Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Sunday, November 6, 2016 - The "Clos" dinner - aka Burgundies from Clos, or "walled" plots (Bar-a-Thym, Singapore): On paper, this should have been firing on all cyliders. A great vintage on the cusp of maturity, from a decent plot of CdV, from a very stylish maker. Somehow though, served blind, it gave a solidly good, but far from great showing. The nose was rather tight, but attractive enough - some brambly stems, a waft of spice and meat, wisps of red fruited aromas, and then a vaguely flower lilt, a bit like wilting petals I thought. The palate felt a touch skinny for a Grand Cru, with the fine bones of its structure - in the form of well-formed tannins and decent acidity - sticking out a little through a thin, silky robe of red fruited flesh. Attractive flecks of wood spice and some black tea flavours then pulled the wine away into a rather unconvincingly mid-length end. Not a bad drink at all - quite finely made, and it had nicely opened, very translucent feel to it - but I thought it lacked the seductive appeal and that sense of weightless depth of a usual Hudelot-Noellat Grand Cru.

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