Clos Vougeot Dinner (Le Francais - Wheeling IL): Started really nicely with intense ripe fruit and good charm and minerality. Some slightly sweet elements were both interesting and confusing at the same time (was this fortified?). But overall a fun wine, even if it fell off sharply after about 30 minutes.
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Mint chocolate chip ice cream with a hint of sour red fruit on the nose – unique. Surprisingly good red fruit and life left in this wine but with a lightly canned tomato note. You had to enjoy this one early because it was not long for this world in the glass. A very interesting old wine, especially for comparison next to the 1996 Prieur. 9/06
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Good fill. Brown-red color. Nose reticent at first, then opened after 30 minutes to rich mushroom aromas. Fruit obviously faded, but still lurking in the background. soft and subtle with very charming textures. Excellent spice and earth on finish.
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2/10/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
Knightsbridge Annual Wildman Burgundy Dinner (Peninsula Hotel - Chicago IL): Martin Prieur thought this had evolved into something somewhat moldy and all mushroomy, some others thought it slightly corked. Either way....
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9/12/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Clos Vougeot Dinner (Le Francais - Wheeling IL): Started really nicely with intense ripe fruit and good charm and minerality. Some slightly sweet elements were both interesting and confusing at the same time (was this fortified?). But overall a fun wine, even if it fell off sharply after about 30 minutes.
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9/1/2006 - winefool wrote: 86 Points
Mint chocolate chip ice cream with a hint of sour red fruit on the nose – unique. Surprisingly good red fruit and life left in this wine but with a lightly canned tomato note. You had to enjoy this one early because it was not long for this world in the glass. A very interesting old wine, especially for comparison next to the 1996 Prieur. 9/06
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11/18/2002 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Good fill. Brown-red color. Nose reticent at first, then opened after 30 minutes to rich mushroom aromas. Fruit obviously faded, but still lurking in the background. soft and subtle with very charming textures. Excellent spice and earth on finish.
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