March 6, 2020 - La Paulée de New York - The Verticals (Eventi Hotel - New York NY): Walk around tasting, in 12/08/06 vertical. Ripe red cherry and berry with licorice, allspice and clove. Ripeness well balanced with very bright textures, especially on long finish. Slightly brooding today in the middle, better 2024 forward, 93-94 point potential.
March 6, 2020 - The Verticals Tasting at 2020 La Paulée de New York (Eventi Hotel, New York): Light and stemmy but with some mild sweetness. Not particularly impressive now but needs time to sort out.
March 21, 2017 - Lovely color. The nose is lush and aromatic; showing fragrant scents of ripe berries, flowers, spices, damp soil, sexy oak and minerals. This is medium full bodied on the palate with very good concentration and excellent class. The long finish features sophisticated tannins and very good balance.
March 10, 2017 - La Paulee de NY - Verticals Tasting (Rainbow Room - NYC): tasted at large walkaround tasting. lots of structure here, this is going to take time to come together. lots of tannin. really nice black cherry. some herbal and spice notes behind. excellent.
March 10, 2017 - La Paulée de New York: Vertical Tasting (Rainbow Room - New York NY): Tasting, brief note. Perfumed start with red and black berries throughout, complemented with licorice, cloves and cinnamon. Starts out lush and powerful, finishes with perfect elegance. Very tasty already, this has the hallmarks of a 94-95 point wine with some time in the cellar. I wish I bought more than 1 bottle at release.
March 10, 2017 - La Paulée Verticals Tasting (Rainbow Room NYC): Wow! Exceptional wine. Great nose with incredible purity and red fruited pleasure on the palate. Just gorgeous.
March 10, 2017 - The Verticals at La Paulée 2017 (The Rainbow Room, New York): Light red. Fragrant and perfumed with a hint of mint. Elegant lighter weight. Red and black fruit, fine acidity, dry finish. Gorgeous, complex lighter style Grand Cru, just exceptionally refined.
June 8, 2014 - Grands Jours de Bourgogne 2014 Day 2: Côte de Nuits 3-18-13: Not yet bottled. Supreme suppleness (my notes: "souplesse absolue!") atop a fresh and spicy jam. Wow.
July 2, 2013 - Day Two in Burgundy: Ponsot, JJ Confuron, Vogue, Mugneret-Gibourg (Cote d'Or): Barrel tasting at domaine. All red fruit with great spice. Strawberry, red cherry, anise, soy all come through. Super elegant start, picking up weight, density and power from middle to finish, showing lots of grand Cru intensity at end.