Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions2018 Frederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Nuits
- Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Community Tasting Notes 3
-
Francophile1 Likes this wine: 92 points
April 15, 2023 - Poured from a 375ml bottle. While this is still very young and primary, it is really good. Purity of black cherry fruit laced with minerals, earth, spice, and everything nice. A touch of F. Esmonin funk on the nose too, which I always enjoy. Sour cherry on the finish. The nose is better than the finish at this young age. Give it time.
-
Timbalimba wrote: 92 points
September 7, 2020 - Profound nose of dark fruits, tar, charred oak, Brighton Rock, ripe black cherry. Generous palate, ripe fruit, smooth tannins, very ripe dark fruits but not overripe. I've tried the village wine, the VV village wine, two 1:er Crus, and the other Grand Cru (Mazy) from this vintage and I have to say this is the most accomplished of the lot. You can discuss value for money and the merits of the '18 vintage (very volatile) but this is the best I've tried from F Esmonin in this difficult year. I would say this is a match to a good 1:er Cru from a good producer in a decent year. And I usually rate F Esmonin very highly when it comes to value for money, but obviously this was a challenging vintage.
-
Brolawa Likes this wine: 92 points
July 23, 2020 - Outside and socially distanced, blind wine tasting of young burgundy 375s for a future Chevalier dinner. Wines and comparative notes as follows:
2017 Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanee: Not much of a nose and very strong tannins - so strong that it finished at a screechy halt on the palate. It's a burley wine - almost like a young Bordeaux. Didn't taste like Burgundy. 87
2017 Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanee 1er Cur Les Orveaux: Strong notes of mineral and red fruit throughout vertical. Notably superior to the village wine. 91
2016 Domaine Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers Vieilles Vignes: Very respectable wine. A nose of red fruit, floral and mineral with a touch of smoke. This held up through the entire vertical. Tasty wine, but outclassed by the Esmonins. 91
2016 2016 Domaine Hervé Sigaut Morey St. Dennis 1er Cru Les Millandes: This wine has strong notes of cherry and mineral throughout the entire vertical. Reminded me of a young NSG. 91
2017/2018 Frederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin: These wines were very similar and I picked them both as from somewhere in Chambertin. Surprisingly complex nose of fruit, smoke, mineral, wood for such young wines. I really enjoyed them both, with a nod to the 2017 which had more complexity and more flavor. The 2017 was the winner on the night, and I personally liked the 2017 so much that I bought a case. 2017 = 93; 2018 = 92
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2018
- Type Red
- Producer Frederic Esmonin
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Nuits
- Appellation Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 5 (2%)
- In Cellars 212 (87%)
- Consumed 28 (11%)
Food Pairing
Who Likes This Wine
More About This Wine
Articles
- ProducerFrederic Esmonin
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Nuits
Add Articles
- Wine2018 Frederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin (add)
- FamilyFrederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin (add)
- ProducerFrederic Esmonin
- VarietalPinot Noir
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Nuits
- AppellationRuchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru (add)