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Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - Don't pay much attention to my "score" here- it's hard for me to give a number rating to stuff like this because I score with QPR as one of the factors at play, and this is out of my price range- I think the most expensive wine I've ever enjoyed, considering the secondary market (and shared by a very generous friend.) Long story short, it WAS *very* incredible and detailed, with an extremely rare balance of complexity and depth, but I also know that if I had treated myself to this, I wouldn't be fully convinced of the price. I know it's not one of their "top" cuveés, too. Basically, in terms of quality I'm slightly underrating it, and in terms of QPR I'm slightly overrating it.

Based on the handful of wines I've tried from the village, I'd say it spoke clearly of Nuits-Saint-Georges; by this I just mean that it had a certain rusticity, with notable furry tannins, dark mushroomy earth, and in general, pretty densely-packed, darker plummy fruit- but I know these qualities are possible all over burgundy.

What a deep and layered nose, which started intensely earthy (hiding the fruit, a very faint funk that disappeared fast) but very quickly opened up in the bottle after 30 mins. It's not explosively perfumed, but persistent and expressive. It's not so uncommon to find high quality PN with that "forest floor" thing, which was very present and slightly dank- mushrooms, autumn leaves, mossy bark, some leathery tone- and it's not necessarily uncommon to find a PN that shows pretty dark, heady fruit, with lots of black plums and blueberry, some black cherry, starting to show its age slightly with a very faint dried-fruit character (thankfully this was very subtle)- but I feel it's very *uncommon* to find a PN that shows both of these characteristics, both extremely earthy/woodsy, and also showing plenty of expressive, ripe fruit. The raw woodsy character almost reminded me of great Nebbiolo sometimes, and there was some notable tannin- very textural, but still ultimately fine-grained, not coarse. It was probably pretty tough on release.

If I had to argue it was missing something, it was a certain...spark? That's not to say it wasn't incredibly engaging and delicious; it just felt like a very "serious" wine, dark and brooding, something an old vampire might drink in their gloomy castle. I love that kind of thing, but for something so pricey, I was also hoping for a little more lift, clarity, precision, etc. That said, there's no denying the broad array of flavors and gorgeous interplay between them.

A beautiful experience - I wouldn't have batted an eye to learn it was, say, $125, $150, maybe even $200. But it's around $500 on the secondary market. I'm hoping to try more of their wine someday for sure, but I'm not currently saving up for one. Most importantly, I will always love their label.

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