March 21, 2021 - Decanted 1 hour. Red, brick red. At first a bit muted nose with black cherry, plum, mineral & earth, palate. Opened nicely over next hour plus, nose showed the same fruit profile, picking up some red fruit freshness as palate sang a bit more. Nicely balanced acidity, integrated tannin together provided good definition, moderate length with a lovely crisp finish. Seemed a notch up over prior bottle, two years ago. Enjoyable. I'd say drinking nicely, ready to go.
December 17, 2020 - Excellent Village wine.
August 10, 2019 - Pure, med intense brick red. Dry, med+ acid, med(+) tannins, med body and intensity. A bit alcoholic. Red fruits but also some tertiary notes. Long finish. Very good.
Drink.
My notes: Red berries, mushrooms, vanilla, spices, rose petals, black olive, herbs.
February 23, 2019 - Decanted 1 hour, drank over course of dinner, another 1.5 hours or so.
Concur with WMCONE54, particularly 'mineral laden earth with tart cherry, spicy raspberry'. Overall tightly wound, with a bit of loosening up over 2.5 hours. Fairly muted nose, balanced but mineral/acid/earth was salient in palate with fruit taking something of a backseat, though that tart black cherry sang throughout. I'd let it rest further.
December 20, 2018 - Clear, bright medium ruby color and medium body. Although early in the drinking window, this wine requires a decant and lots of air. Very pungent and savory, developing aromatics and flavors leading with decaying leaves; and red, charred, mineral laden earth with tart cherry, spicy raspberry, and ripe strawberry poised more in a supporting role. Great intensity, solid complexity, and excellent balance; plenty of acidity to support at least another 4-5 years in the cellar. I’d be more concerned with the fruit fading well before the structure. Finished long. Enjoy with oily fish, game, or roasted meats. Upside potential.
November 4, 2017 - Almost 3 years since last bottle.
A bit muted nose where the fruit has taken a few steps back leaving space for more spicy and earthy aromas but still on the rather young side of things. Dark cherry, bruised strawberry, mushroom, decaying leaves, rose petal and Pinot-spice.
Silky mouthfeel with high acidity and soft tannins. Very quaffable but not without finesse and concentration. If I had anymore bottles of this wine I'd let them rest for another 3-4 years because based on this bottle this wine has more to offer. As some people already mentioned this is a really good village wine!
October 28, 2017 - Beautiful velvety texture and concentration of fruit. Perfectly balanced.
June 26, 2016 - Wine with a Few Smaller Meals While in Burgundy; 6/21/2016-7/1/2016 (Cote d'Or (Mostly)): From magnum. Cross-section of red, black and blue fruit here with savory spice. Moderate weight and length, but very nuanced flavors already starting to unfold. Very elegant textures. Great Villages wine.
September 11, 2015 - Still too soon. Wait until 2017 at the earliest. Backwards right now.
May 15, 2015 - Rather stalky, traditional style. Very good!