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2004 Lucien Le Moine Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs-Gain
2/1/2019 - emzee.mc wrote: 92 Points
Pours a deep golden color with medium legs, no less because of the challenging vintage. On the nose the wine is pungent and complex, yielding yellow stone fruits, tropical fruits, mint, eucalyptus, wet stones, sugarcane, and just a touch of oak in the end. I would say that the profile was one more Chablis-like rather than Californian. But over time, the wine has picked up tertiary characteristics that give it an American profile. On the palate, the wine is robust, voluptuous, yet stays true to its Burgundian roots by providing balancing acidity and copious streaks of minerals for structure. Flavors of buttered popcorn, caramel, smoke, mineral water, white floral honey, mint and anise are in full force. Finish is a bit short and clearly demarcated by a mineral cut. Nonetheless, a very tasty juice that yields a lot of enjoyment. Another ringer from the Le Moine couple.
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2012 Domaine Anne et Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Noirots
12/23/2018 - emzee.mc wrote: 90 Points
This was given 2 hours of air but not decanted. Red cherry color with very thick legs. Nose is muted at first but starts to reveal its feminine charm after a short while. Pungent, beguiling bouquet of strawberries, cherries, violets, fermented soybean, duck prosciutto and potpourri. On the palate, wine is velvety, luscious and rich with just a touch of rustic tannins to keep things from being ethereal. The bite is essential as it provides balance. Flavors are still primary for now given its youth. Strawberries, leather, soy sauce, salted plums, oak, and kirsch dominate the core. Acid is somewhat muted nonetheless. Finish is long, beguiling and fruity with a kick of smoke. That said, the palate is a tad thin, or elegant and weightless, as some may say. Great effort with high QPR.
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1982 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
12/21/2018 - emzee.mc wrote: 94 Points
Matt's contribution to the 80's blind BDX challenge. I firmly believe that there is so much more to give from the bottle but by the time we drank it, it was starting to go flat, no less because of too much air. Color is deep, inky purple with thick long legs, no less because of this legendary vintage. The masculine bouquet is concentrated but slightly muted. Lead pencil shavings, smoked meats, squid ink, damp earth, barnyard hay and burnished leather are all there. This is a classic Pauillac nose that is up there as one of the best. On the palate, the wine is robust, slick and well-defined. Tannins are sweet and acidity is kept at a support role. Flavors consist of kirsch, macerated plums, graphite, blackcurrants and tobacco smoke. The palate, however, is a bit lacking in energy and does not reflect the promise of the nose. The finish is slick, brooding and masculine. While enjoyable, we all had difficulty finding weight (that which made 1982 so legendary in Bordeaux) in the juice.
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