2003 Jean-Michel Gerin Côte-Rôtie La Landonne

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  12/24/2021 - pgordon62 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  An excellent showing - classic old wine leathery plum fruit, bright cherry, a very pleasing smokiness, earth and a floral freshness. No sign of the heat of the vintage. As a complete oakaphobe I was worried about the 100% new oak but is full integrated with just a touch of appealing woodiness. Ready to go with just a touch of tannin remaining to frame the wine

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  12/15/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 Points

  In a good spot, the wine serves up plenty of smoky red fruits, olivers, pepper and herbs. Soft, developed, medium-bodied and sweet, this is ready to go.

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  7/23/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed

  Krug Grande Cuvée: Many Editions (Park Ridge Country Club): Corky

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  8/5/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points

  At peak, the nose with its olives, herbs, smoke and red fruits does not tell the entire story as the nose is almost quiet. The wine is best on the lush, soft, opulent, silky, kirsch and cherry-filled palate. The wine is a very textural experience. There is no reason for further aging.

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  3/30/2019 - Bordeaux_Jon Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  This wine lives up to the controversy surrounding 2003. I've found the modernist producers who are over-extracting to have failed to make long lived wines in 2003. Though not nearly as bad as the 2003 Domaine des Rémizières Hermitage l'Essential, this wine, though fruity, seemed to be fading. The nose reminded me of a Barolo from a hot year, red fruit, a little floral, but soft and muddled. The palate started structure but got defused. With air, balsamic soy notes showed up and detracted from the experience. I did not try these 2003s when they were younger and I could imagine they were better but they did not age well. Other traditional producers who likely pick earlier and don't try to over do it seem to have fared better. I've had good bottles from August Clape, Ogier, and Marc Sorrel, though even in those cases, the wines are more fruit forward and less spicy and meaty than other vintages.

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