January 4, 2024 - The '05 Clos Vougeot was simple, but very attractive and is drinking well today.
On the nose, I found red berry fruit, red florals, and a bit of sweet spices, a very classic expression, remaining very primary today. On the palate, the wine is medium to light in body, lacking a bit of depth and with a bit of an unsatisfying finish, but again what was there was quite attractive, with red fruit, sweet spices, and dark floral tones.
January 3, 2024 - Deep and layered, with notes first red and later of darker fruit, some animalic notes, graphite, some sweet spices, violets, also some minerailty. Medium-full bodied (in the context of Burgundy), with good persistence, there is still some medium tannin that is a little rough and might never fully dissolve, and some medium-high acidity. Good length. A very beautiful Clos Vougeot that is at the beginning of its drinking window.
February 10, 2023 - Solide und Geruch schon mit klaren Altersnoten.
November 4, 2022 - The one with Liz (Home): A lifted style complete with dark ripe fruit which was showing quite correctly for the vintage. Good depth and layered with some complexity while showing quite elegant. What was slightly confusing to me was that my experience with Potel wines have always been a bit more burly, masculine and at times, even a little brash with a stubborn tannic structure - this has changed my mind about Potel!
December 16, 2021 - Drinking very well now...approachable for an 05 C-V. Lots of material here. This is a masculine and dense Grand Cru. The great vintage shows. Poured next to a 2013 Raphet C-V which was quite a contrast. The Raphet was much lighter-bodied with snappy red fruit. This Potel was a more brooding/serious wine showing a bit more black fruit. But the Potel did not come across as modern. Just a stacked wine. Showing some development after 15 years - nice forest floor elements add complexity. Should hold - and possibly improve - for many years. Was great with a hearty beef dish.
September 12, 2020 - A little too extracted for my taste. Dark, plummy fruit, a little barolo-esque, with some nice minerality and structure in there. Enjoyable but not my favoriate style of Burg.
September 29, 2019 - Showing a bit too much brown oaky notes, still in need of more cellar time to integrate. Rosh Hashana at Suzanne and Kenny's.
September 20, 2019 - Taken out to dinner and opened about an hour prior to tasting. Medium deep red; rather restrained savory nose with some red fruits. Initially this was quite tight, especially on the finish; over the next 2-3 hours it slowly evolved into showing more and less tannic fruit and better overall integration. This bottle seemed too young to be showing well; I will save my last one til age 20 or thereabouts. Seems to have the material to evolve into something very good.
August 1, 2018 - Corked. What a bummer. A bottle I brought to Aureole one year ago (also with Jim W. and Joe D'A) was glorious. Quality Italian.
May 13, 2018 - My number 5 of 9 at Old Burgundy Tasting. This wine had the most fabulous, enveloping nose of all the wines. Although an excellent wine, the palate did not quite fulfill the promise of the nose. The entry and mid-palate were full of great fruit, which was nicely integrated, but the finish rolled off quickly and felt a little empty. This was still true at hour 6 after opening.