Elegant and very pure. Even with a decant the wine was a bit tight though. That said, still quite enjoyable and can see the potential here. Excellent value for an 05’ too.
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Burgundy tasting @ La Grenouille En Magnum Appearance; bright, clear dark ruby Nose; red fruit, rose petal, violet Palate; balance, muscular yet soft tannins, red fruit, violet & rose petal, multilayer big finish , young & very approachable & delicious many years left in it
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Knightsbridge Holiday Burgundy Sale (Northbrook, IL): Big and burly aromas of black fruit, followed by backward flavors of black cherry and plum, barely sneaking out from beyond the super prominent tannins. Good depth but just moderate length, I imagine this will need Corton's typical 2+ decades to integrate.
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Wineberry Boutique Estates Tasting: In contrast to the Hautes Mourottes, this was pretty expressive. Very aromatic, with a complex harmony of red and black fruit that’s much more expansive in scale as well. The structure here is at least as powerful, with a laser-like acidic spine.
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2005 Burgundy Overachievers Tasting (Vineyardgate): Dark ruby, lightening at the rim. Nose of sweet, ripe cherry concentrate, and some toasty oak. There is also a volatile, essential oil-like aromatic red-fruit component that is alternatingly sweet and bitter, quite fascinating. This wine is just flat-out aromatic, a little like simultaneously smelling a freshly-baked cherry pie, but also all parts of the fresh cherry: the fruit, the pit, the stem. Reluctantly i lifted my nose from the glass and finally tasted. Rich, concentrated red fruit flavors, with good acidity and some well-integrated oak spice. Luxuriously full, sappy midpalate, and a long, sweet fruit finish with some oak tones. Really great depth overall.
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8/2/2021 - tazzy wrote: 89 Points
Masculin style, Nice in mouth but not that waw.
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12/30/2017 - SonnyChiba wrote: 91 Points
Elegant and very pure. Even with a decant the wine was a bit tight though. That said, still quite enjoyable and can see the potential here. Excellent value for an 05’ too.
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10/5/2014 - Silveradoup wrote: 91 Points
Good flavor but some brett gets in the way . . .
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3/13/2014 - Veritas 53 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Burgundy tasting @ La Grenouille
En Magnum
Appearance; bright, clear dark ruby
Nose; red fruit, rose petal, violet
Palate; balance, muscular yet soft tannins, red fruit, violet & rose petal, multilayer big finish , young & very approachable & delicious many years left in it
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12/4/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Knightsbridge Holiday Burgundy Sale (Northbrook, IL): Big and burly aromas of black fruit, followed by backward flavors of black cherry and plum, barely sneaking out from beyond the super prominent tannins. Good depth but just moderate length, I imagine this will need Corton's typical 2+ decades to integrate.
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3/25/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
Wineberry Boutique Estates Tasting: In contrast to the Hautes Mourottes, this was pretty expressive. Very aromatic, with a complex harmony of red and black fruit that’s much more expansive in scale as well. The structure here is at least as powerful, with a laser-like acidic spine.
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2/9/2008 - 5laton wrote:
2005 Burgundy Overachievers Tasting (Vineyardgate): Dark ruby, lightening at the rim. Nose of sweet, ripe cherry concentrate, and some toasty oak. There is also a volatile, essential oil-like aromatic red-fruit component that is alternatingly sweet and bitter, quite fascinating. This wine is just flat-out aromatic, a little like simultaneously smelling a freshly-baked cherry pie, but also all parts of the fresh cherry: the fruit, the pit, the stem. Reluctantly i lifted my nose from the glass and finally tasted. Rich, concentrated red fruit flavors, with good acidity and some well-integrated oak spice. Luxuriously full, sappy midpalate, and a long, sweet fruit finish with some oak tones. Really great depth overall.
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