Basic Bourgogne (TWS), 23 November (Must and Lees, Warren Street): I found this difficult - an overwhelming smell and taste of tomato soup at first. A salty complexity that was hard to ignore. I'm not sure whether it was just more savoury and withheld than the Verdet (or the previous flight) but it was not for me. Perhaps it needs more time or more aggressive aeration to let the fruit emerge?
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Entry level Bourgogne (Must & Lees, Warren Street): Comes across as quite sophisticated, perhaps a little more depth and consideration than the exuberance of the wines that preceded it. Great fruit, restrained but tasty, on the darker spectrum but no less delicious Still think this is too young and that you could keep it five years for a little improvement. But how to resist?
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Quite a bright red. Very pleasing nose, lots of ripe dark cherry, but also lighter strawberry and some spice. Initially a bit dense, tough on the palate, feels primary. Aggressive swirling in a wide glass helps bring this to life, softens it, coaxes some sweetness out of it and allows the fruit to show more. Very good for the money, less than £17 on the table, a bit of a revelation actually. I think this is going to be great, but give this three hours of air or wait two years.
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Pours a medium ruby and let it sit in the glass for about half an hour.
On the nose: Aromas red fruits, heavy on the spice and some alcohol shines through.
On the palate: red currants, dark fruit, iodine, fish sauce umami, medium long finish with plenty of minerality and fine tannins. This wine can age and keep going for a few years. Definitely decant.
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This wine pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is a tad tight and lightly reductive today. Aromas of red current, cherry, rooibos tea, crushed limestone, and faint wisps of rose petal waft grudgingly. The palate features a gorgeous bright and sweet red fruited entry, with notable structure via medium tannin and medium acid. The finish lingers impressively focused on a variety of red fruit, and the lovely mineral accents. This is quite balanced and lovely and is enjoyable today, continuing a great run I've had of 2019 red burgundies that are so open and enjoyable. This is solid value at $33 CAD and my favorite thus far of the 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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11/23/2023 - Joshvoulters Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Reasonably priced Burgundy (Must & Lees, Warren Street): Really quite reduced and didn't fully blow off. Rather clenched and one-note - not objectively bad but life's too short.
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11/23/2023 - KingsIndian wrote: 84 Points
Basic Bourgogne (TWS), 23 November (Must and Lees, Warren Street): I found this difficult - an overwhelming smell and taste of tomato soup at first. A salty complexity that was hard to ignore. I'm not sure whether it was just more savoury and withheld than the Verdet (or the previous flight) but it was not for me. Perhaps it needs more time or more aggressive aeration to let the fruit emerge?
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11/23/2023 - oenanthe Likes this wine: 89 Points
Entry level Bourgogne (Must & Lees, Warren Street): Comes across as quite sophisticated, perhaps a little more depth and consideration than the exuberance of the wines that preceded it. Great fruit, restrained but tasty, on the darker spectrum but no less delicious Still think this is too young and that you could keep it five years for a little improvement. But how to resist?
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11/7/2023 - oenanthe Likes this wine: 87 Points
Quite a bright red. Very pleasing nose, lots of ripe dark cherry, but also lighter strawberry and some spice. Initially a bit dense, tough on the palate, feels primary. Aggressive swirling in a wide glass helps bring this to life, softens it, coaxes some sweetness out of it and allows the fruit to show more. Very good for the money, less than £17 on the table, a bit of a revelation actually. I think this is going to be great, but give this three hours of air or wait two years.
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6/10/2022 - Voodoo_Champagne Likes this wine:
Nice to try a new producer , uncomplicated quaffer .
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6/7/2022 - nemoneyo Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Neither complex nor enough acidity
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5/20/2022 - Voodoo_Champagne Likes this wine:
Served cooled, in Zalto Burgundy, very crunchy nose and taste , wow mostly Gevrey-Chambertin a punch of luck, so delicious.
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5/18/2022 - chmorc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pours a medium ruby and let it sit in the glass for about half an hour.
On the nose: Aromas red fruits, heavy on the spice and some alcohol shines through.
On the palate: red currants, dark fruit, iodine, fish sauce umami, medium long finish with plenty of minerality and fine tannins. This wine can age and keep going for a few years. Definitely decant.
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5/1/2022 - Voodoo_Champagne Likes this wine:
Just bought some new to me, fine Pinot Noir mix of Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. Needs more time to enjoy.
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11/30/2021 - Wine Canuck wrote: 90 Points
This wine pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is a tad tight and lightly reductive today. Aromas of red current, cherry, rooibos tea, crushed limestone, and faint wisps of rose petal waft grudgingly. The palate features a gorgeous bright and sweet red fruited entry, with notable structure via medium tannin and medium acid. The finish lingers impressively focused on a variety of red fruit, and the lovely mineral accents. This is quite balanced and lovely and is enjoyable today, continuing a great run I've had of 2019 red burgundies that are so open and enjoyable. This is solid value at $33 CAD and my favorite thus far of the 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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