Very nice! A lot of structure still on this one and a long life ahead. Red and black berries, tobacco leaf, dry earth and a cool root/herbal note that gives it a lot of freshness (licorice maybe?). Balanced without lacking in fruit concentration and a nice complex finish. There’s a lot to like on the 2011.
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Double decanted for sediment then poured into Grassl 1855s. Served around cellar temp and consumed over 3 hours or so.
There's still some tannic bite here, but this bottle was aromatically open from the get-go. Notes of currant and plum came streaming out of the bottle as soon as the cork was pulled. Slightly brambly on the palate. This could probably use a bit more time to smooth out the tannin, but this was a lovely bottle of wine.
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Tasted over 2 hrs -dark red violet -cassis jam bursts out upon first opening then fades with air and gains earthiness and some perceptible oak -med acidity, med/med- weight bright focused cassis intermingled with some earthy rusticity finishing with med/med+ tannins and a fair amount of oak -this is pretty in an old school style and probably better in 5-10 years when the oak and tannins integrate some more, knew this would be just a baby but wanted to dive in for the first taste of this producer in their last vintage produced
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3/30/2024 - philmtl Likes this wine:
Very nice! A lot of structure still on this one and a long life ahead. Red and black berries, tobacco leaf, dry earth and a cool root/herbal note that gives it a lot of freshness (licorice maybe?). Balanced without lacking in fruit concentration and a nice complex finish. There’s a lot to like on the 2011.
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2/14/2024 - jonboy74 Likes this wine: 92 Points
soft and dilute at PnP but filled out nicely over the 2 hrs it was consumed.
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10/7/2023 - ekorn Likes this wine:
Double decanted for sediment then poured into Grassl 1855s. Served around cellar temp and consumed over 3 hours or so.
There's still some tannic bite here, but this bottle was aromatically open from the get-go. Notes of currant and plum came streaming out of the bottle as soon as the cork was pulled. Slightly brambly on the palate. This could probably use a bit more time to smooth out the tannin, but this was a lovely bottle of wine.
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1/2/2023 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 2 hrs
-dark red violet
-cassis jam bursts out upon first opening then fades with air and gains earthiness and some perceptible oak
-med acidity, med/med- weight bright focused cassis intermingled with some earthy rusticity finishing with med/med+ tannins and a fair amount of oak
-this is pretty in an old school style and probably better in 5-10 years when the oak and tannins integrate some more, knew this would be just a baby but wanted to dive in for the first taste of this producer in their last vintage produced
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12/24/2022 - EvoPeteMTL Likes this wine: 91 Points
I feel like this wine is entering its drinking window, but I would give it a few more years.
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