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• Labrador Likes this wine: 99 points

  July 31, 2020 - WOW!
  There is only one way to describe this wine - stunningly spectacular wine in every way.
  It was every descriptor you can imagine - from "ethereal" to "outstanding" and any other superlative that comes to mind.
  It was crisp, bright, fresh, balanced, had incredible red fruit (on the nose and on the palate), that "just right" hint of sweetness, palate-coating and a finish that went on and on and on.
  It went perfect with duck.
  And, "perfect" is perhaps what this bottle was.

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• jmoore431 Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 14, 2018 - A bit more evolved and classy than the last time I had this, tasted blind: deeply colored; red cherry and cloves; balanced and mellow with good acidity adding freshness (and giving away the vintage). A really nice bottle!

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• rocknroller wrote: 90 points

  October 2, 2017 - Lonny Might Be Turning Sixty (Tilia, Mpls): Medium red color. Drank a 1.75 oz pour over 40 minutes. This bottle felt more tired and maybe had some heat damage. The fruit was not nearly as expressive and the usual perfume is just not coming through. Baked cherries and earth on the nose, baked red currants on the palate, still fairly tart. 89 to 90pts.

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• Bellissimo wrote:

  October 1, 2017 - Brought to a restaurant, shared with friends--same bottle as RockNRoller. Slow-Oed for 90 minutes before we got to this then kept small pour in glass for 2 hours and was probably best 60 minutes after it went around the table. Perfumed, red fruit, forest floor, feminine but nothing other worldly and not worth the pricetag I paid from a reputable retailer 2 years back. If I threw points around I'd go a little higher than RnR but not much.

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• rocknroller wrote: 95 points

  April 4, 2017 - Dinner and a Great Mix of Wines at Lonny's (Lonny's Place, Mpls): Medium ruby red color with a subtle 5mm bricked margin. Slow-O for 2 hours before serving. Drank 1 glass over an hour. This really was everything I had hoped for. The combination of maturity, depth and elegance is hard to beat. Great nose with cherry, earth, dried forest floor, and spice notes. The palate is resonant, with sublime red fruits of berry and more subtle cherry here, well delineated, intense forest floor, lifted, great balancing acid, mushroom, mineral, and a burst of spice on the long finish. Everything is right where I want it to be. This is at peak now. I only wish I had more left....

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• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Gérard Raphet
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 92 (45%)
• Consumed 114 (55%)

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