My last half bottle and drinking very well. Colour is still deep and vital. There's some undergrowth and coffee development. It still has a core of cherry fruit and nice floral perfumes. It is silky and layered, with decent mineral cut and excellent persistence.
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A rich wine, slowly entering maturity. Plenty of primary Pinit-fruit here, som hints of sous bois, impeccable balance in spite of the rich year. Can be drunk now if you like the fruit to be up front - or kept, if you are looking for something else. #SøllerødKro
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From half bottle, this was let down somewhat by the cork. It was deep and dense but the ethereal qualities of the wine were planed off by some nutty oxidation. At its core is luscious cherry fruit. It has some earthy development and is very long.
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We had a tasting 1991 - 1993 - 1999 - and the clear winner was 1991. 1999 was clearly different to 1991 and 1993 - and also the number three in our tasting - still a great wine - the fruit is still strawberries and cherries - but also clearly some spiciness in this - I think pepper - medium tannins and acidity - a good balance but can only give 92 here.
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Drank alongside a 1999 Domaine Drouhin Cuvée Laurene from Oregon. Decanted two hours ahead. Served double blind (not blind to me).
Classic burg color, midpoint in the red-blue spectrum. Noticeable rusting shows it’s age. Nose is full of life, a melange of berry and cherry flavors, just starting to develop tertiary notes. Rich, but acidic on the palate, matching the nose. Still quite youthful. This was great, and I preferred it to the good Oregon partner. The secondary markets agree with me.
Drink if you want the fruit emphasized, hold if you want to see what those tertiary notes become. (A)
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medium red color with moderate bricking, joyous ripe cherry nose with some forest floor coming on, on the palate very pretty, cherry and dark berry fruits with crushed dried herbs, good depth, fine length, some pepper notes with time, despite the excellent cuddly Beaune fruit- this manages to be somewhat feisty in its ways, ready to go and in a great place.
****, now to 2030
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Haven't had one of these halves for a while and Heidi blinded me on one last night. It has strong, chewy structure and excellent depth of fruit. It is ripe with black cherry fruit and a suggestion of dried fig. The vintage's perfume develops in the glass and whilst it is very good it is behaving like a Melbourne Cup hose crying out for more distance in the Caulfield Cup. I shall leave my remaining bottles alone for a while and hope that Heidi doesn't use them for options wines on me.
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Quality Chop House (Quality Chop House): Blind. Despite having drunk this six weeks ago, I don't recognise this. Pretty similar note though. Tight, dark red fruited. A good dose of dry extract. Chewy. Quite long and promising. Needs five to ten years. ****
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Blind. Same wine as previous apparently. Lots of dry extract and tannin in the finish. Deep mid garnet. 1999? Fruit is quite bright and dense but very much in the minerally red spectrum. Beaune? No IDE what though. Densely red-fruited. Ok with food but really needs another five to ten years. **(**)
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All blood and guts. Wonderful stench on the nose, significant but fine tannins and dark fruit. Everyone who tasted this blind thought it was a Barolo... Good but not what you'd expect from a Burgumdy.
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Nice that a Beaune even from a great vintage can hold up nicely after 14 years. Not worth the $125 price tag of course, but nonetheless very enjoyable now. Do not hold further! A very constant viscous ( for Pinot ) wrapping around the tongue but only with hints of defined fruits emerging from a sophisticated but not varied overlay of warm sauce of medium to dark fruits. Undoubtedly more bright fruit in its youth . Very nicely made but I would opt for a nice 2010 Savigny or an older Vosne.
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Belle robe ruby avec une nuance orangée. Fermé au premier abord, il a besoin d'aération pour se révéler. Une fois ouvert, des notes assez classiques de fruits rouges, d'épices douces et de piment rouge. En bouche, les tanins sont encore présents, suffisamment enrobés, l'équilibre est bon et les saveurs sont sufissament longues.
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Dallas 2nd Wednesday Group - August 2010: Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Served about one hour after opening. Garnet color in the glass, fairly clear hue. Nose of dust, berries and anise. Flavors of tart red berries and cherries. Medium acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Drink or hold. 90?
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Enticing nose of white flowers, cherry fruits and a touch of earth. It is dense, rich and chewy in the mouth with a supremely youthful feel and plenty of energy. It is a delicious drink now but highly unevolved and capable of aging for several decades more I suspect.
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Birthday Dinner for Hannah (Boulette's Larder, San Francisco): From 3 liter bottle. Much less evolved looking than the '04 Fourrier. Weird medicinal, cranberry aroma that singed the nostrils at first, but this was from some higher toned menthol element and not alcohol. It settled down to show rather powerful black fruit and licorice with only the barest hint of secondary development. A forceful wine that still needs a lot of time to soften.
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Buying 24 ‘hand grenades’ of this on release is certainly an act that I’ll never regret, it has allowed me to track the wine each year over a decade. This is quite a sizeable wine with ample underlying structure and plenty of exquisite, perfumed cherry fruits. It is starting to take on some sweet earth development along with a little cedar. Drinking beautifully today with still plenty up its sleeve for future development.
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Not quite what I was expecting, disappointing to our group as a whole. I included this wine in a three-way Pinot Noir challenge on my blog, Corks and Caftans. The other wines were the 2006 Bookster Q and the 2006 Cartlidge and Browne. If you have any interest, here is the link:
Bought a box of 375’s of this on release and have been extremely happy with my purchase. This is sweet, fragrant and ethereal with a wonderful nose of sweet earth, Maraschino cherry, pine needle sap and a touch of ginger. It has a beguiling silky texture with a nice base of bedrock and it finishes with great precision and cut.
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Served a bit too warm at 20 degrees. Evolved with after a while after being a bit closed in the begining. Nice flavours, a bit earthy, fresh acidity. Medium lengt. Was expecting a bit more to be honest in terms of depth and powerfullnes. Nice wine :)
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Decanted it for 2 hours. Not much of a bouquet. A hint of berries and fruit. Nice round flavour in the mouth. Nice round tannins that added to the wines taste. Probably mature now but will last a few more years.
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The Day After...and my first Giacosa (Count's Manor): mushrooms, dry cherry on the nose, a hint of VA. nice fruit, still some oak, and good tannins on the finish. chewy notes. the excellent acidity makes it very refreshing.
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No nose, No fruit, No length, No complexity, No nothing (pardon the double negative). Hard, dry and austere, but not tannic. Simple and one dimensional. Expected a lot more from this producer for this wine from this vintage. Hope it's a dumb stage and I will wait a year or two to consume my last bottle.
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At beach for Thanksgiving. Very ripe raspberry and strawberry nose with some smoky oak. Sweet and sappy, with lovely pure red berry flavors supported by firm underlying backbone. Delicious -- buy more?
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6/5/2022 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
My last half bottle and drinking very well. Colour is still deep and vital. There's some undergrowth and coffee development. It still has a core of cherry fruit and nice floral perfumes. It is silky and layered, with decent mineral cut and excellent persistence.
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11/4/2021 - beatles wrote: 92 Points
A rich wine, slowly entering maturity. Plenty of primary Pinit-fruit here, som hints of sous bois, impeccable balance in spite of the rich year. Can be drunk now if you like the fruit to be up front - or kept, if you are looking for something else.
#SøllerødKro
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11/17/2020 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
From half bottle, this was let down somewhat by the cork. It was deep and dense but the ethereal qualities of the wine were planed off by some nutty oxidation. At its core is luscious cherry fruit. It has some earthy development and is very long.
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8/16/2020 - BradE wrote:
I have a soft spot for Mouches, and this 99 showed why. Solid, enjoyable, and given their price very fair value.
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6/6/2020 - ILarsen wrote: 92 Points
We had a tasting 1991 - 1993 - 1999 - and the clear winner was 1991. 1999 was clearly different to 1991 and 1993 - and also the number three in our tasting - still a great wine - the fruit is still strawberries and cherries - but also clearly some spiciness in this - I think pepper - medium tannins and acidity - a good balance but can only give 92 here.
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3/9/2020 - Brady D wrote:
Drank alongside a 1999 Domaine Drouhin Cuvée Laurene from Oregon. Decanted two hours ahead. Served double blind (not blind to me).
Classic burg color, midpoint in the red-blue spectrum. Noticeable rusting shows it’s age. Nose is full of life, a melange of berry and cherry flavors, just starting to develop tertiary notes. Rich, but acidic on the palate, matching the nose. Still quite youthful. This was great, and I preferred it to the good Oregon partner. The secondary markets agree with me.
Drink if you want the fruit emphasized, hold if you want to see what those tertiary notes become. (A)
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5/1/2019 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
medium red color with moderate bricking, joyous ripe cherry nose with some forest floor coming on, on the palate very pretty, cherry and dark berry fruits with crushed dried herbs, good depth, fine length, some pepper notes with time, despite the excellent cuddly Beaune fruit- this manages to be somewhat feisty in its ways, ready to go and in a great place.
****, now to 2030
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1/28/2019 - steinersing wrote: 90 Points
a bit slimmer than expected for the vintage
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1/8/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Haven't had one of these halves for a while and Heidi blinded me on one last night. It has strong, chewy structure and excellent depth of fruit. It is ripe with black cherry fruit and a suggestion of dried fig. The vintage's perfume develops in the glass and whilst it is very good it is behaving like a Melbourne Cup hose crying out for more distance in the Caulfield Cup. I shall leave my remaining bottles alone for a while and hope that Heidi doesn't use them for options wines on me.
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5/8/2015 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Quality Chop House (Quality Chop House): Blind. Despite having drunk this six weeks ago, I don't recognise this. Pretty similar note though. Tight, dark red fruited. A good dose of dry extract. Chewy. Quite long and promising. Needs five to ten years. ****
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3/26/2015 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Blind. Same wine as previous apparently. Lots of dry extract and tannin in the finish. Deep mid garnet. 1999? Fruit is quite bright and dense but very much in the minerally red spectrum. Beaune? No IDE what though. Densely red-fruited. Ok with food but really needs another five to ten years. **(**)
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4/6/2014 - Rani wrote: 89 Points
All blood and guts. Wonderful stench on the nose, significant but fine tannins and dark fruit. Everyone who tasted this blind thought it was a Barolo... Good but not what you'd expect from a Burgumdy.
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11/15/2013 - Sotto325 wrote: 92 Points
Nice that a Beaune even from a great vintage can hold up nicely after 14 years. Not worth the $125 price tag of course, but nonetheless very enjoyable now. Do not hold further! A very constant viscous ( for Pinot ) wrapping around the tongue but only with hints of defined fruits emerging from a sophisticated but not varied overlay of warm sauce of medium to dark fruits. Undoubtedly more bright fruit in its youth . Very nicely made but I would opt for a nice 2010 Savigny or an older Vosne.
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11/24/2012 - BradE wrote:
Not a rock star, but downright enjoyable. Took a while to open up, and was better after an hour of air.
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12/20/2010 - Partenaire wrote: 86 Points
Belle robe ruby avec une nuance orangée. Fermé au premier abord, il a besoin d'aération pour se révéler. Une fois ouvert, des notes assez classiques de fruits rouges, d'épices douces et de piment rouge. En bouche, les tanins sont encore présents, suffisamment enrobés, l'équilibre est bon et les saveurs sont sufissament longues.
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8/11/2010 - wineismylife wrote: 90 Points
Dallas 2nd Wednesday Group - August 2010: Tasted non blind at a wine dinner. Served about one hour after opening. Garnet color in the glass, fairly clear hue. Nose of dust, berries and anise. Flavors of tart red berries and cherries. Medium acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Drink or hold. 90?
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4/30/2010 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Enticing nose of white flowers, cherry fruits and a touch of earth. It is dense, rich and chewy in the mouth with a supremely youthful feel and plenty of energy. It is a delicious drink now but highly unevolved and capable of aging for several decades more I suspect.
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8/26/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Birthday Dinner for Hannah (Boulette's Larder, San Francisco): From 3 liter bottle. Much less evolved looking than the '04 Fourrier. Weird medicinal, cranberry aroma that singed the nostrils at first, but this was from some higher toned menthol element and not alcohol. It settled down to show rather powerful black fruit and licorice with only the barest hint of secondary development. A forceful wine that still needs a lot of time to soften.
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8/17/2009 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Buying 24 ‘hand grenades’ of this on release is certainly an act that I’ll never regret, it has allowed me to track the wine each year over a decade. This is quite a sizeable wine with ample underlying structure and plenty of exquisite, perfumed cherry fruits. It is starting to take on some sweet earth development along with a little cedar. Drinking beautifully today with still plenty up its sleeve for future development.
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7/6/2009 - rwb5150 wrote: 80 Points
Not quite what I was expecting, disappointing to our group as a whole. I included this wine in a three-way Pinot Noir challenge on my blog, Corks and Caftans. The other wines were the 2006 Bookster Q and the 2006 Cartlidge and Browne. If you have any interest, here is the link:
http://corksandcaftans.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/pinot-noir-challenge-burgundy-v-napa-v-sonoma/
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5/23/2009 - TheGreenFrog wrote:
Good purity of dark fruit. Concentrated with very good acidity. Very good drinking now but with plenty of time ahead.
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8/25/2008 - Rugan wrote: 85 Points
Powerful strong wine with stabile tannins. Has become better with age. Can hold an other few years before maturing into a more harmonious wine.
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6/8/2008 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Bought a box of 375’s of this on release and have been extremely happy with my purchase. This is sweet, fragrant and ethereal with a wonderful nose of sweet earth, Maraschino cherry, pine needle sap and a touch of ginger. It has a beguiling silky texture with a nice base of bedrock and it finishes with great precision and cut.
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11/10/2007 - Rugan wrote: 87 Points
Served a bit too warm at 20 degrees. Evolved with after a while after being a bit closed in the begining. Nice flavours, a bit earthy, fresh acidity. Medium lengt.
Was expecting a bit more to be honest in terms of depth and powerfullnes.
Nice wine :)
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12/29/2006 - Rugan wrote: 85 Points
Decanted it for 2 hours. Not much of a bouquet. A hint of berries and fruit. Nice round flavour in the mouth. Nice round tannins that added to the wines taste. Probably mature now but will last a few more years.
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11/24/2006 - Mlermontov wrote: 90 Points
The Day After...and my first Giacosa (Count's Manor): mushrooms, dry cherry on the nose, a hint of VA. nice fruit, still some oak, and good tannins on the finish. chewy notes. the excellent acidity makes it very refreshing.
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10/21/2006 - winefool wrote: 91 Points
WS California Wine Experience Drouhin Tasting (San Francisco Marriott): Full soft red color. tight medium aroma of red and black cherrry. Bright red cherry fruit, but a little closed down. Nice acidity. A good food wine.
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5/30/2006 - cos82 wrote: 80 Points
No nose, No fruit, No length, No complexity, No nothing (pardon the double negative). Hard, dry and austere, but not tannic. Simple and one dimensional. Expected a lot more from this producer for this wine from this vintage. Hope it's a dumb stage and I will wait a year or two to consume my last bottle.
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3/24/2006 - rael007 wrote: 84 Points
Fruity and simple --- disappointingly so. I was expecting more, but I think this may be a bit past its prime.
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11/27/2004 - Doug House wrote:
At beach for Thanksgiving. Very ripe raspberry and strawberry nose with some smoky oak. Sweet and sappy, with lovely pure red berry flavors supported by firm underlying backbone. Delicious -- buy more?
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