Last of 6 bottles. Carried this bottle to a coffee bar open tasting. A little more fruit forward upon opening, although gained complexity as the evening went on. Bright cherry fruit, some darker plum and blackberry notes, a bit of wet earth and rusty steel. Nice persistence on the med+ length, fruit and wet woodsy finish. Drink now through 2022.
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This has softened majorly in the last couple of years. These Vissoux Fleuries were hard for quite some time, showing little but acid and some tannin. Last night this was quite sweet but still with good structure. Drinking well now but can go some years yet as well.
More like a maturing Beaune or a fine Chianti classico than a juicy Beaujolais. Maroon and some bricking. Fabulous Griotte perfume (a sour Burgundian cherry) with a generous palate of earth and leather, cassis and sour cherry/cranberry that is still a little hard but opening nicely. Went well with hard cheeses, less well with all the sugary fixings of Thanksgiving. Opened with double decant and 2 hours of air at 62 F.
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5/20/2023 - coremill wrote: 88 Points
Nice, but not as good as the 2009 drunk the day before. Less depth, and there's a distinct green note here.
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9/13/2021 - wilypod wrote:
Should have consumed before circa 2018. Not flawed, just intended for earlier drinking.
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5/31/2019 - drrobvino wrote: 89 Points
Last of 6 bottles. Carried this bottle to a coffee bar open tasting.
A little more fruit forward upon opening, although gained complexity as the evening went on.
Bright cherry fruit, some darker plum and blackberry notes, a bit of wet earth and rusty steel.
Nice persistence on the med+ length, fruit and wet woodsy finish.
Drink now through 2022.
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10/10/2018 - sleepyhaus wrote:
This has softened majorly in the last couple of years. These Vissoux Fleuries were hard for quite some time, showing little but acid and some tannin. Last night this was quite sweet but still with good structure. Drinking well now but can go some years yet as well.
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11/23/2017 - wilypod Likes this wine: 91 Points
More like a maturing Beaune or a fine Chianti classico than a juicy Beaujolais. Maroon and some bricking. Fabulous Griotte perfume (a sour Burgundian cherry) with a generous palate of earth and leather, cassis and sour cherry/cranberry that is still a little hard but opening nicely. Went well with hard cheeses, less well with all the sugary fixings of Thanksgiving. Opened with double decant and 2 hours of air at 62 F.
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