mouth follows, with lots of energy, ending with the typical Premeaux chalky flavors of south NSG, which is martial and vertical, balancing the sweetness in a complex manner, wrapped by round and domesticated tannins, and a lingering and fresh finish. The depth of flavors is really attractive. The wine is at its plateau now, but could go on for another decade easily and maybe more...This is impressive, and again Chevillon Vaucrains is a superb wine, delivering year after year much more than another 1er cru...."Vaucrain" or vaux rien, means litterally worth nothing...so in that place, the fiery people of NSG have turned curse into a blessing...I admire that labor of love !
May 6, 2021 - Before MCO 3: I'm gonna be honest and I totally got this wrong too, guess it was another good vintage of Italian. Still very youthful, full of primary fruits, sweet and lush with no hard edge. It has just the sufficient acidity to keep it from being flabby. It has a little more savouriness than the Chimney. Very good length with full of juicy ripe fruits and leather. No problem to go further.
July 24, 2020 - This is more on the rustic side once again but delicately evolved over the 20 years of its sideways time. Damped wood and freshly cut mushrooms to start of and grilled meat, barbecue sauce, Iberico ham a bit further in. Showing more of its fruity and floral side with air and on the palate. Ripe sour red fruit and rose petals. Liquorice, coffee, bonfire and raw chocolate. Tight on the finish indicating even longer ageing potential.
January 19, 2018 - Still dark, very appealing nose with secondary nuances earth, mushrooms, spices, good red fruits, lovely fully mature Burgundy, bit short on the palate
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October 14, 2017 - Uncles Fine Wine Club’s - Spontaneous wine tasting event at Tords: Nice and complex with the age. Medium intensity, but complex nose of dark cherry, cassia, blueberry compote and chocolate - lather it turns a bit earthy as well. Good balance on the palate with brighter cherry and red fruit.
September 5, 2016 - last bottle of a 3 bottle lot. 1st and 3rd were excellent. 2nd Bottle corked. Masculine NSG, dark fruited, great structure, some secondary showing but still with years to go.
July 31, 2016 - Similar to previous bottle. Nose shows brambly red-blue fruits: black raspberry and blackberry, bright citric fruit of young pinot, spices, a bit of purple florals, stones, blood, iron, guts and earth. A bit of stewed tomato.) Still young (grabbed the bottle by mistake). This is tart and showing the young citirc fruit and the berries, along with minerality and the blood and guts. Finish is tart as well and similar to the rest. Very little tannin, this is aging on the acid. Should be wonderful in 5-10 years. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 4.5-5+/6, Finish - 4.5/6 , Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15-16.5/20
June 2, 2016 - Casual Wine Dinner (Grand Sichuan at St. Marks, New York City): Full, gorgeous nose offers so much purity and focus. Black cherry, spice with a substantial earth/mushroom component. Palate is really delicious with creamy black cherry fruit, spice, herbs and leather. So many flavors in a clean, polished, concentrated and precise wine that commands your attention.
June 2, 2016 - Nanda does Grand Sichuan (St. Marks Place Grand Sich, NY): My favourite of the Burgs. There's some leathery, almost meaty funk here amidst an array of savoury earth, red and dark fruited flavours, and a palate that combines intensity and power with a lightness of touch and finesse that makes this very easy to drink.