Community Tasting Notes 10

• SenatorTaco Likes this wine: 88 points

  October 21, 2023 - Clearly nobody else is drinking this wine but I opened it up tonight after buying a random bottle on WineBid a few years ago. Is it amazing? No. But still very much alive with forest floor, mushroom, and dusty cherry.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  December 7, 2014 - Visit to Gérard Raphet in June 2014: Good red colour. Lighter around the rim. A core of red berries on the nose, showing some secondary underbrush and mushroom notes. On palate, good fruit weight. Flavours in the red berry spectrum, particularly raspberries and red cherries. The acidity is yet to settle. The good tannins also need time to more fully integrate. It was very tight in the mid palate, but my sense was that this was a good, solid wine. Gérard said that the wine was not ready, but if you have to drink it, do so with game meats. Give this wine 5+ years.

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• Cigar nuke wrote: 93 points

  April 18, 2014 - - Garnet color with medium forming legs. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Silky texture with a medium finish - I think this is magnificent. Gorgeous dusty earthy aromas. Bloody, meaty palate with fine tannins and a medium to long finish. I immensely enjoyed his wine with my medium rare rib eye and polenta and jus. Not as great as the 2011, but nevertheless outstanding.

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• beezer6 wrote: 90 points

  December 4, 2011 - Grand Burgundy Tasting (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (Northbrook, IL)): Ocean breeze. Clean rocky slate.

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• zscheiner Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 3, 2011 - Brought to dinner at Chez Spencer in SF. Pretty nose of red cherries and dried flowers with just a touch of brett. At this really low level the brett actually added interest for me, although Ashley said it bothered her a bit. On the palate this is more dark fruited, black cherry and raspberry, with a nice medium weight and sappiness. Good acidity to balance and a bit of damp earth. This is excellent and remains open for business.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Gérard Raphet
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 63 (44%)
• Consumed 78 (55%)

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