Community Tasting Notes 2

• Alex H wrote: 82 points

  July 9, 2010 - Stinky cheese, sharp nose of metallic minerals and rancid sour cherries balanced off with earthy undertones. Lively acidity, lifted at times, lots of sour red cherries, grippy, a touch of nervousness.

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• Paul S wrote: 90 points

  July 3, 2010 - Char Siew / Roast Pork Showdown (Martin & Joyce's): I liked this quite a bit more than Alex H. Interesting nose, with strawberries and raspberries sprinkled with perfumy dried flower notes and dashes of incense, herbs and Angelica root. Just that bit of glycerol in there disturbed me slightly, otherwise, it was really inviting. Palate showed the high acidity of the vintage, and a lot more of the dried herbs that marked the nose. Again, there was a healthy amount or sweet fruit - strawberries and raspberries - underlying the tertiary flavours, so that the wine seemed almost sappy for a 1996. A little kum kum orange peel note rounded the mid-palate off. Girardin's extracted style is not always to my taste, but it seemed to have worked in the 1996 vintage. Finally, firmish, slightly powdery tannins added a sense of structure, just drying out a little bit too much towards the finish, making it seem a little short, a little hard. Otherwise, a very enjoyable wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard La Maladière
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Santenay 1er Cru

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• In Cellars 13 (87%)
• Consumed 2 (13%)

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