La Paulée Zachy's Auction - Thursday (Le Bernardin Privé): Earth, meat and funk filled nose. The palate offers more purity of rich fruit and spice. Grand Cru concentration with a lively finish. At peak now, Ken. Okay nose, terrific palate.
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Stunner. Opened at La Paulee Zachy’s auction. Comes across mature yet plenty of sweet red fruit essence and loads of spice with subtle complexity. Peak?
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Clos St Jacques Dinner (Gunther's, Purivs Street, Singapore): Rather tight for a 2000, but this was pretty fine. The nose was tight and subtle, with quiet notes of dark berries and black cherries, sous bois, mineral and gentle spice. The palate was tight as well, but very impressive nonetheless, with a focused beam of dark cherry patted down with earth and ferrous mineral, and a touch of spice drifting away into a nicely lithe finish. An unusual 2000, and very much less generous and giving than the other wines on show, but good nonetheless.
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very mature....the color showed some bricking and it give off mellowed aromas and flavors, if blind i'd have guessed 90s. the bottle was in excellent shape (appearance, ullage, etc) but i don't know the history so i'm wondering how representative this is
otherwise it was clearly a warm vintage wine, dark red berry profile, good balance/fruit, and more robust/less spice which is all consistent with it's origins. enjoyable, just advanced
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Filippo's Fourrier Dinner (La Trompette, Chiswick): Pale/medium garnet/ruby core, pale garnet rim. Fragrant red fruited nose, some florals, spice. Medium bodied, pure red fruit, lightly savoury, quite elegant and refined, attractive. ****
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It’s all about the nose, soars, very good balance between fruit (brambles, warm apple, plums, red fruit) and tertiary notes of sous bois, scent, flora. The palate is not quite a good with a touch too much acidity for the remaining fruit to balance out.
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La Grande Paulée at Cabotte (Cabotte, 48 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AY): This is a superb rendition. All the hallmarks of a grand cru wine; precision and depth, lots of nuances, something new in every sip and makes the brain and heart race. Spiritual stuff. Very pure and still young. No harm jumping in now but expect another decade of bottle development.
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This was so beautifully mature; though this did not have the depth of the others, it was loveliness and elegance personified. A delicious raspberry, herb, and mineral nose, really dances across the palate. A light touch.
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Tasted blind, this wine has a bright red center with light red/clear rims. The medium intensity nose showed black cherries, black spices, plums, and some soil.
In the mouth, this wine had great richness, rounded tannins, and great length. This tasted relatively young and should pick up a point or two. I suggest additional cellar time for 5-10 years.
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Looking back at the '14 tasting note, one of two things is true: this morphed into something magnificent, or there's some pretty major bottle variation afoot. In some respects, who cares?, but going with the latter here, given the vintage rep. This bottle was nothing like the other -- classic earthiness meets gorgeous fruit and balance in this bottle. Awesome.
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Beside the Rousseau CSJ, this was more dense, powerful & backward. Nonetheless, still a pretty wine by most standards. Very floral, & most if not all couldn't pin this down as Gevrey too. Very nice silky palate, with lots of red-fruits and a touch of "dang-gui" (Chinese herbs). Very, very good! Still think the Rousseau's an inch ahead in terms of overall "packaging", esp. in the elegance department...
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"1er" Dinner at the American Club to determine which plots belong to a "Grand Cru" status. Served alongside the Rousseau CSJ 96. Medium red, very primary in appearance. Again, a Chambolle like nose, very richly perfurmed with fresh flowers, red roses and violets. Very silky on the palate, with a lovely balance of acidity, tannins and ripe red fruits. This was a terrific wine, but was still a notch down from the Rousseau. Verdict on Grand Cru worthiness - Definitely for this amazing plot
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Clear ruby. Nose was extremely showy from the go. Popped a few hours before drinking and decanted during dinner. The wine gained more body as it opened up. Lovely red fruited nose and still very primary. On the palate, lots of sweet cherries and some soil and minerality. Perhaps lacking a bit on the mid-palate intensity and finish as acidity was slightly low. But nonetheless a great effort in this vintage. An excellent wine due to its mouth-filling presence and depth.
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Quite uneven, particularly on the finish. At its best aromatically. Fruit fairly sweet, but not up to the normal Fourrier CSJ standards. No rush to drink these up, but not a clear reason to wait, either.
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Casual Dinner with Gevrey 1er (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Mature and ripe black cherry aromas with some dried herb character. Very elegant and balanced with some subtle animale hints. Probably at its peak now, perhaps it might have been slightly better year or two ago, but still drinking very nicely.
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This wine was unfortunately flawed. We could see that some seepage had occured. I do not that the bottle was cellared correctly. The wine was not corked, or extremely oxidized, it just lacked oomph. It was wine that could not circle the bases even though it was a CSJ. The nose was fine, redolent of fruit, and the palate straightforward with some earth, cherries, and spice..but it did not have firepower
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Nose offers up ripe strawberry, leather, smoked meats, spice and undergrowth. Rich ripe fruit combined with silky tannins and lovely mineral acidity. Long finish. Excellent mature 1er GC.
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Burgundy WIMPS (The Ledbury, Notting Hill, London): Notes now very thin, but this was mature, gamey, earthy, truffly with underlying pure red fruit, fine integrated tannins and a teasing very good length finish. Very good indeed.
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Cork 4/5 soaked through but no seepage. Pale/medium garnet core, medium pale garnet rim. Open if not overly intense bouquet, but showing lovely purity and aromatic refinement with dark cherry fruit, game, a hint of smoky meat. Medium/full on the palate, lovely clarity and transparency, more strawberry fruit than the nose, game and liquorice notes, a touch of decay, a decent length savoury, gamey finish. Perhaps lacking a little of the depth and drive of the last bottle but still lovely.
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A very silky wine, with a lovely open and rich nose, which leads to sweet and ill-defined red fruit that seems to lack crispness. The wine ultimately is not well-balanced as the fruit was ripe and generous but the structure unforgiving and strict. I think this will be fine now but not be a keeper. The professionals all had high hopes for this wine but I do not think that it has worked out as well as they thought.
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Corked soaked all the way up. Much more expressive nose than my previous bottle, full of meats, minerals, and other Gevrey goodness. Not as great as I remember on the palate. Perhaps an overly advanced bottle?
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medium garnet colour. Nose offers up lovely ripe small red fruits, sous bois, spice. lovely ripe soft rich fruit on palate, meaty with good minerality.Longish finish.
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Cork in good shape, minimal soaking. Medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Lovely perfumed, refined aroma of dark cherry fruit, distinct smokiness, mineral notes. Medium/full bodied on the palate, with laser-like clarity and precision, deep, intense black cherry fruit, same smoky notes, some meatiness on the palate too, refined, integrated tannins, fresh acidity carrying a long, cool, harmonious finish. Classy, lovely, drinking well but absolutely no hurry.
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Cork half soaked through. Pale/medium garnet core, medium/pale garnet/mahogany rim. Blast of sweet red cherry and strawberry fruit on the nose, with underlying game, smoke and rich earth. Palate is now softer and more harmonious with savoury red fruits, notes of plum and game, relatively rich and round with decent intensity, some smoky mineral notes on the good if not exceptionally long finish. Lovely and drinking very well.
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Cherry red. Nose of ripe red fruit. Sweet, ripe fruit on the palate. Freshness and good complexity. Very elegant round, ripe, fruit. Full integrated tannins. Soft very long finish. Very enjoyable.
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Sooooo solid. Really needs a good 2+ hours of air to get going. Lots of fresh earth and sweet/spicy fruit on the nose. Good persistence. This seems ready to go but there's ample acidity to keep it fresh for a little while longer. Previous bottles seemed more stern, but this opened up nicely.
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"Farewell" Party for Sasi (Lam Soon): Very woody with earthy rootstock but does open up to reveal some nice oranges and cherries. Extracted cherry fruit and slightly sappy finishing with roots and lots of tree bark.
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Sasi's farewell tasting (Richfield, Lam Soon Building, Singapore): Slightly garnet on the rim, with a clear reddish core. Super bright, fragrant nose. Loads of lovely morello cherry on the nose, a little sweet, almost taking on stewed notes with time, along with some funk and lots of earth and dry dirt, a hint of flowers and a nice minerality all undergirded with an umami tone. Very nice. Palate showed a touch of youth still, being more restrained than the nose. Very focused flavours. Bright, clean cherries at first, wed to good acidity and resolved tannins that just retained a hint of what might have been an early hardness and austerity. The slowly unfolding finish was long and mouthwatering. With time, a beam of wet stone started running through the palate, along with a touch of tree bark and roots intermingled with emerging coffee notes towards the end. I thought it was a 1998 Armand Rosseau Clos St Jacques when served blind – which says a lot about the quality of the Fourrier’s stuff. Still young, this needs a few more years of cellar time. A really excellent wine nonetheless.
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Great freshness and purity with plenty of earth on the nose along with perfumed red fruits. There is nice proportion in the mouth and cranberry fruit flavours are lightly tinged with meat and earth. It has quite fine acidity and it tightens in the glass showing a little oxidative cold coffee on the finish, needs a bit more time
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Quite pale cherry red, with a luminous quality. Very narrow paler rim showing just a little brick. Nose is light and beautifully perfumed with red cherry fruit and a little earthiness. Quite lithe. Mouth entry is broad and sweet with good freshness. Mid-palate shows round and ripe fruit with real depth to it and a very mineral character. It also has a very savoury, even astringent edge to it. Finish is long, though rather lean and marred (for me at least) by dominance of the savoury element. Very enjoyable in a "light and pure" style, but for me doesn't achieve greatness due to a lack of density and the astringency. A solid ***. If I had more, I would revisit in 18 months to decide whether the fruit is coming back or the astringency is winning out.
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Quite good and quite young. While the nose is not giving up much, the palate is wonderful: silken, seamless, and long. I'll try my next bottle in 2-3 years, I'd guess.
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Clear medium ruby. Intense red cherry and strawberry dominated nose, trademark Fourrier purity, slight creaminess, some iron notes and a little meat with time in glass. Medium bodied, elegant red cherry, strawberry, a slight hint of darker fruit emerging on the mid-palate, meat fat, moderate fully integrated tannins, fresh acidity, has a certain richness (at least when compared to other Fourrier 1ers from this vintage), quite long. Although it's not exactly tight I feel there is a bit more to come and it will open out given another year or two. 91+.
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Earth and game meat aromas on the nose. Nicely balanced and textured on the palate. Seems to be in a pretty approachable place at the moment, although it is lacking some depth.
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Quite pale cherry red, with a luminous quality. Very narrow paler rim showing just a little brick. Nose is light and beautifully perfumed with red cherry fruit and a little earthiness. Quite lithe. Mouth entry is broad and sweet with good freshness. Mid-palate shows round and ripe fruit with real depth to it and a very mineral character. It also has a very savoury, even astringent edge to it. Finish is long, though rather lean and marred (for me at least) by dominance of the savoury element. Very enjoyable in a "light and pure" style, but for me doesn't achieve greatness due to a lack of density and the astringency. A solid ***. If I had more, I would revisit in 18 months to decide whether the fruit is coming back or the astringency is winning out.
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Lots of cherry with some gamey complexity, undergrowth and earth. Good texture and palate length with the complexity of the palate not really matching that of the nose. Still, a lovely wine with some potential to improve.
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9/10/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 93 Points
200 Burgundy Grand Crus from vintage 2000, 4-day blind tasting (Singapore): A wine from the fathers era that are not yet at the level of what they are today. It shows, strict, linear, acidity on the forefront but good red fruit core. Medium complexity.
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3/5/2020 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points
La Paulée Zachy's Auction - Thursday (Le Bernardin Privé): Earth, meat and funk filled nose. The palate offers more purity of rich fruit and spice. Grand Cru concentration with a lively finish. At peak now, Ken. Okay nose, terrific palate.
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3/5/2020 - KenK Likes this wine: 93 Points
Stunner. Opened at La Paulee Zachy’s auction. Comes across mature yet plenty of sweet red fruit essence and loads of spice with subtle complexity. Peak?
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3/5/2020 - hprphf wrote: 92 Points
Zachy's La Paulee 2020; 3/5/2020-3/6/2020 (Le Bernardin Prive): Not a lot of depth but very concentrated and nice extract. 92
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3/5/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Zachys La Paulee Auction; 3/5/2020-3/6/2020 (Le Bernardin Prive - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Earthy and meaty with fully mature black cherry. So elegant and fun now.
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11/13/2019 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Clos St Jacques Dinner (Gunther's, Purivs Street, Singapore): Rather tight for a 2000, but this was pretty fine. The nose was tight and subtle, with quiet notes of dark berries and black cherries, sous bois, mineral and gentle spice. The palate was tight as well, but very impressive nonetheless, with a focused beam of dark cherry patted down with earth and ferrous mineral, and a touch of spice drifting away into a nicely lithe finish. An unusual 2000, and very much less generous and giving than the other wines on show, but good nonetheless.
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2/19/2019 - kr522 wrote: 91 Points
very mature....the color showed some bricking and it give off mellowed aromas and flavors, if blind i'd have guessed 90s. the bottle was in excellent shape (appearance, ullage, etc) but i don't know the history so i'm wondering how representative this is
otherwise it was clearly a warm vintage wine, dark red berry profile, good balance/fruit, and more robust/less spice which is all consistent with it's origins. enjoyable, just advanced
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1/26/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 96 Points
During a Paulee dinner so only brief impressions. Red fruit, spices, some earthy notes. Complex and long, polished.
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12/17/2018 - Paul D wrote:
Filippo's Fourrier Dinner (La Trompette, Chiswick): Pale/medium garnet/ruby core, pale garnet rim. Fragrant red fruited nose, some florals, spice. Medium bodied, pure red fruit, lightly savoury, quite elegant and refined, attractive. ****
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12/17/2018 - coteamor wrote: 94 Points
It’s all about the nose, soars, very good balance between fruit (brambles, warm apple, plums, red fruit) and tertiary notes of sous bois, scent, flora. The palate is not quite a good with a touch too much acidity for the remaining fruit to balance out.
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6/23/2017 - VinoVeloVinyl wrote: 95 Points
La Grande Paulée at Cabotte (Cabotte, 48 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AY): This is a superb rendition. All the hallmarks of a grand cru wine; precision and depth, lots of nuances, something new in every sip and makes the brain and heart race. Spiritual stuff. Very pure and still young. No harm jumping in now but expect another decade of bottle development.
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4/21/2017 - englishman's claret wrote: 94 Points
This was so beautifully mature; though this did not have the depth of the others, it was loveliness and elegance personified. A delicious raspberry, herb, and mineral nose, really dances across the palate. A light touch.
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12/3/2016 - fclarity wrote: 93 Points
Tasted blind, this wine has a bright red center with light red/clear rims. The medium intensity nose showed black cherries, black spices, plums, and some soil.
In the mouth, this wine had great richness, rounded tannins, and great length. This tasted relatively young and should pick up a point or two. I suggest additional cellar time for 5-10 years.
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6/20/2016 - SchererJ Likes this wine: 93 Points
Outstanding bottle initially closed and a bit lean but then opened into classic mature sweet burgundy
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1/28/2016 - Sycamore Likes this wine: 94 Points
Looking back at the '14 tasting note, one of two things is true: this morphed into something magnificent, or there's some pretty major bottle variation afoot. In some respects, who cares?, but going with the latter here, given the vintage rep. This bottle was nothing like the other -- classic earthiness meets gorgeous fruit and balance in this bottle. Awesome.
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5/22/2015 - etyc Likes this wine:
Beside the Rousseau CSJ, this was more dense, powerful & backward. Nonetheless, still a pretty wine by most standards. Very floral, & most if not all couldn't pin this down as Gevrey too. Very nice silky palate, with lots of red-fruits and a touch of "dang-gui" (Chinese herbs). Very, very good! Still think the Rousseau's an inch ahead in terms of overall "packaging", esp. in the elegance department...
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5/22/2015 - justburg wrote: 92 Points
"1er" Dinner at the American Club to determine which plots belong to a "Grand Cru" status. Served alongside the Rousseau CSJ 96. Medium red, very primary in appearance. Again, a Chambolle like nose, very richly perfurmed with fresh flowers, red roses and violets. Very silky on the palate, with a lovely balance of acidity, tannins and ripe red fruits. This was a terrific wine, but was still a notch down from the Rousseau. Verdict on Grand Cru worthiness - Definitely for this amazing plot
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5/27/2014 - Dbrane wrote: 90 Points
Clear ruby. Nose was extremely showy from the go. Popped a few hours before drinking and decanted during dinner. The wine gained more body as it opened up. Lovely red fruited nose and still very primary. On the palate, lots of sweet cherries and some soil and minerality. Perhaps lacking a bit on the mid-palate intensity and finish as acidity was slightly low. But nonetheless a great effort in this vintage. An excellent wine due to its mouth-filling presence and depth.
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4/25/2014 - Sycamore wrote:
Quite uneven, particularly on the finish. At its best aromatically. Fruit fairly sweet, but not up to the normal Fourrier CSJ standards. No rush to drink these up, but not a clear reason to wait, either.
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4/9/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Casual Dinner with Gevrey 1er (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Mature and ripe black cherry aromas with some dried herb character. Very elegant and balanced with some subtle animale hints. Probably at its peak now, perhaps it might have been slightly better year or two ago, but still drinking very nicely.
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2/22/2013 - Sheila62 wrote:
This wine was unfortunately flawed. We could see that some seepage had occured. I do not that the bottle was cellared correctly. The wine was not corked, or extremely oxidized, it just lacked oomph. It was wine that could not circle the bases even though it was a CSJ. The nose was fine, redolent of fruit, and the palate straightforward with some earth, cherries, and spice..but it did not have firepower
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8/18/2012 - western wrote: 91 Points
Nose offers up ripe strawberry, leather, smoked meats, spice and undergrowth. Rich ripe fruit combined with silky tannins and lovely mineral acidity. Long finish. Excellent mature 1er GC.
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6/26/2012 - Paul D wrote:
Burgundy WIMPS (The Ledbury, Notting Hill, London): Notes now very thin, but this was mature, gamey, earthy, truffly with underlying pure red fruit, fine integrated tannins and a teasing very good length finish. Very good indeed.
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3/19/2012 - western wrote: flawed
Another expensive corked bottle aaaaaaaaah!!!!
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11/27/2011 - Paul D wrote: 90 Points
Cork 4/5 soaked through but no seepage. Pale/medium garnet core, medium pale garnet rim. Open if not overly intense bouquet, but showing lovely purity and aromatic refinement with dark cherry fruit, game, a hint of smoky meat. Medium/full on the palate, lovely clarity and transparency, more strawberry fruit than the nose, game and liquorice notes, a touch of decay, a decent length savoury, gamey finish. Perhaps lacking a little of the depth and drive of the last bottle but still lovely.
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10/4/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 90 Points
A very silky wine, with a lovely open and rich nose, which leads to sweet and ill-defined red fruit that seems to lack crispness. The wine ultimately is not well-balanced as the fruit was ripe and generous but the structure unforgiving and strict. I think this will be fine now but not be a keeper. The professionals all had high hopes for this wine but I do not think that it has worked out as well as they thought.
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8/15/2011 - Rupert wrote:
A burgundy lunch (La Trompette, Chiswick, London): Tight, packed with red fruit, quite grippy - more powerful than I was expecting, but on this evidence needs some more time
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2/25/2011 - collin wrote:
Corked soaked all the way up. Much more expressive nose than my previous bottle, full of meats, minerals, and other Gevrey goodness. Not as great as I remember on the palate. Perhaps an overly advanced bottle?
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2/6/2011 - western wrote: 90 Points
medium garnet colour. Nose offers up lovely ripe small red fruits, sous bois, spice. lovely ripe soft rich fruit on palate, meaty with good minerality.Longish finish.
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1/23/2011 - Paul D wrote: 93 Points
Cork in good shape, minimal soaking. Medium garnet core, pale garnet rim. Lovely perfumed, refined aroma of dark cherry fruit, distinct smokiness, mineral notes. Medium/full bodied on the palate, with laser-like clarity and precision, deep, intense black cherry fruit, same smoky notes, some meatiness on the palate too, refined, integrated tannins, fresh acidity carrying a long, cool, harmonious finish. Classy, lovely, drinking well but absolutely no hurry.
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6/30/2010 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points
Cork half soaked through. Pale/medium garnet core, medium/pale garnet/mahogany rim. Blast of sweet red cherry and strawberry fruit on the nose, with underlying game, smoke and rich earth. Palate is now softer and more harmonious with savoury red fruits, notes of plum and game, relatively rich and round with decent intensity, some smoky mineral notes on the good if not exceptionally long finish. Lovely and drinking very well.
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3/11/2010 - Barry Rothof wrote: 92 Points
Cherry red. Nose of ripe red fruit. Sweet, ripe fruit on the palate. Freshness and good complexity. Very elegant round, ripe, fruit. Full integrated tannins. Soft very long finish. Very enjoyable.
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1/21/2010 - Rupert wrote: 92 Points
Fourrier Clos St Jacques at The Ledbury (The Ledbury, London): Back to the pretty strawberry and cherry style of the 2002, but less substantial; some mineral and game, very attractive
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1/21/2010 - SimonG wrote:
Rupert's Fourrier Clos St Jacques Offline (The Ledbury, London): Ever so slightly cheery, mineral. Quite fat on the attack, really leggy in the glass. Nice but all front and no finish. ***
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11/29/2009 - cellarid wrote: 92 Points
Sooooo solid. Really needs a good 2+ hours of air to get going. Lots of fresh earth and sweet/spicy fruit on the nose. Good persistence. This seems ready to go but there's ample acidity to keep it fresh for a little while longer. Previous bottles seemed more stern, but this opened up nicely.
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7/26/2009 - cellarid wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with the last bottle if not better. Slightly underperforms for the terroir but very solid nonetheless.
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4/5/2009 - Alex H wrote: 83 Points
"Farewell" Party for Sasi (Lam Soon): Very woody with earthy rootstock but does open up to reveal some nice oranges and cherries. Extracted cherry fruit and slightly sappy finishing with roots and lots of tree bark.
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4/4/2009 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Sasi's farewell tasting (Richfield, Lam Soon Building, Singapore): Slightly garnet on the rim, with a clear reddish core. Super bright, fragrant nose. Loads of lovely morello cherry on the nose, a little sweet, almost taking on stewed notes with time, along with some funk and lots of earth and dry dirt, a hint of flowers and a nice minerality all undergirded with an umami tone. Very nice. Palate showed a touch of youth still, being more restrained than the nose. Very focused flavours. Bright, clean cherries at first, wed to good acidity and resolved tannins that just retained a hint of what might have been an early hardness and austerity. The slowly unfolding finish was long and mouthwatering. With time, a beam of wet stone started running through the palate, along with a touch of tree bark and roots intermingled with emerging coffee notes towards the end. I thought it was a 1998 Armand Rosseau Clos St Jacques when served blind – which says a lot about the quality of the Fourrier’s stuff. Still young, this needs a few more years of cellar time. A really excellent wine nonetheless.
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12/9/2008 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Great freshness and purity with plenty of earth on the nose along with perfumed red fruits. There is nice proportion in the mouth and cranberry fruit flavours are lightly tinged with meat and earth. It has quite fine acidity and it tightens in the glass showing a little oxidative cold coffee on the finish, needs a bit more time
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10/26/2008 - cellarid wrote: 91 Points
Starting to open up. Still a bit firm. Really solid and showing some sap with air.
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9/30/2008 - PSide wrote:
Quite pale cherry red, with a luminous quality. Very narrow paler rim showing just a little brick. Nose is light and beautifully perfumed with red cherry fruit and a little earthiness. Quite lithe. Mouth entry is broad and sweet with good freshness. Mid-palate shows round and ripe fruit with real depth to it and a very mineral character. It also has a very savoury, even astringent edge to it. Finish is long, though rather lean and marred (for me at least) by dominance of the savoury element. Very enjoyable in a "light and pure" style, but for me doesn't achieve greatness due to a lack of density and the astringency. A solid ***. If I had more, I would revisit in 18 months to decide whether the fruit is coming back or the astringency is winning out.
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8/11/2008 - collin wrote:
Quite good and quite young. While the nose is not giving up much, the palate is wonderful: silken, seamless, and long. I'll try my next bottle in 2-3 years, I'd guess.
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7/6/2008 - Paul D wrote: 91 Points
Clear medium ruby. Intense red cherry and strawberry dominated nose, trademark Fourrier purity, slight creaminess, some iron notes and a little meat with time in glass. Medium bodied, elegant red cherry, strawberry, a slight hint of darker fruit emerging on the mid-palate, meat fat, moderate fully integrated tannins, fresh acidity, has a certain richness (at least when compared to other Fourrier 1ers from this vintage), quite long. Although it's not exactly tight I feel there is a bit more to come and it will open out given another year or two. 91+.
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6/2/2008 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
Earth and game meat aromas on the nose. Nicely balanced and textured on the palate. Seems to be in a pretty approachable place at the moment, although it is lacking some depth.
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3/22/2008 - Jurgens wrote: 92 Points
Lovely. Super classic Gevrey.Cherry, long and complexity. Just lovely.
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2/9/2008 - cellarid wrote: flawed
COR(KED)
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1/1/2008 - HandPickedBurgundy wrote:
Quite pale cherry red, with a luminous quality. Very narrow paler rim showing just a little brick. Nose is light and beautifully perfumed with red cherry fruit and a little earthiness. Quite lithe. Mouth entry is broad and sweet with good freshness. Mid-palate shows round and ripe fruit with real depth to it and a very mineral character. It also has a very savoury, even astringent edge to it. Finish is long, though rather lean and marred (for me at least) by dominance of the savoury element. Very enjoyable in a "light and pure" style, but for me doesn't achieve greatness due to a lack of density and the astringency. A solid ***. If I had more, I would revisit in 18 months to decide whether the fruit is coming back or the astringency is winning out.
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12/27/2006 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points
Lots of cherry with some gamey complexity, undergrowth and earth. Good texture and palate length with the complexity of the palate not really matching that of the nose. Still, a lovely wine with some potential to improve.
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