February 21, 2021 - We opened and left the bottle in 2 hours to serve. It shined with pale clean ruby color, attractive nose of red fruits, floral and sea side wind. The palate was complex as well but the body was on the lean side, silky smooth. A very enjoyable wine to have now.
February 16, 2019 - This is really delightful tonight with delicate, fairly lacey, but still rich and penetrating red fruit. There's lots of earthy sous bois with baking spice undertones and hints of violets. All in all, this is quite nice and, to my tastes, drinking perfectly tonight.
April 4, 2016 - Medium red. Very primary fruit on the nose (cherry, strawberry, bright fruit). Palate was soft, medium tannins, and good structure.
Lovely wine but seems to need more time to let the fruit mellow out a bit.
wait 5 yrs+
March 30, 2016 - Bt decant 2hrs, dark ruby offering red fruits and oak spice. Good concentration in mouth with slightly elevated acidity, mildly sweet fruit and plenty of oak and spice. Tannin need to be integrated but not distracting. Obviously need more cellar time.
January 10, 2016 - Tonight, for me, this is what burgundy should be, like a bantam weight boxer, light and sleek, but still quite powerful. The nose is rich and expressive and the mouthfeel is light and delicate with excellent depth to the red fruit, earth and sous bois. The finish is quite long and the tannins still have a bit of a bight to them. Really pretty after several hours of air.
September 14, 2014 - Tonight this was gorgeous! The nose was very expressive with red fruit, pretty floral notes, abundant damp earth and sous bois, Asian spice and hints of wood. The well delineated flavors on the palate were deep and rich and mirrored the aromas beautifully. Some mocha notes also showed up in the mid palate. The mouthfeel was abit more delicate than I was expecting, but all in all, this was stunning.
September 11, 2014 - (at Ruby Jack’s Steakhouse – Tokyo) A real treat. Pale ruby color. The nose is the star here: strong floral/violet element, earth and spice. Layers and layers of aromatics. Lovely feel in the mouth, there is obvious power but a certain spicy complexity that announces “I am serious – pay attention to me.” There is some tannin on the finish but surprisingly open. I liked this a lot. (95)