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Red
2012 Le Grappin Beaune 1er Cru Boucherottes
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Beaune 1er Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 12
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jwebtx wrote:
September 9, 2021 - Mature. Lovely. Must be some bottle variation (I suspect due to cork choice).
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red.red.vino wrote:
August 1, 2021 - In the decanter 45 mins prior to drinking. Very tertiary, raisened, almost oxidised on the nose, soupy, wet and dried leaves, earth and all very savoury. At the end of its shelf life, drink up
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king-bing wrote:
August 7, 2018 - Hmmm. A funny one this. Something not right - little on the nose an little on the palate. Corked or very closed? What there is on the palate is very dark like a southern Rhone. From other recent CT notes, this seems sadly flawed. Cork seemed fine.
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grapenomad wrote: 94 points
February 2, 2018 - Rare are those moments in service that urge me to immediately retreat to a dark room and do blitz-research on a liquid that just blew me away. Luckily, this always happens when the restaurant is in cruise mode. So why Le Grappin? Named “one of the top 10 unsung Burgundy producers”, Andrew Nielsen (chief winemaker) is one of THOSE people – those people that quit their mind-numbing advertising job to become one with Gaia, i.e. to produce fantastic Pinot Noir in Cote de Beaune. His whole philosophy – hand-picking, manual bottling, ledger paper labels and the absence of capsules – digs deeper than just “try the wine, sell the wine”. It employs a no-bullshit approach to create purity of unfathomable measures. The Boucherottes offers luscious notes of dried cranberry, mocha, ripe strawberry, wet wood, barnyard and hints of Mediterranean herbs. Grippy structure, with a savoury ending that lasts and lasts. Acidity on point, alcohol on point, everything on point. Un vrai délice!
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Chasse_spleen wrote: 90 points
January 21, 2017 - Dark coffee nose, some smoke. Good acidity, with depth. Long and rewarding taste, but too little fruit. Not sure it will be much better with longer cellaring.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2014, Issue #50, Another Round Of The Beautiful 2012 Burgundies: Tiny Yields and Superb Quality(Beaune “Boucherottes”- Le Grappin- Maison Andrew Nielson) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Le Grappin
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Boucherottes
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Beaune 1er Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 10 (5%)
- In Cellars 122 (58%)
- Consumed 80 (38%)
Food Pairing
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- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationBeaune 1er Cru
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