Community Tasting Notes 24

• nanerman wrote: 90 points

  March 22, 2024 - Sour cherry, some nice earth, and mineral notes, but overall thin and short finish limits this one.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  January 14, 2021 - Given 2 hours of air. Healthy ruby throughout. Menthol and light red fruit aromas. Light to medium weight. A glob of oak to start and then...not much, just low intensity, slightly earthy red fruit without a lot of remaining structure. Holding this until age 16 has not resulted in any miracles. Well below average for Premier Cru from a strong vintage. Granted, it is lighter in style in a Gevrey way, but even so, there's just not enough to it.

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• Aravind Asok wrote:

  December 7, 2018 - On opening, this seemed like it might be really disappointing, so I gave it a couple of hours in a wide-bottom decanter and lots of vigorous swirling...transformation ensued. On the nose intense hard cherry candy, licorice, some well-integrated oak, via cinnamon and spice... On the palate, excellent acidity, but this is still a bit hard: more hard cherry candy and licorice, with some bitters on the finish...and some finely grained tannin. Conclusion: this is extremely young...we'll see tomorrow whether that is a reasonable hypothesis.
  
  Day 3 open: still holding strong. No signs of oxidation.
  The tannin has softened only a bit. Earthier on the nose, showing a little more stem inclusion and pure red cherry on the palate. Very good. Revising my drink-by dates giving this at least another 5-10 years.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  October 27, 2018 - Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 12 *shared*, VERY impressive bottles] from 10/26/18 (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): Dr. Tom, thank you, THANK you for this *unparalleled* opportunity to taste a most BEAUTIFULLY aged Red Burg! :)
  
  N: Barnyd (at least init), then mushrooms, finally spice
  
  P: LM body; LOVELY frt met by a BIT of pucker which fairly seamlessly transitions into a VERY LONG finish with a slight spiciness & a refined swtness to the scant, very, VERY fine tannins. Drinking FABULOUSLY right now -- & should "safely" hold for another 3 yrs or so (though a couple of FAR more experienced tasters were speculating 10 addt'l yrs of life left!). 13% ABV: My EXC+/Exceptional-. 90-92 pts Burghound, 90 ea WS & Tanzer, and 16/20 Jancis Robinson. [Apparently purchased from this vendor @ $134.95 earlier that day, though it's unclear whether they have more.]

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• llink wrote: 91 points

  April 25, 2017 - Bright cherry and raspberry nose with a strong mineral essence. Juicy palate, nice acidity with medium extraction. Very lithe and energetic with silky tannins. Long finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Frederic Esmonin
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Estournelles-St.-Jacques
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

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• Pending Delivery 6 (2%)
• In Cellars 200 (53%)
• Consumed 170 (45%)

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