2012 Burgundy at Noizé (Noizé, London): This is touch surly on the nose, with plum and dark cherry fruit. Medium bodied, with some firm but fine tannin, perhaps a touch hollow on the mid-palate, medium length finish. Found it difficult to read this.
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Nick A's 2012 Burgundy Horizontal (Table A) (Noizé, London): Muscular, meaty wine with hints of marron glacé and pomegranate. With air a little Morello cherry that flirts with kirchiness but stays just the right side of the line for me. Palate is spicy and rich with some Bakewell touches and a pleasant tension. Improves in the glass.
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In the decanter 45 mins prior to drinking. Very tertiary, raisened, almost oxidised on the nose, soupy, wet and dried leaves, earth and all very savoury. At the end of its shelf life, drink up
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Hmmm. A funny one this. Something not right - little on the nose an little on the palate. Corked or very closed? What there is on the palate is very dark like a southern Rhone. From other recent CT notes, this seems sadly flawed. Cork seemed fine.
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Rare are those moments in service that urge me to immediately retreat to a dark room and do blitz-research on a liquid that just blew me away. Luckily, this always happens when the restaurant is in cruise mode. So why Le Grappin? Named “one of the top 10 unsung Burgundy producers”, Andrew Nielsen (chief winemaker) is one of THOSE people – those people that quit their mind-numbing advertising job to become one with Gaia, i.e. to produce fantastic Pinot Noir in Cote de Beaune. His whole philosophy – hand-picking, manual bottling, ledger paper labels and the absence of capsules – digs deeper than just “try the wine, sell the wine”. It employs a no-bullshit approach to create purity of unfathomable measures. The Boucherottes offers luscious notes of dried cranberry, mocha, ripe strawberry, wet wood, barnyard and hints of Mediterranean herbs. Grippy structure, with a savoury ending that lasts and lasts. Acidity on point, alcohol on point, everything on point. Un vrai délice!
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Dark coffee nose, some smoke. Good acidity, with depth. Long and rewarding taste, but too little fruit. Not sure it will be much better with longer cellaring.
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Starting to come together with a good balance between ripe red fruit, sous-bois, and sandalwood oak flavours. A decent Beaune with one or two extra layers of complexity but I'm not sure about the value for money on offer. Plenty of hype, not much of a bargain.
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The Empress and Le Grappin Winemaker Dinner (The Empress, Bethnal Green, London): Medium/deep ruby. Nose a touch closed, showing red and blue fruits. Medium bodied, notable firm, but fine tannins, but bigger in build than the 2013 which followed it. Good depth of fruit and a very good length finish suggest that this should improve with a few more years. **(**?).
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The nose is dominated by lots of red ripe berries, raspberries, strawberries, lingonberries, some oak is present in the form of some wood, a touch of chocolate, a little coffee. There is a bit of funky meat and a little pepper as well. Very nice, and with good depth.
Medium+ acidity, bordering on high. Some tart tannins, but no greenness or stalks. Generous fruit on the palate, but a dry, medium+ finish. The intensity is medium+ as well.
Very nice, and with good potential even though it drinks very well right now. Even better on day 2.
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Le Grappin with Caviste (Grappe, Stockholm): Nose with ripe strawberries, cherries, spices, balanced oak notes, and just a touch of “traditional Pinot notes” including animal notes. The palate is medium bodied(+) with fine concentration of fruit, ripe strawberries, good acidity, mineral, spices, medium tannins of a polished type, and has a fresh aftertaste. More generous and somewhat “friendlier” fruit than the 2012 red Savigny village, as well as a bit more polish, but also here a rather cool impression, and balance. Rather young, 89+ p.
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Pulled the cork and gave it a lot of air quickly. Has some reduction that needs to blow off. After that, a gorgeous nose of rose petal, cranberry/raspberry, white peppercorn, spices, with just a little bit of wood to round off everything. On the palate the acidity screams out, carrying the tart red fruit and spicy tannins along. Very, very young and rough around the edges, but this will be a stellar Burgundy given enough time. Will be burying my remaining bottles in the cellar.
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Mr. Andrew Nielsen debuts 2 new Premiere Crus from the 2012 vintage - Boucherottes and Greves, both from the Savigny les Beaune appellation.
The 2012 Le Grappin Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Boucherottes is medium (+) ruby in colour, more rustic than bright in style. A nose of candied currants with some leaves and soil.
Intense berry notes flood the palate followed by candied notes of cherries. Quite some weight on the palate with a fat acidity that gives some structure to the wine. Have got a bolder structure compared to the Village, Savigny-les-Beaune rouge. Good balance and overall pleasant with any faults. Hitting the right chords.
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5/9/2024 - Paul D wrote: 88 Points
2012 Burgundy at Noizé (Noizé, London): This is touch surly on the nose, with plum and dark cherry fruit. Medium bodied, with some firm but fine tannin, perhaps a touch hollow on the mid-palate, medium length finish. Found it difficult to read this.
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5/9/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nick A's 2012 Burgundy Horizontal (Table A) (Noizé, London): Muscular, meaty wine with hints of marron glacé and pomegranate. With air a little Morello cherry that flirts with kirchiness but stays just the right side of the line for me. Palate is spicy and rich with some Bakewell touches and a pleasant tension. Improves in the glass.
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9/9/2021 - jwebtx wrote:
Mature. Lovely. Must be some bottle variation (I suspect due to cork choice).
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8/1/2021 - red.red.vino wrote:
In the decanter 45 mins prior to drinking. Very tertiary, raisened, almost oxidised on the nose, soupy, wet and dried leaves, earth and all very savoury. At the end of its shelf life, drink up
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8/7/2018 - king-bing wrote:
Hmmm. A funny one this. Something not right - little on the nose an little on the palate. Corked or very closed? What there is on the palate is very dark like a southern Rhone. From other recent CT notes, this seems sadly flawed. Cork seemed fine.
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2/2/2018 - grapenomad wrote: 94 Points
Rare are those moments in service that urge me to immediately retreat to a dark room and do blitz-research on a liquid that just blew me away. Luckily, this always happens when the restaurant is in cruise mode. So why Le Grappin? Named “one of the top 10 unsung Burgundy producers”, Andrew Nielsen (chief winemaker) is one of THOSE people – those people that quit their mind-numbing advertising job to become one with Gaia, i.e. to produce fantastic Pinot Noir in Cote de Beaune. His whole philosophy – hand-picking, manual bottling, ledger paper labels and the absence of capsules – digs deeper than just “try the wine, sell the wine”. It employs a no-bullshit approach to create purity of unfathomable measures. The Boucherottes offers luscious notes of dried cranberry, mocha, ripe strawberry, wet wood, barnyard and hints of Mediterranean herbs. Grippy structure, with a savoury ending that lasts and lasts. Acidity on point, alcohol on point, everything on point. Un vrai délice!
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1/21/2017 - Chasse_spleen wrote: 90 Points
Dark coffee nose, some smoke. Good acidity, with depth. Long and rewarding taste, but too little fruit. Not sure it will be much better with longer cellaring.
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7/27/2015 - Timbalimba wrote: 89 Points
Starting to come together with a good balance between ripe red fruit, sous-bois, and sandalwood oak flavours. A decent Beaune with one or two extra layers of complexity but I'm not sure about the value for money on offer. Plenty of hype, not much of a bargain.
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6/23/2015 - Paul D wrote:
The Empress and Le Grappin Winemaker Dinner (The Empress, Bethnal Green, London): Medium/deep ruby. Nose a touch closed, showing red and blue fruits. Medium bodied, notable firm, but fine tannins, but bigger in build than the 2013 which followed it. Good depth of fruit and a very good length finish suggest that this should improve with a few more years. **(**?).
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5/18/2015 - Lilja wrote: 91 Points
Spicy, generous and delicious!
The nose is dominated by lots of red ripe berries, raspberries, strawberries, lingonberries, some oak is present in the form of some wood, a touch of chocolate, a little coffee. There is a bit of funky meat and a little pepper as well. Very nice, and with good depth.
Medium+ acidity, bordering on high. Some tart tannins, but no greenness or stalks. Generous fruit on the palate, but a dry, medium+ finish. The intensity is medium+ as well.
Very nice, and with good potential even though it drinks very well right now. Even better on day 2.
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8/13/2014 - Vintomas wrote: 89 Points
Le Grappin with Caviste (Grappe, Stockholm): Nose with ripe strawberries, cherries, spices, balanced oak notes, and just a touch of “traditional Pinot notes” including animal notes. The palate is medium bodied(+) with fine concentration of fruit, ripe strawberries, good acidity, mineral, spices, medium tannins of a polished type, and has a fresh aftertaste. More generous and somewhat “friendlier” fruit than the 2012 red Savigny village, as well as a bit more polish, but also here a rather cool impression, and balance. Rather young, 89+ p.
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7/18/2014 - Monty_Vin wrote: flawed
Corked.
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6/21/2014 - ucbeau Likes this wine:
Pulled the cork and gave it a lot of air quickly. Has some reduction that needs to blow off. After that, a gorgeous nose of rose petal, cranberry/raspberry, white peppercorn, spices, with just a little bit of wood to round off everything. On the palate the acidity screams out, carrying the tart red fruit and spicy tannins along. Very, very young and rough around the edges, but this will be a stellar Burgundy given enough time. Will be burying my remaining bottles in the cellar.
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1/25/2014 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 88 Points
Mr. Andrew Nielsen debuts 2 new Premiere Crus from the 2012 vintage - Boucherottes and Greves, both from the Savigny les Beaune appellation.
The 2012 Le Grappin Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Boucherottes is medium (+) ruby in colour, more rustic than bright in style. A nose of candied currants with some leaves and soil.
Intense berry notes flood the palate followed by candied notes of cherries. Quite some weight on the palate with a fat acidity that gives some structure to the wine. Have got a bolder structure compared to the Village, Savigny-les-Beaune rouge. Good balance and overall pleasant with any faults. Hitting the right chords.
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