Initially the nose is excellent and aromatic. Very elegant and gentle. I would have rate this perfect score. But the nose did not hold for too long. Maybe is the glasses that I used, in a Chinese restaurant and without proper glassware. Notes of spices, flora, roses, red fruits, mushroom, toast. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Long finish.
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Echezeaux Extravaganza: The first DRC in the tasting and really stood out. The DRCs were very different next to the other wines and the stem was evident versus the completely de-stemmed style of the Jayers and Rougets. The nose was appealing but really a bit hard and short on the palate. Not one of my favourites tonight.
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Tonight I though this was good to very good but didnt blow me away. Classic DRC texture and mouth feel. Asian spices and cherries. Some cedar notes. Bright red fruit. This is drinking really well right now but just didnt have that extra DRC level.
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Party at My Place: A beautiful purple perfume wth great spice. Stalky and expressive. A little bit of nice sauvage in this too, although this is on the cleaner side overall. Pretty straight forward, I’m not getting as much detail or complexity out of this as I’d expect. Good not great, this was a pretty down the middle and plain vanilla example of DRC's iteration of Echezeaux.
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Very consistent with the bottle last year. Fabulous nose of cranberry, red currant and spicy earth. That DRC stem element that they handle so well. Bright ruby, this is totally ready and totally brilliant even at the end of stellar wine dinner. Won't improve from here but the freshness and well intergrated acidity should keep it in good shape for many years to come.
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Medium Brick Brown with quite a bit of sediment. Decanted for 2 hours. Amazing smell of terpentine, salmiak, moss/soil which transfers well to the palate. Spices, layered fruit, danish liquirice and a good acidity with salmiak tannins. Very complex!
Started to fade about 2 hours later but at that point we only had drops left anyway!
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The red wine of the night for me. A class on its own above the other reds from the first nose to the last drop.
Louis Jadot Montrachet 1999 Coche Dury Mersault 2003
Armand Rousseah Chambertin Clos de Beze 2003 Henri Boillot Criots-Batard Montrachet 2010 Patrick Javillier Corton Charlamagne 2007 Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2001 Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2007 Remoissemet Clos de Beze 1997 Comte Georges de Vogue Bones Mares 1995, 1996 Claude Dugat Charmes Chambertin 2006 Dujac Charmes Chambertin 2010 Joseph Drouhin Batard Montachet 2007
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Light ruby, translucent, clean and glossy looking. Decanted for 2 hours. Really fabulous DRC nose (which many guessed blind) of soil, stemmy Pinot and spice. Very seductive and playful on the nose (94+) that I kept coming back to. On the palate, very sensual and wonderful poised balance, layers of fruit which is incredibly pleasurable but I feel the acidity of the year seems to be dominating a bit and the finish for me is not as long as you might expect. Still incredibly pretty and stimulating and a great treat. I wouldn't wait too much longer to enjoy this wine but it certainly is incredibly enjoyable now!
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To give context I try to use the entire 100 point scale so my scores tend to me on the low side but as I think this was a truly outstanding wine I am giving it a 97. Opened 5 bottles for our Fall Chapitre. Each bottle was extremely consistent. On opening the wines were like tightly coiled springs. Very tight on the nose and palate with incredible complexity which was almost too dense to get a clear sense of. The wines were served about 2 hours later and had opened up beautifully with wonderful red fruit notes, great balance on the palate and fantastic finish. There was considerable discussion about whether this was the right time to open this wine but there is no doubt that it is a thing of beauty now. The difficult decision is whether to open our 7 other bottles in 5 or 10 more years...
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Didn't quite fire like the last bottle I tasted in the woods earlier this summer but this is pure elegance with lovely cherry fruit and an ethereal texture. Finishes soft and complex and seems quite ready tonight. It just got lost a little sandwiched between the '96 Leflaive Chevalier and the '82 Haut Brion. Understandable.
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I'm not always the biggest fan of this bottling but this '95 surprised me. Granted, it was drunk out in the woods with rib roast and game bird so it was showing it's best. To me it is perfectly mature now and all about elegance, cherry perfume and the ethereal texture of Burgundy. The layers of soft, complex, creamy cherry pinot fruit combined with the woodsy barnyard (in a good, clean way) flavors of the soil made this float over the flavors of the food in a match made in heaven. Never the most complex wine, but the flavors and texture of this wine on this night were out of this world.
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1970 DRC Horizontal...and Friends (Inovasi - Lake Bluff IL): Black fruit with good spice and perfume on the nose. Palate doesn't follow through as well with the same fruit quality, although it shows good spice. Dense and structure for right now, I'd hold onto this for another decade before trying again. Unlike many 1995s, I wasn't really fearful of the fruit disappearing waiting for structure to balance, but this is still more "structured" than "fun" for now.
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Very understated, subtle, but clearly the red wine of the evening. Nose of dark red fruit, but not overripe. Hint of forest and leather. The mid-palate is persistent and finish long. Complete wine, but not a show piece.
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The cork was soaked up to the last bit (not a good sign), for the first few minutes the wine was generous on the nose, berries and cheeries as well as some floral notes... but it went way soon. The visual wasn’t very pleasing ... the wine was opaque and murky on the glass...on the mouth it did not stand out .. botton line... not exactly what I was looking for.. just drinkable
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Ruby red but lightening. Nose was lovely, red fruits were prominent, dried flowers. Light on the palate with tannins all gone. Faded very quickly. Maybe a weak bottle ?!
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Not ready to drink. Stalky nose leads to a sharp, edgy palate with a firm, exoskeletal structure. It builds in roundness and sap with air but remains mostly unintegrated.
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Absolutely fabulous. Light to medium body, bright ruby red color. Forward aroma and flavors of sweet strawberry, cherry and briar. Light on its feet but huge fruit flavors and complexity. Drinking perfectely but will last for years. 5/04
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2/18/2024 - Sean Tay Likes this wine: 97 Points
Initially the nose is excellent and aromatic. Very elegant and gentle. I would have rate this perfect score. But the nose did not hold for too long. Maybe is the glasses that I used, in a Chinese restaurant and without proper glassware. Notes of spices, flora, roses, red fruits, mushroom, toast. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. Long finish.
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3/7/2020 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
La Paulee 2020 - Gala Dinner (Pier 60): 03104/12268. Drinking well, sappy. 93
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1/11/2019 - cortoncharlie wrote:
Echezeaux Extravaganza: The first DRC in the tasting and really stood out. The DRCs were very different next to the other wines and the stem was evident versus the completely de-stemmed style of the Jayers and Rougets. The nose was appealing but really a bit hard and short on the palate. Not one of my favourites tonight.
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4/7/2018 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 94 Points
Tonight I though this was good to very good but didnt blow me away. Classic DRC texture and mouth feel. Asian spices and cherries. Some cedar notes. Bright red fruit. This is drinking really well right now but just didnt have that extra DRC level.
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4/6/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Party at My Place: A beautiful purple perfume wth great spice. Stalky and expressive. A little bit of nice sauvage in this too, although this is on the cleaner side overall. Pretty straight forward, I’m not getting as much detail or complexity out of this as I’d expect. Good not great, this was a pretty down the middle and plain vanilla example of DRC's iteration of Echezeaux.
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1/7/2017 - dchain Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very consistent with the bottle last year. Fabulous nose of cranberry, red currant and spicy earth. That DRC stem element that they handle so well. Bright ruby, this is totally ready and totally brilliant even at the end of stellar wine dinner. Won't improve from here but the freshness and well intergrated acidity should keep it in good shape for many years to come.
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7/1/2016 - matage wrote: 96 Points
Medium Brick Brown with quite a bit of sediment. Decanted for 2 hours. Amazing smell of terpentine, salmiak, moss/soil which transfers well to the palate. Spices, layered fruit, danish liquirice and a good acidity with salmiak tannins. Very complex!
Started to fade about 2 hours later but at that point we only had drops left anyway!
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5/2/2016 - Simple palate wrote: 97 Points
Grand cru Burgundy wine dinner.
The red wine of the night for me.
A class on its own above the other reds from the first nose to the last drop.
Louis Jadot Montrachet 1999
Coche Dury Mersault 2003
Armand Rousseah Chambertin Clos de Beze 2003
Henri Boillot Criots-Batard Montrachet 2010
Patrick Javillier Corton Charlamagne 2007
Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2001
Ponsot Clos de la Roche 2007
Remoissemet Clos de Beze 1997
Comte Georges de Vogue Bones Mares 1995, 1996
Claude Dugat Charmes Chambertin 2006
Dujac Charmes Chambertin 2010
Joseph Drouhin Batard Montachet 2007
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1/10/2016 - dchain Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light ruby, translucent, clean and glossy looking. Decanted for 2 hours. Really fabulous DRC nose (which many guessed blind) of soil, stemmy Pinot and spice. Very seductive and playful on the nose (94+) that I kept coming back to. On the palate, very sensual and wonderful poised balance, layers of fruit which is incredibly pleasurable but I feel the acidity of the year seems to be dominating a bit and the finish for me is not as long as you might expect. Still incredibly pretty and stimulating and a great treat. I wouldn't wait too much longer to enjoy this wine but it certainly is incredibly enjoyable now!
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11/8/2012 - DWG wrote: 97 Points
To give context I try to use the entire 100 point scale so my scores tend to me on the low side but as I think this was a truly outstanding wine I am giving it a 97. Opened 5 bottles for our Fall Chapitre. Each bottle was extremely consistent. On opening the wines were like tightly coiled springs. Very tight on the nose and palate with incredible complexity which was almost too dense to get a clear sense of. The wines were served about 2 hours later and had opened up beautifully with wonderful red fruit notes, great balance on the palate and fantastic finish. There was considerable discussion about whether this was the right time to open this wine but there is no doubt that it is a thing of beauty now. The difficult decision is whether to open our 7 other bottles in 5 or 10 more years...
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11/1/2011 - t-slow wrote: 92 Points
Better than previous bottle. Fruits were more prominent .
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8/19/2011 - dream wrote: 93 Points
Didn't quite fire like the last bottle I tasted in the woods earlier this summer but this is pure elegance with lovely cherry fruit and an ethereal texture. Finishes soft and complex and seems quite ready tonight. It just got lost a little sandwiched between the '96 Leflaive Chevalier and the '82 Haut Brion. Understandable.
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6/12/2011 - dream wrote: 95 Points
I'm not always the biggest fan of this bottling but this '95 surprised me. Granted, it was drunk out in the woods with rib roast and game bird so it was showing it's best. To me it is perfectly mature now and all about elegance, cherry perfume and the ethereal texture of Burgundy. The layers of soft, complex, creamy cherry pinot fruit combined with the woodsy barnyard (in a good, clean way) flavors of the soil made this float over the flavors of the food in a match made in heaven. Never the most complex wine, but the flavors and texture of this wine on this night were out of this world.
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4/4/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
1970 DRC Horizontal...and Friends (Inovasi - Lake Bluff IL): Black fruit with good spice and perfume on the nose. Palate doesn't follow through as well with the same fruit quality, although it shows good spice. Dense and structure for right now, I'd hold onto this for another decade before trying again. Unlike many 1995s, I wasn't really fearful of the fruit disappearing waiting for structure to balance, but this is still more "structured" than "fun" for now.
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2/5/2011 - Milos wrote: 93 Points
Very understated, subtle, but clearly the red wine of the evening. Nose of dark red fruit, but not overripe. Hint of forest and leather. The mid-palate is persistent and finish long. Complete wine, but not a show piece.
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3/6/2010 - ahubner wrote: 89 Points
The cork was soaked up to the last bit (not a good sign), for the first few minutes the wine was generous on the nose, berries and cheeries as well as some floral notes... but it went way soon. The visual wasn’t very pleasing ... the wine was opaque and murky on the glass...on the mouth it did not stand out .. botton line... not exactly what I was looking for.. just drinkable
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12/27/2009 - t-slow wrote: 88 Points
Ruby red but lightening. Nose was lovely, red fruits were prominent, dried flowers. Light on the palate with tannins all gone. Faded very quickly. Maybe a weak bottle ?!
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5/6/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 88 Points
Not ready to drink. Stalky nose leads to a sharp, edgy palate with a firm, exoskeletal structure. It builds in roundness and sap with air but remains mostly unintegrated.
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8/25/2007 - psmith wrote:
Sappy red fruits and spice. Still quite primary with traces of Echezeaux earthiness. A bit compact now, but a bright future.
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5/1/2004 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Absolutely fabulous. Light to medium body, bright ruby red color. Forward aroma and flavors of sweet strawberry, cherry and briar. Light on its feet but huge fruit flavors and complexity. Drinking perfectely but will last for years. 5/04
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