Very surprised by this wine. Upon opening, the wine showcased beautiful aromas of fresh forrest berries, strawberries, cherry, rhubarb, menthol, and some greenness. On the palate the wine was fresh and elegant with good structure. Would buy again. Will be better in 5 years.
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Chandon de Briailles Tasting: This felt quite earthy and vegetal again, back in the darker fruits spectrum and very elegant here. Finish is structured and very long. This wine feels like it needs a long period of rest.
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Hard to read on opening with strong sulfur scent. Four hours after opening, the nose is dominated by candied floral scents, with some meaty scents coming and going. Light on its feet, leaves a touch of sweetness on the finish, which is somewhat short. Intriguing.
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This wine leads off with a distinct pomegranate nose that continues through the palate with an interesting mineral tinted violet accent that adds a creamy touch on the finish.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but while this is decent there is nothing about it that distinguishes it from many ordinary-but-not-special Cote de Beaune wines in the ~$40 range, and it's certainly not becoming of a flagship premier cru the price of which is rapidly careening towards triple digits. It's just...fine.
Accidently opened a second bottle. Delicious deep.berry driven nose and palate with a fine spice note adding complexity. Excellent delineation and focus. Lengthy finish. Liked this a lot more than the bottle in August. On night 2 this had developed a super ripe fruit cake profile and seemed to lose definition.
Extremely perfumed. Complex soft sweet juice. Takes on weight and darker complexity with air. Great balance with an intensity of flavor that translates from nose to palate and dances forever. Soft but with such great expression. Very open and a convincing bottle.
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Similar notes to last time although I noticed the wood more this time. Still expect this to show well given a few years asleep. Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++
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Very ripe and fruity—surprisingly so. Has a nice blend of concentrated red and blue fruits. Soft and fleshy plush profile with fine tannins in the background. I think this needs to time to lose its “baby fat”. I suspect the underlying structure is there given the reputation of the producer.
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An Epic Summer Wine Weekend; 7/1/2022-7/3/2022 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): Tasted again with consistent notes. This pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is pungent, aromatic, expressive and complex, showing red currant, pomegranate, sassafras, grapefruit zest, fresh ginger, and a gorgeous ripe sweet strawberry note. The palate is gorgeous showing loads of ripe red fruit on entry, with an almost salty grapefruit zest edge augmented with a touch of ginger. The palate turns to a velvety texture showing medium minus tannin, medium acid and a lengthy finish the replays much of the nose. The wine is truly lovely and wide open today from the initial pop and pour. The 2019 vintage continues to impress at this youthful stage and features just beautiful optimally ripe and wide open fruit. I suspect this will age spectacularly well as the secondary and tertiary elements come forward, likely picking up another point or two as it ages. But it's also irresistible today. Possibly the best Chandon de Brailles I've ever had. I poured this blind for the group and they unanimously guess it was a restrained new world (California) producer and were surprised it was Burgundy. I think they all didn't like it as much as me feeling the fruit was too abundant. I think age will be in this wine's favour and in 20 - 30 years it could really impress. 94 may be a bit aggressive, but I really believe in the potential here.
Intense ruby, as well as the nose, with its aromas of plums, sandalwood, exotic spices. There is very good fruit intensity, excellent mid palate density, and a long and chalky finish. This is excellent, very well made, quite structured and concentrated yet it remains quite refined. It is not at all aethereal, but it will be a hit after a cellar snooze of 8- 10 years.
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This is beautiful. From first pour into the glass, the bouquet was already taking over: an assortment of fresh red berries, earth tones, a definite blood orange or orange zest streak and a myriad of sweet pie spices. Lovely nose: ça pinote. The palate has nice medium body with no hollow point whatsoever. It keeps its volume and texture from entry to finish. The dusty tannins and lively acidity provide ample structure to showcase the fruit. Nice finish on spice laden tart red berries. I just can't wait for this to take on secondary and tertiary notes from aging. This should be even more interesting in 10+ years.
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Still as primary as you would expect with tart cherry, star anise, and vanilla dominating the bouquet. Also some light bretty bacon smell that is just enough to keep it interesting. I would love to come back to this in about a decade because this seems like it would develop really nice mushroom elements. I am not sure my few bottles are going to last thst long because this is delicious now. Score: 93-94. Relative to expectations: ++
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This pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is pungent, aromatic, expressive and complex, showing red currant, pomegranate, sassafras, grapefruit zest, black pepper, fresh ginger, and a gorgeous ripe sweet strawberry note. The palate is gorgeous showing loads of ripe red fruit on entry, with an almost salty grapefruit zest edge augmented with a touch of ginger. The palate turns to a velvety texture showing medium minus tannin, medium acid and a lengthy finish the replays much of the nose. The wine is truly lovely and wide open today from the initial pop and pour. The 2019 vintage continues to impress at this youthful stage and features just beautiful optimally ripe and wide open fruit. I suspect this will age spectacularly well as the secondary and tertiary elements come forward, likely picking up another point or two as it ages. But it's also irresistible today. Possibly the best Chandon de Brailles I've ever had.
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The Pinot Noir comes from the 9.41 hectare premier cru site Île des Vergelesses in Pernand-Vergelesses. The site is framed by Savigny les Beaune Les Vergelesses as well as Pernand-Vergelesses. The quality of the terroir is higher than that of any other Premier Cru site in the village and is actually already at Grand Cru level. The terroir of Pernand-Vergelesses, similar to that at Corton Hill, is characterized by siliceous and calcareous red marl, which has a high iron content. Domaine Chandon de Briailles has 13.31 hectares of vines averaging 40 years old, some even over 80 years old (dating back to 1938), with an eastern exposure. Spontaneous fermentation took place in wood cuve with 100% whole grape proportions. The wine was then gravity fed into barriques and tonneaux with a small amount of new wood. Aging lasted about 14 months without further agitation. The wine was mostly bottled directly from the barrel with minimal sulfur.
Pinot Noir from the core Île des Vergelesses site opens with an almost ethereal note of barberry, mint and myrtle combined with sandalwood, rose petals and sour cherries, oranges and wild strawberries. In addition, there are hints of foliage, undergrowth, lime and warm earth. In contrast to the more dark and warm Savignys, this is a more earthy wine as well, but a more red-fruited and bright one.
On the palate, the 2019 Île des Vergelesses shows its usual power and punch. The wine is bursting with energy, appears vibrant mineral and is infused with a thoroughly taut acidity. Notes of sour cherries are also evident here, as well as a few dashes of blood orange, barberry and pomegranate. In addition, the Pinot Noir has a grippy tannic structure and offers plenty of dry extract. This comes across as fresh and tart, while being complex as well as long-lasting and surprisingly crystalline. As in 2018, this turned out to be a superb, almost weightless red Île des Vergelesses in 2019, but you should wait a few years. It will be worth it.
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4/22/2024 - Philolesen Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very surprised by this wine. Upon opening, the wine showcased beautiful aromas of fresh forrest berries, strawberries, cherry, rhubarb, menthol, and some greenness.
On the palate the wine was fresh and elegant with good structure.
Would buy again.
Will be better in 5 years.
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4/19/2024 - bisky wrote:
Chandon de Briailles Tasting: This felt quite earthy and vegetal again, back in the darker fruits spectrum and very elegant here. Finish is structured and very long. This wine feels like it needs a long period of rest.
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1/6/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Hard to read on opening with strong sulfur scent. Four hours after opening, the nose is dominated by candied floral scents, with some meaty scents coming and going. Light on its feet, leaves a touch of sweetness on the finish, which is somewhat short. Intriguing.
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6/15/2023 - muchomaas Likes this wine: 92 Points
Way beyond all expectations. Alkimia Barcelona June 2023.
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2/13/2023 - poppacork Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine leads off with a distinct pomegranate nose that continues through the palate with an interesting mineral tinted violet accent that adds a creamy touch on the finish.
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11/22/2022 - David_K wrote: 89 Points
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but while this is decent there is nothing about it that distinguishes it from many ordinary-but-not-special Cote de Beaune wines in the ~$40 range, and it's certainly not becoming of a flagship premier cru the price of which is rapidly careening towards triple digits. It's just...fine.
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10/6/2022 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Accidently opened a second bottle. Delicious deep.berry driven nose and palate with a fine spice note adding complexity. Excellent delineation and focus. Lengthy finish. Liked this a lot more than the bottle in August.
On night 2 this had developed a super ripe fruit cake profile and seemed to lose definition.
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9/17/2022 - The Guzz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Extremely perfumed. Complex soft sweet juice. Takes on weight and darker complexity with air. Great balance with an intensity of flavor that translates from nose to palate and dances forever. Soft but with such great expression. Very open and a convincing bottle.
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8/17/2022 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Similar notes to last time although I noticed the wood more this time. Still expect this to show well given a few years asleep.
Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++
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8/12/2022 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very ripe and fruity—surprisingly so. Has a nice blend of concentrated red and blue fruits. Soft and fleshy plush profile with fine tannins in the background. I think this needs to time to lose its “baby fat”. I suspect the underlying structure is there given the reputation of the producer.
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7/3/2022 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points
An Epic Summer Wine Weekend; 7/1/2022-7/3/2022 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): Tasted again with consistent notes. This pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is pungent, aromatic, expressive and complex, showing red currant, pomegranate, sassafras, grapefruit zest, fresh ginger, and a gorgeous ripe sweet strawberry note. The palate is gorgeous showing loads of ripe red fruit on entry, with an almost salty grapefruit zest edge augmented with a touch of ginger. The palate turns to a velvety texture showing medium minus tannin, medium acid and a lengthy finish the replays much of the nose. The wine is truly lovely and wide open today from the initial pop and pour. The 2019 vintage continues to impress at this youthful stage and features just beautiful optimally ripe and wide open fruit. I suspect this will age spectacularly well as the secondary and tertiary elements come forward, likely picking up another point or two as it ages. But it's also irresistible today. Possibly the best Chandon de Brailles I've ever had. I poured this blind for the group and they unanimously guess it was a restrained new world (California) producer and were surprised it was Burgundy. I think they all didn't like it as much as me feeling the fruit was too abundant. I think age will be in this wine's favour and in 20 - 30 years it could really impress. 94 may be a bit aggressive, but I really believe in the potential here.
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5/27/2022 - Mag357 Likes this wine:
Intense ruby, as well as the nose, with its aromas of plums, sandalwood, exotic spices. There is very good fruit intensity, excellent mid palate density, and a long and chalky finish. This is excellent, very well made, quite structured and concentrated yet it remains quite refined. It is not at all aethereal, but it will be a hit after a cellar snooze of 8- 10 years.
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3/27/2022 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 93 Points
Floral nose, tart red fruits, damp earth and spice. This is medium-bodied, beautifully balanced and long
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2/14/2022 - philmtl Likes this wine:
This is beautiful. From first pour into the glass, the bouquet was already taking over: an assortment of fresh red berries, earth tones, a definite blood orange or orange zest streak and a myriad of sweet pie spices. Lovely nose: ça pinote. The palate has nice medium body with no hollow point whatsoever. It keeps its volume and texture from entry to finish. The dusty tannins and lively acidity provide ample structure to showcase the fruit. Nice finish on spice laden tart red berries. I just can't wait for this to take on secondary and tertiary notes from aging. This should be even more interesting in 10+ years.
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2/12/2022 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still as primary as you would expect with tart cherry, star anise, and vanilla dominating the bouquet. Also some light bretty bacon smell that is just enough to keep it interesting. I would love to come back to this in about a decade because this seems like it would develop really nice mushroom elements. I am not sure my few bottles are going to last thst long because this is delicious now.
Score: 93-94. Relative to expectations: ++
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1/20/2022 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 92 Points
På Skissernas
Förvånansvärt tillgänglig för att vara så ung. Väldigt trevlig och typiskt burgundisk med röda bär (mer åt körsbär/röda vinbär än hallon/jordgubbar), någon slags mynta, blodapelsin och lite jordiga toner. Härlig nerv i vinet. Fräscht, tight, silkiga tanniner med precis lagom grip och en lång finish. Elegant.
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1/9/2022 - Wine Canuck wrote: 94 Points
This pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is pungent, aromatic, expressive and complex, showing red currant, pomegranate, sassafras, grapefruit zest, black pepper, fresh ginger, and a gorgeous ripe sweet strawberry note. The palate is gorgeous showing loads of ripe red fruit on entry, with an almost salty grapefruit zest edge augmented with a touch of ginger. The palate turns to a velvety texture showing medium minus tannin, medium acid and a lengthy finish the replays much of the nose. The wine is truly lovely and wide open today from the initial pop and pour. The 2019 vintage continues to impress at this youthful stage and features just beautiful optimally ripe and wide open fruit. I suspect this will age spectacularly well as the secondary and tertiary elements come forward, likely picking up another point or two as it ages. But it's also irresistible today. Possibly the best Chandon de Brailles I've ever had.
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8/18/2021 - originalverkorkt Likes this wine: 93 Points
The Pinot Noir comes from the 9.41 hectare premier cru site Île des Vergelesses in Pernand-Vergelesses. The site is framed by Savigny les Beaune Les Vergelesses as well as Pernand-Vergelesses. The quality of the terroir is higher than that of any other Premier Cru site in the village and is actually already at Grand Cru level. The terroir of Pernand-Vergelesses, similar to that at Corton Hill, is characterized by siliceous and calcareous red marl, which has a high iron content. Domaine Chandon de Briailles has 13.31 hectares of vines averaging 40 years old, some even over 80 years old (dating back to 1938), with an eastern exposure. Spontaneous fermentation took place in wood cuve with 100% whole grape proportions. The wine was then gravity fed into barriques and tonneaux with a small amount of new wood. Aging lasted about 14 months without further agitation. The wine was mostly bottled directly from the barrel with minimal sulfur.
Pinot Noir from the core Île des Vergelesses site opens with an almost ethereal note of barberry, mint and myrtle combined with sandalwood, rose petals and sour cherries, oranges and wild strawberries. In addition, there are hints of foliage, undergrowth, lime and warm earth. In contrast to the more dark and warm Savignys, this is a more earthy wine as well, but a more red-fruited and bright one.
On the palate, the 2019 Île des Vergelesses shows its usual power and punch. The wine is bursting with energy, appears vibrant mineral and is infused with a thoroughly taut acidity. Notes of sour cherries are also evident here, as well as a few dashes of blood orange, barberry and pomegranate. In addition, the Pinot Noir has a grippy tannic structure and offers plenty of dry extract. This comes across as fresh and tart, while being complex as well as long-lasting and surprisingly crystalline. As in 2018, this turned out to be a superb, almost weightless red Île des Vergelesses in 2019, but you should wait a few years. It will be worth it.
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