An evening with George (Bistro Cocotte, Haberfield): Medium minus intensity aromas show aa little meaty note - again quite closed - black cherry, sweet spice, leather. Juicy, savoury, dark hued cherry fruits, sweet spice, long, plenty of textured grip that travels long, not quite there for me.
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Much better bottle than the last (same source) and really enjoyed this today. Red fruit is vibrant and bright off a fresh pour, and then quickly adds secondary nuance with more savoury and tomato flavour. Some green stems still. Slight earth and sauvage. Palate has dark red fruit. Very good, I'd say drink good bottles within five years.
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Outstanding looking bottle but showing a flicker tired. Fruit is slightly muddled and stewed. Sous bois, dark spice, damp earth. Has some flashes of floral and perfumed red fruit. Will drink the other shortly.
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A deep but not quite open bottle of this. I was hoping 20 years would be a nice spot. Either it is an off night (nothing showed particularly well) or I'm hitting this bottle in a tweener zone. There's plenty of depth of fruit and complexity it's just a bit awkward and muted. Probably better a few years ago or in a few years.
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[Magnum] Although I far preferred the ‘01 750 a few nights later, this was still a good classic example of Echezeaux, clean and pure red berry with spice and nice soil influence. Maybe too young, especially in magnum format, not nearly as expressive of classically beautiful as the ‘01 which is a little backward.
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The nose seems ever so slightly tainted, which didnt improve with time. Palate is full of red fruit, pure and not affected by the nose. If only the wine is more complete this would have been a great wine.
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Black fruit, strong oak, red fruit, menthol and some muskiness on the nose. The palate was inbalanced with oak and alcohol a bit overwhelming relative to the fruit and structure. The wine was very tannic which showed its youth. We will have to give it more time, say 5-10 years, to see if the different components can blend in nicely.
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Send-off to Ottawa dinner. Took awhile to open. Surprisingly red-fruit, and tart, this got better with air and you could almost see the weight it put on. Just a great wine, though didn't scream VR to me. Held its own, super bottle.
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Bordeaux matters, along with Burgundy and Champagne and Port and ... (Ripple Restaurant in Washington D.C.): Here again, an initial nose of wet sock, but gives way to dark fruit and freshness. Far more youthful in aspect to the 1969, but you guessed that. What was amazing about this wine was the way it combined both substance with opulence and verve - and how it ended with a long and focused finish. The contents in the bottle did not last very long, I must say. And it certainly matched the perfectly rear roseda farms new york strip steak I ordered with a delectable potato gratin. Here a case of superlative Burgundian Pinot Noir, terroir and food and wine pairing.
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Belated holiday dinner - Mostly Burg and Bordeaux (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Very youthful nose displaying red fruits, raspberry and cherry, cola, rhubarb tart, nutmeg and flowers. Excellent concentration and noticeable tannins. This is a big scale wine with noticeable structure that still needs minimum ten more years. Already quite impressive but need time.
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Pretty disappointed by this overall. Cork in perfect condition, as was the wine. Double-decanted. Nice medium-red color, just the slightest of bricking. Excellent aromatics -- runs the full spectrum of bright fruit, earth, etc. Palate was a bit of a rollercoaster. Some stewed tomato elements at first burned off some over the course of the bottle, but the wine was always a bit disjointed and even when the mouthfeel smoothed out and some secondary components started to emerge, there was something not quite right, including a little bit warmth on the back-end along with the rusticity as called out in Allen Meadows' notes. Leave last bottle alone for several years.
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Nice aromatic complexity here, with a real kinship to a '99 Potel Beauxmonts drunk alongside. There are intriguing savory elements that defy my descriptive powers but proved a lovely combination with the dark fruit qualities. One the palate this is a lighter wine than the Potel; plenty of flesh on its bones, but it is a little more elegant and has a finer structure. Still very much in the mold of the inviting '99 fruit though. All in all a wine that's well put together and quite classy.
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California Vs Burgundy Blind (Frank Murray's Casa): Served blind. This was decanted shortly before serving. Not much on the nose. Big yet pretty mouthfeel, well balanced with lots of grip. Concentrated with an acidic core and underlying complexity. I wish we had had this with more air but it was a winner even as tight as it was. I guessed France and voted it #2. Very good.
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Burg Dinner (CA and France--Served Blind!) (Murray Casa): This was Ramon's 2nd bottle, to replace the corked Taupenot-Merme mid-way into the dinner. This Mugneret got very little air, although it did finish the entire red flight going last so it got some decanter time between being opened and then being served, maybe 30 mins. Fresh and vibrant, hitting the whole palate with some rocky tannin on the finish. I got the impression that the wine was very balanced but we surely didn't give it the fair due. The group voting still picked up the caliber, as it got 4 votes, a total of 8 points and it finished in the latter half of the placing but given its 'johnny on the spot' role, it did quite fine. Thank you, Ramon.
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Mugneret-Gibourg at The Ledbury (The Ledbury, Notting Hill, London): Deep ruby core, medium pale garnet rim. Slightly weird, honeyed peanutty nose, which eventually did blow off to reveal ripe plum and blackcurrant fruit and good depth and length on the palate with an attractive slightly savoury finish. ***1/2
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Upon opening, this had a really explosive, very sexy spicy Vosne nose. Super suave and deeply fruited both on the nose and palate. Really excellent and shocking at how open it was. A real combination of purity, focus, depth, and length. It stayed that way for a couple of hours, but then, mysteriously, started to get a bit loose and blowsy, which was surprising. I'm pretty confident, given my experience with Mugneret Echezeaux, that this is a great wine in the making. Reports from the next day in the open bottle said that it had firmed back up. When to open this depend on how you enjoy your Burgundy. I'll probably re-visit in 5-7 years, but my last bottle I'll save for 15-20.
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7/26/2023 - chatters wrote:
An evening with George (Bistro Cocotte, Haberfield): Medium minus intensity aromas show aa little meaty note - again quite closed - black cherry, sweet spice, leather. Juicy, savoury, dark hued cherry fruits, sweet spice, long, plenty of textured grip that travels long, not quite there for me.
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10/12/2022 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Much better bottle than the last (same source) and really enjoyed this today. Red fruit is vibrant and bright off a fresh pour, and then quickly adds secondary nuance with more savoury and tomato flavour. Some green stems still. Slight earth and sauvage. Palate has dark red fruit. Very good, I'd say drink good bottles within five years.
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6/5/2022 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 92 Points
Outstanding looking bottle but showing a flicker
tired. Fruit is slightly muddled and stewed. Sous bois, dark spice, damp earth. Has some flashes of floral and perfumed red fruit. Will drink the other shortly.
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5/8/2020 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Relatively dark and unyielding, stylistically different to today's wines. Perhaps just needs more time.
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12/24/2019 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 Points
A deep but not quite open bottle of this. I was hoping 20 years would be a nice spot. Either it is an off night (nothing showed particularly well) or I'm hitting this bottle in a tweener zone. There's plenty of depth of fruit and complexity it's just a bit awkward and muted. Probably better a few years ago or in a few years.
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8/9/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 92 Points
[Magnum] Although I far preferred the ‘01 750 a few nights later, this was still a good classic example of Echezeaux, clean and pure red berry with spice and nice soil influence. Maybe too young, especially in magnum format, not nearly as expressive of classically beautiful as the ‘01 which is a little backward.
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10/10/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote: flawed
Red Burgundies With Allen Meadows (Eleven Madison Park): Oxidizing or heat damaged - Really sad... Led to a 90-minute lecture on the five strains of brett.
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1/12/2016 - BradE wrote:
The Boys of Bedrock without Bedrock. BBM and Dujac Clos St. Denis; 1/11/2016-1/14/2016: I really liked this from the first sip. It had class, character, and depth. My table mates took about fifteen minutes to agree with me.
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8/22/2015 - Pacalet wrote: 90 Points
The nose seems ever so slightly tainted, which didnt improve with time. Palate is full of red fruit, pure and not affected by the nose. If only the wine is more complete this would have been a great wine.
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8/18/2015 - Burgnick wrote: 90 Points
Black fruit, strong oak, red fruit, menthol and some muskiness on the nose. The palate was inbalanced with oak and alcohol a bit overwhelming relative to the fruit and structure. The wine was very tannic which showed its youth. We will have to give it more time, say 5-10 years, to see if the different components can blend in nicely.
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7/24/2014 - Machiavelli wrote:
Send-off to Ottawa dinner. Took awhile to open. Surprisingly red-fruit, and tart, this got better with air and you could almost see the weight it put on. Just a great wine, though didn't scream VR to me. Held its own, super bottle.
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1/9/2014 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 97 Points
Bordeaux matters, along with Burgundy and Champagne and Port and ... (Ripple Restaurant in Washington D.C.): Here again, an initial nose of wet sock, but gives way to dark fruit and freshness. Far more youthful in aspect to the 1969, but you guessed that. What was amazing about this wine was the way it combined both substance with opulence and verve - and how it ended with a long and focused finish. The contents in the bottle did not last very long, I must say. And it certainly matched the perfectly rear roseda farms new york strip steak I ordered with a delectable potato gratin. Here a case of superlative Burgundian Pinot Noir, terroir and food and wine pairing.
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1/9/2014 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Belated holiday dinner - Mostly Burg and Bordeaux (Ripple Restaurant in DC): Very youthful nose displaying red fruits, raspberry and cherry, cola, rhubarb tart, nutmeg and flowers. Excellent concentration and noticeable tannins. This is a big scale wine with noticeable structure that still needs minimum ten more years. Already quite impressive but need time.
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8/8/2012 - Sycamore wrote: 87 Points
Pretty disappointed by this overall. Cork in perfect condition, as was the wine. Double-decanted. Nice medium-red color, just the slightest of bricking. Excellent aromatics -- runs the full spectrum of bright fruit, earth, etc. Palate was a bit of a rollercoaster. Some stewed tomato elements at first burned off some over the course of the bottle, but the wine was always a bit disjointed and even when the mouthfeel smoothed out and some secondary components started to emerge, there was something not quite right, including a little bit warmth on the back-end along with the rusticity as called out in Allen Meadows' notes. Leave last bottle alone for several years.
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12/11/2010 - jlm wrote:
Nice aromatic complexity here, with a real kinship to a '99 Potel Beauxmonts drunk alongside. There are intriguing savory elements that defy my descriptive powers but proved a lovely combination with the dark fruit qualities. One the palate this is a lighter wine than the Potel; plenty of flesh on its bones, but it is a little more elegant and has a finer structure. Still very much in the mold of the inviting '99 fruit though. All in all a wine that's well put together and quite classy.
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12/4/2010 - WetRock wrote:
California Vs Burgundy Blind (Frank Murray's Casa): Served blind. This was decanted shortly before serving. Not much on the nose. Big yet pretty mouthfeel, well balanced with lots of grip. Concentrated with an acidic core and underlying complexity. I wish we had had this with more air but it was a winner even as tight as it was. I guessed France and voted it #2. Very good.
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12/4/2010 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Burg Dinner (CA and France--Served Blind!) (Murray Casa): This was Ramon's 2nd bottle, to replace the corked Taupenot-Merme mid-way into the dinner. This Mugneret got very little air, although it did finish the entire red flight going last so it got some decanter time between being opened and then being served, maybe 30 mins. Fresh and vibrant, hitting the whole palate with some rocky tannin on the finish. I got the impression that the wine was very balanced but we surely didn't give it the fair due. The group voting still picked up the caliber, as it got 4 votes, a total of 8 points and it finished in the latter half of the placing but given its 'johnny on the spot' role, it did quite fine. Thank you, Ramon.
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2/12/2010 - Paul D wrote:
Mugneret-Gibourg at The Ledbury (The Ledbury, Notting Hill, London): Deep ruby core, medium pale garnet rim. Slightly weird, honeyed peanutty nose, which eventually did blow off to reveal ripe plum and blackcurrant fruit and good depth and length on the palate with an attractive slightly savoury finish. ***1/2
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2/12/2010 - SimonG wrote:
Nigel P's Mugneret Offline (The Ledbury, London): Still tight, lovely precision. Needs a while yet but this will be lovely. ***(*)
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4/25/2009 - Jossik wrote: 89 Points
Festa Winesnob 2009 (Pizzeria di Giulio a Roma): molto profondo e pieno, terroso e speziato, un po' di ciliegia
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11/16/2007 - vulgar little monkey wrote:
Upon opening, this had a really explosive, very sexy spicy Vosne nose. Super suave and deeply fruited both on the nose and palate. Really excellent and shocking at how open it was. A real combination of purity, focus, depth, and length. It stayed that way for a couple of hours, but then, mysteriously, started to get a bit loose and blowsy, which was surprising. I'm pretty confident, given my experience with Mugneret Echezeaux, that this is a great wine in the making. Reports from the next day in the open bottle said that it had firmed back up. When to open this depend on how you enjoy your Burgundy. I'll probably re-visit in 5-7 years, but my last bottle I'll save for 15-20.
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