March 18, 2024 - A bit thin and dusty - I can't tell if this is young and needs time, over the hill, or just is what it is. It's not bad but not particularly exciting either.
January 24, 2023 - Nose: cool, dark cherries.
Palette: touch of green. Perhaps slightly stewed Strawberries from age but just slight as it is not that old. Slight oak. High acid.
Enjoyed
October 17, 2022 - Last bottle and it’s just as well. This is a nice wine with a gorgeous nose. Certainly better than my last tasting in 2020. My only issue with it is the lack of extract or concentration.
June 3, 2022 - Like the wine: nice red fruits, solid structure, and a decent QPR at <$30 USD, but I’d really like to see more depth and complexity. Somewhat generic, but still in development. Paired with chargrilled Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, riced cauliflower, Brussels sprouts.
September 11, 2021 - Ripe red fruit, earthy and silky, with sufficient remaining acidity. In a good place, with a little more time ahead of it. Very enjoyable and a good value.
May 21, 2021 - Coravin fun - Burgundy & Bordeaux (KC's place): From Coravin. Cream, oak, cherry; a little maraschino note, touch of wood glue and cedar. Medium plus intensity acidity, more savoury black cherry as well maraschino in the mouth with slight salinity and some mid-palate burr. Hmm.
May 5, 2021 - this did well with some air and moving toward room temp. just classic example of why burgundy makes the best wine in the world, and it's really not close.
May 5, 2021 - Nice QPR, drinking well here.
April 23, 2021 - A charming, relatively simple Village level Burgundy. Fresh and lively with lots of tart red fruits, some tannin and lots of acidity. Clear, medium (bordering on pale) ruby, medium minus body, and medium alcohol. Very nice, but lacks complexity, intensity and concentration. Medium finish. Appears not to have seen much oak treatment. Decanted and enjoyed with baked chicken and garden, tossed salad. Drink now or over the next couple of years, unlikely to improve with additional cellaring.
March 9, 2021 - Bought three Matrot 2014 reds from Garagiste for a song, in order to compare the different villages.
Monthélie: the lightest of the three, but with lovely verve, insistence, freshness and bright fruit. A real food wine. Really enjoyed it. 89 points.
Auxey-Duresses: the middle-weight of the group. Fuller in body and depth, perhaps a bit more complete, but somehow lacked that je ne sais quoi? Still liked it, just not quite as much. 88 points.
Meursault: surprisingly (?) the deepest-pitched and most complex of the three. Darker fruit, more tannins, more spice, and just more overall presence. Quite a contemplative wine, especially for the price with this much age on it. 90 points.
Very fun little tasting!