Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - RSV and Richebourg Dinner + Montrachet and La Tache (Holland Park, Singapore): Tremendous. Opened 6 hours before service, this was absolutely singing. Wonderful stuff that stood toe-to-toe with a 1996 La Tache without batting an eyelid. The nose was amazing - mossy earth, and sweet exotic spice, toast, then a deep waft of dark cherries and crushed violet petals. Just magic. Perfume and earth. Lovely stuff. One of the best noses on any Burgundy I have drank in a long time. The palate was still a bit young and tight. It gave tons of pleasure for sure, with an already opened mouthful of dark cherries and plums, seasoned with earth, mineral and spice - but there was still a certain primary thickness and a clench of 2002 structure to it, with plenty of fine, firm tannins and bright acidity underlying the more elegant fruit and spice character. The finish felt especially structured, with fine tannins undergirding an otherwise mouthfilling burst of orange peel and wood spice. Absolutely wonderful stuff, but not quite as giving and open as the beautifully pure 2001 Hudelot-Noellat Richebourg just poured before. My next bottle will be kept unopened for at least 2 years more.

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