2004 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Castets

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  12/28/2012 - ttuominen Likes this wine: 87 Points

  This is the first bottle that seems to be slightly over the hill. Some of the fruit is fading, the flavours are becoming more red currant and some of the structure is fading away. However, still a lovely barnyard, red fruit, earthy, smooth flavour that keeps me enchanted. Drink up!

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  6/26/2011 - Pebben wrote: 90 Points

  I got this wine from my good colleague and CT buddy ttuominen, who has already posted three comprehensive and entertaining notes on this site. I won’t give an equally detailed account, as this bottle was consumed in a setting where intense sniffing and note writing wouldn’t have gone down particularly well. The wine was however great; fairly dark, nice red fruit, loads of fried pork, a little funky barnyard and a hint of salty liquorice. Smooth and well balanced. Prime drinking at the moment – will keep for a few more years but probably not improve.

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  5/19/2011 - ttuominen wrote: 87 Points

  C: Burgundy colour, with hints of purple and some brown, particularly at the edges.
  N: Less fruit and more farm than I remembered from the past few bottles. Strongly earthy (pine cones and top soil), a bit of horse, a tiny stinging stink of pig-sty, with a handful of bacon bits. Almost sea-spray minerality, and a bit dusty (although that may be the glass...). A tiny bit of strawberry and other red berries coming through, but not loads of fruit on the nose. Overall, an appealing and quite moreish nose because of the outdoorsy smell, although it may lack some fruit and be a bit too acidic (smells a bit too strongly of pig-sty).
  P: Quite lacking any sort of attack at the beginning, and a very light mouthfeel. Moving on, the grip on the back of the mouth increases and the body seems to grow a little bit. Almost hairy on the bag of the tongue. Very sour, very much like unripe plums and plum skins. The farmyard returns a little bit on the back end, but not too much excitement there, really. It's quite one-dimensional. The alcohol is nicely in balance, though, and the finish of horse meat and cherry pits lasts for a long time (a minute at least). Overall, nowhere near as fresh, fruity or balanced as I had remembered.
  
  O: Definitely showing bottle variation. Not a bad nose (quite appealing), but the mouthfeel is off balance, as are the flavours. Extremely sour. We'll see what happens after a day opened and corked again. 84 Points
  
  48 hours later with the bottle corked:
  N: The stinging pig manure is gone, replaced by a much more pleasant farmyard smell, combined with sweet red berries.
  P: Much, much improved. The attack is much more fruit-forward, the mid-palate retains the spices and spice, and the finish is still as long as before, but the tannins are much more mellow. The overall mouthfeel is also much heavier.
  O: This was a strange bottle, but after relaxing in the bottle for two days, the wine was back to its expected quality. New score for the total experience: 87

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  4/18/2011 - ttuominen wrote: 92 Points

  C: Beautiful, bright red. A bit lighter than I remembered the first bottle being, and definitely some caramel colouring on the edges.
  N: First of all, bright attack of red fruit. A very obvious cowskin ("barnyard"), which I don't remember from last time. Very appealing, but blows away quite quickly. Also, a clay-like note, almost like hands covered in moulding clay.
  P: Light/fresh mouthfeel, nice cherries on the first attack. Minerals and spices (clove/rose peppercorn?) on the mid-palate. Finishes with very sour cherries, and balanced and soft and slightly dry tannins.
  F: Went extremely well with lamb cutlets marinaded with olive oil, paprika, red chili powder, oregano, thyme, basil, sugar, salt and black pepper, served with roasted red onion and large tomatoes.

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  3/17/2011 - ttuominen wrote: 89 Points

  C: Bright ruby red, a little darker than some Pinot. No browning on the edges.
  N: Bright dark and red fruits combined with a nice minerality and earthy tones. Not much barnyard.
  P: Starts with a large kick of beautiful red fruit. Develops through a slightly spicy and acidic mid-palate (still with red berries and fruit) to a very powerful sour cherry on the end. Long lasting and appealing finish.
  Overall: A very nice wine that drinks well on its own and with food. Integrated tannins. Lacks perhaps a little depth and complexity on the nose and the mid-palate/finish. A great wine, but not completely mind-blowing this time.

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