March 26, 2024 - Also young and structured, also still inviting. Vibrant fruit, violets and smoke, very long. A-
November 23, 2022 - Out of mag. Pretty dark berry fruit. Nice purity, particularly on the nose. Still has the 99 Burg austerity and is a bit rough on the palate. Particularly for a D'Ang Ducs. Maybe one day it will come around. Maybe..
November 19, 2022 - 1st of 6 plus 3 magna, opened an hour then decanted 45 minutes, perfect cork and level - Angerville wines take ages to show, but at 23 years I was hopeful, particularly given the fine vintage.....so what a disappointment! dark, translucent ruby with little development; cranberry, plum, touch of earth and sous bois, acid edge; medium, quite long and persistent but no real concentration, acidity gives unbalanced and angular sense, pure certainly, but not very interesting and not enough obvious heft to give assurance of better times ahead, all of which is odd given wine and vintage, hopefully this ok bottle is an outlier, certainly there is no rush to drink, so maybe time will help. VG+ for now (16.5).
November 7, 2022 - A private dinner (Restaurant De Lage Vuursche, Lage Vuursche, NL): Nutty and evolved nose, oxidative, toasted; firm and structured palate, medium weight, tertiary flavours, tired; very good length. Not a perfect bottle. Not rated.
July 25, 2022 - A dark brick red color. Still quite youthful in appearance, but some subtle signs of age. On the nose, it started rather slowly, but blossomed into red fruit and spice on the nose. The palate was silky and while somewhat reserved at first it unfolded into an explosion of raspberry and redcurrant fruit on the mid palate with great balance and structure. This is in a terrific place but shows little signs of slowing down. Drink now or hold. This could last a few more decade easily. Impressive stuff.
April 20, 2022 - didn't find this quite so tight or tannic as some, perhaps it is emerging from that stage. i rather enjoyed it
February 25, 2022 - Best of 5 vintages of Clos de Ducs served today. Rounder and more lush than the other wines, but retaining balance and offering depth. Everyone kept coming back to this wine.
June 28, 2021 - Tight and tannic, even after three hours. Deep red at the center, and a little rust on the edges. Strawberry, cranberry, and earthy notes. Very clean and dense. After 22 years, not sure when this will settle down.
February 25, 2021 - [Blind] A bit tight and restrained but also not obviously youthful. (Makes sense given my last note in 2019) A very quiet showing although there is beauty here. Black fruited and a little stubborn in terms of expression at the moment. Showing off some nice spice too. Lots of power and lots of life ahead. Cranberry. 92 - 93.
March 19, 2020 - Decanted for about 1 hr, then drank over the next two. Perfectly resolved sweet tannins, and without a hiccup in terms of any flaws or unpleasantness of any kind. Dark cherry and leather and forest floor on the nose, red fruit and cocoa powder and a hint of tobacco on the pallet. Only thing kept me from saying perfect was a little lack of depth and complexity and perhaps a short finish. But I was perfectly happy drinking this.