October 26, 2023 - Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (The Morris, San Francisco): Medium yellow. Distracting acetate and chemical aromas. A complete shame as there was a lot of wine underneath all this.
May 23, 2021 - I’ve really loved Paul Pillot wines but this was very disappointing. Probably flawed, signs of VA perhaps. Magic marker aroma, hot finish.I have 2 more bottles and will hope for better outcomes next time.
March 21, 2021 - Light greenish yellow. Apple, pear, and late zesty citrus. Medium weight but wonderful mouth coating glycerine with the lightest touch of oak. Tremendous purity and cut combined with restrained richness. Fantastic Premier Cru wine. I see that I had it almost exactly 4 years ago in Beaune and that my description of it then was almost identical-wonderful both at that juncture and now, and evolving very slowly.
September 13, 2020 - argh... would have been a great match with the 2010 of the same alongside, but sadly was an off bottle.
November 12, 2018 - La Romanee is certainly more expressive vineyards among Chassange Montrachet premier crus. This bottle was no exception. We had a 2014 Caillerets during the same week and 2014 La Romanee clearly stood out as richer and more opulent characteristics. The wine was full bodied with citrus, light peach pie, honey, and lemon cream on the nose, on the palate, rich in flavour with lots of citrus and white fruits, acidity was concentrated yet round, the minerality was gentle with lightly creamier touch, the finish was long.
November 16, 2017 - Good energy, enjoyable.
May 9, 2017 - Good precision and mouthwatering minerality.
April 22, 2017 - Miscellaneous Wines from a France Trip-Burgundy, Alsace, and Paris; 4/20/2017-4/29/2017: Pale, green tint. White flowers, citrus, and peach. Elegant medium weight, great focus, cut, and minerality, pure lemon fruit, just the gentle application of wood in the background. Fantastic saltiness. So young but a total pleasure at this point for its precision. I would have thought high end Puligny. Pillot has won me over for the style of Chassagne he is producing.
Perhaps more apply fruit, vanilla, and wood after being open overnight, but the class in the glass still shows, especially on the dry, mineral finish. Terrific potential going forward.
January 16, 2017 - Better concentration and depth than rest of his 2014 line-up, my preferred pick.
December 13, 2016 - White stone fruits, light citrus, faint spice and moderate acid. Nicely woven but not particularly deep yet. Some upside