November 8, 2021 - Full bodied, with a balance of sweet and rustic. A delightful wine that's in a great place right now.
February 25, 2019 - Unusual in that this was quite full bodied and almost wild tasting...Quite strong...animal and soy. This was quite different from the other recent reviews. I'll give my other bottle a few months and try again. Rather atypical.
July 17, 2018 - PopnPour, tasted over 3 hrs, bottle from secondary market
-ruby core mild-moderate bricking
-expressive rhubarb dried leaf sousbois caramel
-med acidity, med/med- weight soft round tangy red-fruit shell surrounds a core of earthy iron mineral, med/med- tannins and trace wood
-this bottle is squarely on a mature plateau showing features of NSG and of the '07 vintage
October 18, 2016 - Decanted for 2 hours. Sour cherries, violets, autumn leaves, soy and dusty spice. Delicious palate, silly, lithesome with rocky detail but a soft touch. I really like the palate. Good acidity, medium structure, deep flavors of spice infused cherry. A little short on the finish, but this is a nice 07 with a soft texture, which for me is classic 2007 red burgundy.
October 5, 2016 - Red tending to black berry fruit, slight stalky elements, cedary notes...Juicy, fleshy with the fruit translating to the palate. Quite robust and firm. Despite 9 years this feels a bit vinfanticide. Went well with roast chook.
May 15, 2016 - At the beginning the nose is about leather and animal four, with time comes the red and dark fruits , complex , smooth tannins , full bodied, quite long finish
August 13, 2014 - Wow, this was really excellent. First bottle of wine on our trip to Burgundy. Red and black fruits mixing with fur, mineral, oak, spice, tilled soil. Open, expressive, complex. Good balance and tannin suggesting that it has substance to age even though it's a 2007 and even though it's already drinking so beautifully. Perfect now and such good QPR (paid about 65 euro at the restaurant). Wonderful. 94-95.
November 30, 2013 - Popped and poured. Dark ruby. Strong scents of fresh-cut florals, plum, cherry, anise, and fecund earth on the nose. Palate laden with rocky notes and iron filings from which emerged a satin-textured sheet of pure red raspberry and black cherry fruit. Jumping with acidity and anchored in serious tannins. Major interplay of red fruit and iron flecks on the long, serious finish. Wow, no doubt about where this came from. Delicious wine, still quite young and energetic.
June 23, 2013 - Drinking nicely at the moment. Some forest elements on the nose, youthful but some signs of secondary development.
May 25, 2013 - Popped and poured. Dark ruby color. Nose of damp cellar, forest floor, plum blossom, a bit of shoe polish. Primary and monolithic on the palate out of the gate, then a slow reveal of dark plum, raspberry, iron, earth, and licorice. Later in the evening some sweet grip emerged. Oak notes prevailed early but seemed to integrate over time. Stern tannins, marked acidity. Finish long and all over the place. Very young wine, disjointed and primary, but displaying lots of great components and promise for the future.