Totally different bottle from last one - in a good way. Needs about 30-45 minutes decant, then opens to lovely if understated red berry nose and balanced soft earth and tannin notes. Perhaps I let the prior bottle sit in decant too long, as this seems to start down hill significantly toward the 2 hour mark. It’s nice but won’t be long lived. Drink up.
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Decanted 2+ hours and consumed over next 90 or so minutes. At opening and after an hour of decant it exhibited an over ripe nose, bricking and tightness. But after 2 hours the wine felt fully integrated with a softness on the nose and the tongue, great mouthfeel, forest floor and cedar with a touch of manure and a really long finish. Paired with beef tenderloin a the pork chop at Boulevard in SF. This feels like it’s at its peak.
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2009 Domaine de Montille Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Thorey
2/28/2024 - mwellington wrote: 90 Points
Totally different bottle from last one - in a good way. Needs about 30-45 minutes decant, then opens to lovely if understated red berry nose and balanced soft earth and tannin notes. Perhaps I let the prior bottle sit in decant too long, as this seems to start down hill significantly toward the 2 hour mark. It’s nice but won’t be long lived. Drink up.
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1990 Château Lynch-Bages
12/30/2023 - mwellington wrote: 95 Points
Decanted 2+ hours and consumed over next 90 or so minutes. At opening and after an hour of decant it exhibited an over ripe nose, bricking and tightness. But after 2 hours the wine felt fully integrated with a softness on the nose and the tongue, great mouthfeel, forest floor and cedar with a touch of manure and a really long finish. Paired with beef tenderloin a the pork chop at Boulevard in SF. This feels like it’s at its peak.
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2009 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Rugiens-Bas
11/15/2023 - mwellington wrote: 93 Points
Really beautiful after an hour. Bright red fruit balanced by earthiness.
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