Second of six. First impressions were unusual for this maker and for the vintage. Curiously tight with a crisp apple cider top note that thankfully receded quickly.
More than one hour in it has relaxed and I can see where it’s heading. Needs another 3 years at least and then it will be soft and perfumed, closer to Chambolle than Gevrey.
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More muscle than the Justice but still a wine of great elegance and poise. There are notes of black earth, Asian spice, blood and dark cherry. It is full, dense and voluminous with outstanding persistence to the finish.
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This is a very nice village Burgundy. Ripe berry fruit showing the vintage character, nice savory edge, good midpalate concentration, midweight frame, fine elegant tannins. The problem is that it's $75. That's more an indictment of the modern Burgundy market than this particular wine, but it's hard to justify these prices when the wines are merely quite nice without being exciting.
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8/30/2022 - Leroy de Hove Likes this wine: 90 Points
Second of six. First impressions were unusual for this maker and for the vintage. Curiously tight with a crisp apple cider top note that thankfully receded quickly.
More than one hour in it has relaxed and I can see where it’s heading. Needs another 3 years at least and then it will be soft and perfumed, closer to Chambolle than Gevrey.
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7/27/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
IPNC Weekend 2018; 7/26/2018-8/2/2018 (Linfield College, McMinnville, OR): Tasting pour. Oh, this is good, firm but with really good purity to the deeper red fruits, a little firm as you might expect, but this built to age.
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1/18/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
More muscle than the Justice but still a wine of great elegance and poise. There are notes of black earth, Asian spice, blood and dark cherry. It is full, dense and voluminous with outstanding persistence to the finish.
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12/12/2017 - jonanator wrote: 91 Points
Holmes nailed it! Fantastic wine.
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11/19/2017 - coremill wrote: 89 Points
This is a very nice village Burgundy. Ripe berry fruit showing the vintage character, nice savory edge, good midpalate concentration, midweight frame, fine elegant tannins. The problem is that it's $75. That's more an indictment of the modern Burgundy market than this particular wine, but it's hard to justify these prices when the wines are merely quite nice without being exciting.
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