February 28, 2024 - Antoine Jobard/Hudelot-Noëllat Dinner at La Paulée de Los Angeles (Kato, Los Angeles): Slightly deeper ruby. Ripe, powerful nose. More weight and sap than the 2017. Pungent citrus, blue and black fruit, less pyrazine imprint than the younger wine, fine grained tannins, long finish. This is clearly the biggest and most powerful but not necessarily the finest of this trio. Compared to a tasting in 2018, it was less open and floral, and it continued to shut down in the glass, with drying tannins coming to the fore. At least excellent potential with a lot more time needed. It will never be as seductive as some other vintages, though.
January 13, 2024 - At ficofi PGC had a taste and this was still so tight. Needs a lot more cellar time.
December 12, 2023 - Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Closed, dont open this before 2030.
December 11, 2023 - Still far less ready than the 2011 next to it - keep on the back of your cellar
January 17, 2020 - During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Compact young, very good material. Closed so hard to judge. I am confident that this will end up in the 96-97 range. Do not open before 2030.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de San Francisco - Grand Tasting (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Tasting, brief note. Also lots of red cherry and berry on nose and palate with incredibly integrated spice and blackberry hints. Power and elegant at the same time with a long, expanding finish. Excellent 95-96 point potential.
March 3, 2018 - Paulee. Stemmy, harmonious and light on its feet.
March 3, 2018 - Gorgeous medium depth, elegant, flavorful, great balance, lovely wine.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de SF Grand Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, SF CA): A highlight of the tasting. Serious amounts of Vosne spice on the nose. Loads of fleshy black cherry with spice through. Dense and structure. Like the Suchots, but with more intensity. 95-97
March 3, 2018 - Some Wines from the 2018 La Paulée Grand Tasting of 2015 Burgundy (The Fairmont, San Francisco): Red color. Fragrant and floral. Light, tart red fruit with a touch of green, fine acidity. Moderate finish in which the acidity was more noticeable than the tannin. A different bottle was equally delicious but had more depth and seemed less delicate. Little question this will turn out to be outstanding over time.