Again a very serious wine. So well made. However, the vintage is not very beneficial for this. I much more preferred the cooler vintage versions of this (such as the brilliant 2017). Darker fruits than usual, more rustic and less transparent, less "wild" (less stems?) and less acidity. Still - a lovely easy drinking and enjoyable bottle, but missing some of the fine tuning and clean and wild feeling I usually get in this. Perhaps some further cellar time will make this more interesting?
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First bottle from a case of 2020. Short note - just p & p'd and drunk. The 2019 vintage of this wine was really stunning, a great qpr for a Vosne 1:er Cru. Expectations rather high. The 2020 version is perhaps not as good as the 19 (at least not at this point). The vintage shows, this is a far less delicate and finely tuned wine. Less floral and transparent, more alcohol and oomph. Denser fruit, and heavier. More oak present and warmer fruit makes for a less sexy wine at this young age. Still very good, but I preferred the 2019. I will try and give the next bottle some extended cellar time before opening. Points for tonight's "test".
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2020 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne Passetoutgrains
5/13/2023 - Ramberg wrote: 89 Points
Again a very serious wine.
So well made.
However, the vintage is not very beneficial for this.
I much more preferred the cooler vintage versions of this (such as the brilliant 2017).
Darker fruits than usual, more rustic and less transparent, less "wild" (less stems?) and less acidity.
Still - a lovely easy drinking and enjoyable bottle, but missing some of the fine tuning and clean and wild feeling I usually get in this.
Perhaps some further cellar time will make this more interesting?
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2020 Domaine G. Roblot-Marchand Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Rouges du Dessus
4/7/2023 - Ramberg wrote: 90 Points
First bottle from a case of 2020.
Short note - just p & p'd and drunk.
The 2019 vintage of this wine was really stunning, a great qpr for a Vosne 1:er Cru.
Expectations rather high.
The 2020 version is perhaps not as good as the 19 (at least not at this point).
The vintage shows, this is a far less delicate and finely tuned wine.
Less floral and transparent, more alcohol and oomph.
Denser fruit, and heavier.
More oak present and warmer fruit makes for a less sexy wine at this young age.
Still very good, but I preferred the 2019.
I will try and give the next bottle some extended cellar time before opening.
Points for tonight's "test".
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2016 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Cannubi
3/10/2023 - Ramberg wrote: 94 Points
SOS!
Running out of bottles!
Bottled flower garden and sex!
So.
Darn.
Good.
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