This showed remarkably well tonite - it was all about the nose: rich, classy, deep red fruit. Surprisingly rich and full for a bourgogne, and this was not the V V version. Had been a totally unimpressive wine before this. Actually begs for a few more years in bottle.
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Dark red. Stinky sulphur/smoke then dark cherry. The stink blows off in 15 minutes leaving the cherry with a metallic edge. Very pure fruit, linear, wirey, almost tough. The vintage shows through, in spades! This is just now becoming drinkable. B24 hours later this has pretty perfume, flesh and the tannin is tamed.
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Popped and poured; drank half one night and left the rest for the next day. Bright ruby color in the glass. A little bit of red forest fruit on the nose but really, it was quite faint. I taste strawberries, tea and pine needles...but wow, the acidity is what I find most apparent in this one. The next day brought a bit more of the fruit. I highly recommend drinking this with food to put that acid to good use!
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this again started out tight but improved markedly over an hour. lighter in style but the fruit is clean and fresh. Ok structure with pleasant tannins:
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Cranberry, sour cherry, and pomegranate aromas form a dense core on the nose, with raspberry and meaty notes on the perimeter; chewy and nicely acidic, very tart, sour cherry and cranberry, with good length; nice quality and value at this price point.
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Nice, clean, simply Burgundy. Good red fruit and spice on the nose. Good fruit, acid and minerality in the mouth. Drinking well now. Great at this price.
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Drank a split of this last night and it was full of bright fruitiness with a nice underlying acidity. Wild cherry flavors and a finish of a rich almost honeyed quality. An outstanding bottle for the $12 it cost.
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Vibrant ruby red, quite discreet upon opening. Opened up to be slightly savourey dark and sour cherry. Slightly tannic on the finish. Definately worth opening well before drinking. A nice regional burgundy.
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13.0% alcohol. Such a striking contrast to the 2006, which was much lighter. This is a fierce wine, very concentrated. Really lovely. Dark cherry color, a touch of funk on the nose, with gorgeous red cherry and black Pinot fruit, tinged with plenty of minerals. In the mouth, bracing and full of sour cherry and black cherry fruit. Flowers and minerals support, with very strong acidity. A baby but very impressive for this level. A-
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Needed some time to open, and still showing a little less at the moment. After a few hours, some spice and red fruit on the nose. In the mouth, still nicely structured, showing more spice and mineral than fruit right now.
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Nice dark purple color. Vegetal nose, and rather one-dimensional on the palate. Tannins aren't up to snuff. Tastes like a $7 bottle: not worth the $20 asking price.
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Tasted at the December 2008 NCWS tasting. Fairly deep colour. Forward nose, with ripe, black cherry fruit. Slightly sweet, medium weight, well balanced. Very good for a Bourgogne Rouge. Uncomplicated, but good to drink.
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No notes. Drunk with dinner at the Helmand in Cambridge. Good color. Tight and tart at first but blossomed with an hour into a delicious, ripe, fruity, earthy Burgundy that paired beautifully with Afgani food.
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Yes, thats right... I am giving this wine a 90. For less than $20, I thought this was an extreme value bourgogne. Day one it was rather closed, showing mostly red cherry and alcohol. Fear not though, because I put it in the fridge under cork and drank the rest two days later. WOW! It had evolved into one of the better burgs i have tasted, which is not saying much because burgundy is new to me. It had this really nice pine-sap quality intermixed with the red fruit and sweet, smooth tannins. really a lovely wine.
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Popped and poured, but consumed over a few hours...a pleasant nose, but the wine is overly thin and acidic. This may pair well with some foods, but at this point it is not pleasant to drink on its own. Current score: 82
Had another glass after the bottle had been left open for 3.5 hours...a marked improvement...the acidity has integrated better and doesn't overpower the wine. Bumped up the score a few points.
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With roasted turkey dinner. This one showed a little thinner than the past few. Bottle variation? Give it some more time? I still liked it better than most.
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Now, I'm usually the first to call myself an acid-head, but this was too much for me. Just a solid wall of impenetrable acids, making the forward strawberry and cherry fruit so tangy as to be close to undrinkable by me. I was seriously bemused- I wondered if it was a food interaction, or possibly the lingering effects of the Spatlese's sweetness? But no amount of water or bread could make this really pleasurable. I gave up, switched to the Riesling. Later in the evening I revisited - a different wine. Still acidic, but no where near the original - a nice medium-weight Burg with red cherries, plums and cocoa. Tannins mostly out of the picture. Nice if not exciting. Similar today. One might say it was closed down at first, but it wasn't - plenty of fruit. But I've almost never experienced that kind of angry acidity in a wine that showed such ripe forward fruit. C- on opening, B later. With so many other nice low-end '05s out there, no reason to stock up on these for me.
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This was the last of the first 3 I bought. Much better than the first, maybe not quite as good as the second. But fine overall for the price. I am eager to see the quality of the case I bought after tasting the second one. IMO this is good, typical bourgogne for $16.
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This second bottle was MUCH better. While it still has the acid/tannin for structure -- it has good red fruit/berries and minerality. Very nice at the price.
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I was disappointed -- expecting good things from the 2005, this was thinner and more acidity than the '03 or '04 -- and somehow a little off and medicinal on the nose. Decent red fruit and berries on the palate, but not balanced with the acidity.
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another 2005 bourgogne with the wonderful sikly finish. this was still a bit cranky when opened, opened up some and then fleshed out and deepened considerably on day two. very nice bourgogne.
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9/12/2015 - jmoore431 wrote: 90 Points
This showed remarkably well tonite - it was all about the nose: rich, classy, deep red fruit. Surprisingly rich and full for a bourgogne, and this was not the V V version. Had been a totally unimpressive wine before this. Actually begs for a few more years in bottle.
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4/13/2014 - KVM wrote: 88 Points
Dark red. Stinky sulphur/smoke then dark cherry. The stink blows off in 15 minutes leaving the cherry with a metallic edge. Very pure fruit, linear, wirey, almost tough. The vintage shows through, in spades! This is just now becoming drinkable.
B24 hours later this has pretty perfume, flesh and the tannin is tamed.
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1/9/2013 - Deadhead wrote: 87 Points
I liked this a little better than last time...
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11/9/2012 - Deadhead wrote: 86 Points
Not great, but not horrible. Fairly simple. Decent red fruits and acidity.
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6/20/2012 - thesternowl wrote: 86 Points
Popped and poured; drank half one night and left the rest for the next day. Bright ruby color in the glass. A little bit of red forest fruit on the nose but really, it was quite faint. I taste strawberries, tea and pine needles...but wow, the acidity is what I find most apparent in this one. The next day brought a bit more of the fruit. I highly recommend drinking this with food to put that acid to good use!
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5/29/2012 - gph wrote:
Day two, second half of bottle is much better. Less acidic, more fruit, still a relatively short finish but no regrets about the age.
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5/28/2012 - gph wrote:
Very acidic very little fruit and short finish. I remember this being better but have no notes. This is the last bottle.
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3/16/2012 - gbauer wrote:
Still drinking well for a simple <$20 Bourgogne.
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3/6/2012 - Montecalvo wrote: 87 Points
this again started out tight but improved markedly over an hour. lighter in style but the fruit is clean and fresh. Ok structure with pleasant tannins:
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5/15/2011 - g-man wrote: 88 Points
Enjoyable drink with food. Nothing exciting but good none the less.
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1/8/2011 - bg2167 wrote: 80 Points
Soild.
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12/11/2010 - JLeader wrote: 88 Points
Cranberry, sour cherry, and pomegranate aromas form a dense core on the nose, with raspberry and meaty notes on the perimeter; chewy and nicely acidic, very tart, sour cherry and cranberry, with good length; nice quality and value at this price point.
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8/17/2010 - gbauer wrote:
Nice, clean, simply Burgundy. Good red fruit and spice on the nose. Good fruit, acid and minerality in the mouth. Drinking well now. Great at this price.
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7/21/2010 - arp46 wrote: 90 Points
Drank a split of this last night and it was full of bright fruitiness with a nice underlying acidity. Wild cherry flavors and a finish of a rich almost honeyed quality. An outstanding bottle for the $12 it cost.
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3/26/2010 - RCS wrote: 84 Points
Vibrant ruby red, quite discreet upon opening. Opened up to be slightly savourey dark and sour cherry. Slightly tannic on the finish. Definately worth opening well before drinking. A nice regional burgundy.
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1/4/2010 - gutt22 wrote:
13.0% alcohol. Such a striking contrast to the 2006, which was much lighter. This is a fierce wine, very concentrated. Really lovely. Dark cherry color, a touch of funk on the nose, with gorgeous red cherry and black Pinot fruit, tinged with plenty of minerals. In the mouth, bracing and full of sour cherry and black cherry fruit. Flowers and minerals support, with very strong acidity. A baby but very impressive for this level. A-
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10/23/2009 - Montecalvo wrote: 86 Points
easy drinking. probably at its peak. improved after being open about one hour. more fruit on the nose
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9/13/2009 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Air, just give this one some air and it quite tasty for $20 spent.
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9/13/2009 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Approachable now, good table wine for every day. Drink and enjoy.
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9/4/2009 - gbauer wrote:
Needed some time to open, and still showing a little less at the moment. After a few hours, some spice and red fruit on the nose. In the mouth, still nicely structured, showing more spice and mineral than fruit right now.
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8/19/2009 - CobraKahn wrote: 86 Points
Simple, nothing bad, nothing especially good either.
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2/3/2009 - Josh600 wrote: 83 Points
Nice dark purple color. Vegetal nose, and rather one-dimensional on the palate. Tannins aren't up to snuff. Tastes like a $7 bottle: not worth the $20 asking price.
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1/20/2009 - Filippo wrote: 85 Points
Simple Bourgogne. Lacks the silky feeling and finess expected from Pinot Noir. Shows some fruit. I was hoping for more from such a stellar vintage.
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12/31/2008 - Dinovino wrote: 89 Points
Savoury spicy fruit,silky ripe tannins.Great value.
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12/1/2008 - La Grappe wrote: 83 Points
Tasted at the December 2008 NCWS tasting. Fairly deep colour. Forward nose, with ripe, black cherry fruit. Slightly sweet, medium weight, well balanced. Very good for a Bourgogne Rouge. Uncomplicated, but good to drink.
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9/10/2008 - Dinovino wrote: 88 Points
Light cherry red.Fragrant,strawberry,blueberry,vanilla,pepper,humus.Lovely earthy Pinot.
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8/21/2008 - Dinovino wrote: 87 Points
Fragrant,raspberry,strawberry,peppery,earthy.Approachable,velvety smooth and rich,dry lightly astringent finish.Fun Burgundy at a good price.
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7/12/2008 - tomandlu wrote: 86 Points
No notes. Drunk with dinner at the Helmand in Cambridge. Good color. Tight and tart at first but blossomed with an hour into a delicious, ripe, fruity, earthy Burgundy that paired beautifully with Afgani food.
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4/14/2008 - shudave wrote: 90 Points
Yes, thats right... I am giving this wine a 90. For less than $20, I thought this was an extreme value bourgogne. Day one it was rather closed, showing mostly red cherry and alcohol. Fear not though, because I put it in the fridge under cork and drank the rest two days later. WOW! It had evolved into one of the better burgs i have tasted, which is not saying much because burgundy is new to me. It had this really nice pine-sap quality intermixed with the red fruit and sweet, smooth tannins. really a lovely wine.
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1/18/2008 - ews3 wrote: 85 Points
red fruit, lots of fruit, not much complexity. nice.
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1/13/2008 - winenewb068 wrote: 85 Points
Popped and poured, but consumed over a few hours...a pleasant nose, but the wine is overly thin and acidic. This may pair well with some foods, but at this point it is not pleasant to drink on its own. Current score: 82
Had another glass after the bottle had been left open for 3.5 hours...a marked improvement...the acidity has integrated better and doesn't overpower the wine. Bumped up the score a few points.
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10/2/2007 - Dusty Bear wrote: 87 Points
Smoke, pepper, plum, raspberries and cherries on the nose and palate. Pleasant enough.
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9/22/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 86 Points
Lovely fruity accompaniment to spaghetti in tomato cream sauce. Lively acidity balanced with red fruit.
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9/14/2007 - gbauer wrote:
With roasted turkey dinner. This one showed a little thinner than the past few. Bottle variation? Give it some more time? I still liked it better than most.
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9/11/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 85 Points
Lively accompaniment to Hamburger with gravy. Truly a good match.
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9/2/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 84 Points
Being drunk as a house red. Didnt pair particularly well with Lamb Chops.
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8/26/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 85 Points
Red fruits, citric, quaffable.
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7/2/2007 - DaleW wrote:
Now, I'm usually the first to call myself an acid-head, but
this was too much for me. Just a solid wall of impenetrable acids, making the forward strawberry and cherry fruit so tangy as to be close to undrinkable by me. I was seriously bemused- I wondered if it was a food interaction, or possibly the lingering effects of the Spatlese's sweetness? But no amount of water or bread could make this really pleasurable. I gave up, switched to the Riesling. Later in the evening I revisited - a different wine. Still acidic, but no where near the original - a nice medium-weight Burg with red cherries, plums and cocoa. Tannins mostly out of the picture. Nice if not exciting. Similar today. One might say it was closed down at first, but it wasn't - plenty of fruit. But I've almost never experienced that kind of angry acidity in a wine that
showed such ripe forward fruit. C- on opening, B later. With so many other nice low-end '05s out there, no reason to stock up on these for me.
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7/2/2007 - gbauer wrote:
This was the last of the first 3 I bought. Much better than the first, maybe not quite as good as the second. But fine overall for the price. I am eager to see the quality of the case I bought after tasting the second one. IMO this is good, typical bourgogne for $16.
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6/3/2007 - gbauer wrote:
This second bottle was MUCH better. While it still has the acid/tannin for structure -- it has good red fruit/berries and minerality. Very nice at the price.
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5/27/2007 - gbauer wrote:
I was disappointed -- expecting good things from the 2005, this was thinner and more acidity than the '03 or '04 -- and somehow a little off and medicinal on the nose. Decent red fruit and berries on the palate, but not balanced with the acidity.
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3/22/2007 - Baron Samedi wrote: 89 Points
Delightfully fresh and cheerful. Tons of red fruit and a good balance. Good value basic burgundy.
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3/7/2007 - winenutnyc wrote:
another 2005 bourgogne with the wonderful sikly finish. this was still a bit cranky when opened, opened up some and then fleshed out and deepened considerably on day two. very nice bourgogne.
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2/18/2007 - rottcodd wrote: 84 Points
My first 2005 Burgundy Pinot Noir. Solid ripe fruit and length.
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