Boy's Burgundy wine lunch. Opened and double decanted about 45 minutes before event. At first, it seemed way over the hill. Light brown/amber color with a hint of oxidation. I didn't think it would show well so I opened another wine as a back up. To my surprise, the oxidative notes blew off to leave a wonderfully balanced and rich wine. This was my last bottle and showed the way you always hope your last bottle of a great wine will show!
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(Rousseau Armand Chambertin) Medium colour. Feral, yet understated nose at the start. Wide and interesting - it's not about fruit, though eventually a soft red note comes through, licorice aspects too. On the palate there is a significant additional dimension vs all the previous wines. Interestingly the wildly complex palate is quite narrow until you reach the finish - then it expands exponentially. The texture and complexity on the palate reminds me of a number of 2005's from Chambertin & Bèze - I suppose there are now 20 years to wait! A tour-de-force of a wine.
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10/28/2021 - The Vines That Bind wrote: flawed
Oxidized.
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5/21/2021 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Boy's Burgundy wine lunch. Opened and double decanted about 45 minutes before event. At first, it seemed way over the hill. Light brown/amber color with a hint of oxidation. I didn't think it would show well so I opened another wine as a back up. To my surprise, the oxidative notes blew off to leave a wonderfully balanced and rich wine. This was my last bottle and showed the way you always hope your last bottle of a great wine will show!
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11/30/2020 - tinybubbles wrote:
Slightly flawed bottle. Enjoyable but did not meet expectations.
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5/21/2020 - tinybubbles wrote: 93 Points
Good depth here but missing something at the core. Not a perfect bottle but better with airtime. 93-94
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1/14/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 96 Points
One of the better recent bottle. Displaying roundness but also impressive balance. 96+
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