March 1, 2024 - La Paulée de Los Angeles - The Verticals (Maybourne Hotel - Beverly Hills CA): Walkaround vertical tasting. Shocked at how approachable this was already, given vintage and terroir. Soft and easy fruit and a bit of braised meat. Very good now.
February 16, 2024 - Cherry, strawberry, plum, potting soil nose. The palate delivers a mouth-coating rush of cherry, liqueur, a tad of cassis. A hint of iron and a dash of medicine at the end. The definition of velvety tannins.
A delicious wine with an extremely long finish. But not a full-bodied wine—ignore comments saying as much.
February 5, 2024 - From magnum and surprisingly polished and round.
Well mannered fruit, beautiful aromatics, soft rich feel but all well in balance and really an effortless beauty of a wine. Granted could use some more complexity at times but it will never fail you. 92 and easily another decade of beautiful drinking ahead.
December 13, 2022 - Drank at a dinner party, paired with tagliatelle with truffle; out of the bottle (no decanting), the nose was clearly Burgundy, body is medium+, medium + acidity; tannins are starting to integrate, the palate is blackberry and some minerality / earth tones; still to young to judge but certainly a good wine.
August 4, 2022 - Full bodied Pinot from a hot year, stylistically in line with the recently tasted Gouges Bourgogne and Nuits Village 2018, a bit too high in alcohol, not sophisticated, but drinking well.
February 7, 2022 - Decanted for 3 hours.
I was on the fence between "I like it" and "Neutral" on this one but came to the conclusion that I am "Neutral" on it for a Gouges Clos des Porrets but overall, "I like it".
The nose is quite opulent and ripe with cherries, plums, cassis, tilled earth and some oak spices. This is close to full-bodied and quite lush. The tannins are supple with a hint of grip. It's quite juicy, thanks to the acidity but the fruits on the palate are a tad too ripe or cooked to my liking. It finishes a little warm which fits in with the fruit profile. I'm missing a little rusticity here that would keep the ripe fruit in check. Not my favorite vintage and I'm not sure what time will do to this one.
August 2, 2021 - Medium nose with notes of black / red fruits, vanilla, black currant. Still youthful with medium+ acidity and tannin. A very well made Pinot that can only get better along with time. In my opinion, its either decanting for at least 3 hours if not to try again in next 3 - 5 years time. Not ready to drink and the score will get better with time
April 12, 2021 - Pronounced nose intensity with notes of red fruits, strawberry, cherry, spices. Medium+ acidity and tannin. Decanted for 4 hours
April 4, 2021 - Nose of deep red berries and baked goods. Full and round palate that fills my mouth with delicious flavours. Oak and tannins were not overpowering and were very in sync. Paired really well with beef ragu. While really open, this is definitely too young but it has lots of potential. Excited to see whether this evolves and gains complexity with time.
February 9, 2021 - Vinmarken er en egen del av Porrets st. Georges om kun Gouges lager. Alt avstilket, 15% andel nye fat.
Litt reduktiv, men ganske pent det her.
Blir knall om noen år.
Flott frukt på smak.
Fast i fisken.
Flott lengde 91p