January 21, 2024 - Totally spoiled bottle from Acker auction. Pop and pour down the drain. Very disappointing!
June 8, 2023 - Good aromatics with stems, black tea, and red fruit. The concentation of the wine was shy to 99,08,14 on the side. The core fruit was not as pure and fresh as the other wine tonight, and it carried an earthy undertone. 92-93
January 10, 2023 - Quite expressive at present, consistent with much of the '00 lineup from the Domaine.
September 10, 2022 - 200 Burgundy Grand Crus from vintage 2000, 4-day blind tasting (Singapore): Beautiful nose here, red fruit, cured meat, light bodied, elegant, whole cluster. Body a bit too light but great wine overall.
March 13, 2022 - La Paulee Gala dinner….along with it’s siblings showed tremendous aromatics, though I felt the fruit wasn’t quite cranking to the same level as the best in flight (90, 05, 10). A bottle I had of this a couple years back seemed to have a bit more power, perhaps because that wasn’t in a lineup such as this. Nevertheless it has to be considered one of the successes of this vintage
March 12, 2022 - 10/09/05/03/02/00/98/90 vertical. I preferred this to the 02 and it was in a perfect spot in the context of the line-up. Not as much concentration as the best wines in the flight, but very attractive spice and black tea complexity.
March 12, 2022 - La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): My table's 8 vintage vertical at La Paulée. At a perfect place right now, this has both fresh and mature red cherry & berry, baking spice, earth notes, and layers that kept unfolding in the few sips I was able to enjoy. Certainly less concentration vs most in the flight, but a perfect wine for the vintage.
August 18, 2021 - A denseness but smoothness here. Does not yet have quite the relative expressiveness of the La Tache. 94-95+
February 25, 2021 - Signature DRC nose. The palate was a little angular and I felt there was a bit of a hole in the middle. I used to love drinking 2000s but maybe time has caught up with some of these and the limitations of the vintage is starting to show. Still a nice wine and one might have better luck with a different bottle. Had this twice within the month with consistent impression.
January 29, 2021 - DRC GE Lunch: The first whiff and sip made me howl with delight, literally. Aromatic fireworks of classic Vosne spice and rose petals, so effusive one had the sense we were drinking at the absolute peak. It's in a perfect state of evolution. Upon first pour this was the best of the flight vs 2002 and 1999. A couple hours later this seemed to be fading where the '99 was just picking up steam. If you want one vintage of GE to enjoy now as a pop and pour, this is the one.