September 7, 2019 - 🏅Rating 90/100 (4,0⭐)
Tight even after 3hrs uncorked. Classy Ruchots with animalistic, earthy aromas and spices. Underlying fruit is sour. Pine tree forest.
Tannins are firm.
It has the concentration and focus of 1er Cru, but it lacks the elegance and fruit. 2002 was a great vintage. Arlaud produced from this most Southern 1er cru of Morey St. Denis quite a hot wine. Alc.: 13,5%
I like the precision, intensity of aromas, but fruit you would expect from such wine is not surfaced enough.
It will take time to even out this rustic character, however I doubt it will ever reveal its fruit the way it should.
Domaine Arlaud owns 15 ha of vineyards and became the 1st certified biodynamic estate in Morey-Saint-Denis in 2014. Grapes are picked by hand, sorted twice, and meticulously attended to throughout the winemaking process. The Pinot Noir spends 14-16 months in barrel.
June 5, 2019 - 🏅Rating 93+/100 (4,35⭐)
Syrup of forest berries. Earthy opening, tight. Explodes with perfume of over ripe, almost black sour cherry. Pine trees. Present chewy tannins. Develops with black truffle, confeteur strawberries and touch of game (duck breast). Dense wine with huge aging potential.
That's the Burgundy I admire. Wine that triggers both emotional and intellectual sides of you. Has its own individual character.
Premier cru level with no doubts. Maybe not as wide spectrum as top Grand cru wines might offer.
Wine you don't wanna rush with. Let it show you all the grace at its own pase.
It is graceful, lighter character than those from Gevrey.
Les Ruchots is located just beneath Clos de Tart in the deep down the slope. Surrounded by tree walls the Ruchots is warm microclimat.
June 2, 2019 - 🏅Rating 93+ (4,35⭐)
Syrup of forest berries. Earthy opening, tight. Explodes with perfume of over ripe, almost black sour cherry. Pine trees. Present chewy tannins. Develops with black truffle, confeteur strawberries and touch of game (duck breast). Dense wine with huge aging potential.
That's the Burgundy I admire. Wine that stimulates both emotional and intellectual sides of you. Has its own individual character.
Premier cru level with no doubts. Maybe not as wide spectrum as top Grand cru wines might offer.
Wine you don't wanna rush with. Let it show you all the grace at its own pace.
It is graceful, lighter character than those from Gevrey.
Les Ruchots is located just beneath Clos de Tart in the deep down the slope. Surrounded by tree walls the Ruchots is warm microclimat.
January 11, 2016 - Arlaud with Arlaud (Portland restaurant, London): Very scented, floral. Dark red fruit. Dense and plush. Darker and more savoury than the Raphet Vougeot alongside but less extracted than the Charmes and better for it. Seems to benefit from the style in 02. Lots here. ****
August 15, 2014 - A whole bunch of great wines with new and old friends (Marblehead, Ohio): Corked
April 14, 2012 - Restaurant purchase. Popped and poured. Cork good. Color dark ruby. Nose and palate mostly secondary but core of dark cherry fruit drives this one. Finish medium length and smooth. In a very nice place now but will definitely hold.
February 11, 2008 - In contrast to the Bouchard this was a beast. Dark from color to flavor. Quite un-Morey-like in nearly every way possible. Would have guessed Gevrey if this had been served blind. That aside, the wine is quite good with beefy, meaty qualities mixing with dark berries, plums and tobacco. Brutish but not scratchy tannins are pervasive on the backside of the wine. Generally I don't think of Arlaud wines being this masculine and huge (certainly their '98s were not like this at all) so I don't really have much reference point to consider where this wine will go. Would seem that time will be kind to it if it can unfurl and meld the tannic structure into the gobs of fruit that are in the wine. Hard to say if that will happen or not. I would go 89(+?) and wait 5 years before giving this a go again.
February 28, 2005 - Novice burg drinking: Too young and tight. Even then, not a ton of promise, will fruit ever come out? I dunno. Still nice.
May 23, 2004 - Cherry red color; lovely, ripe framboises and berry nose; beautiful ripe strawberry, framboise palate with good acidity; medium finish