2018 Frederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92 points

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  4/15/2023 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Poured from a 375ml bottle. While this is still very young and primary, it is really good. Purity of black cherry fruit laced with minerals, earth, spice, and everything nice. A touch of F. Esmonin funk on the nose too, which I always enjoy. Sour cherry on the finish. The nose is better than the finish at this young age. Give it time.

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  9/7/2020 - Timbalimba wrote: 92 Points

  Profound nose of dark fruits, tar, charred oak, Brighton Rock, ripe black cherry. Generous palate, ripe fruit, smooth tannins, very ripe dark fruits but not overripe. I've tried the village wine, the VV village wine, two 1:er Crus, and the other Grand Cru (Mazy) from this vintage and I have to say this is the most accomplished of the lot. You can discuss value for money and the merits of the '18 vintage (very volatile) but this is the best I've tried from F Esmonin in this difficult year. I would say this is a match to a good 1:er Cru from a good producer in a decent year. And I usually rate F Esmonin very highly when it comes to value for money, but obviously this was a challenging vintage.

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  7/23/2020 - Brolawa Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Outside and socially distanced, blind wine tasting of young burgundy 375s for a future Chevalier dinner. Wines and comparative notes as follows:
  
  2017 Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanee: Not much of a nose and very strong tannins - so strong that it finished at a screechy halt on the palate. It's a burley wine - almost like a young Bordeaux. Didn't taste like Burgundy. 87
  
  2017 Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanee 1er Cur Les Orveaux: Strong notes of mineral and red fruit throughout vertical. Notably superior to the village wine. 91
  
  2016 Domaine Hervé Sigaut Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers Vieilles Vignes: Very respectable wine. A nose of red fruit, floral and mineral with a touch of smoke. This held up through the entire vertical. Tasty wine, but outclassed by the Esmonins. 91
  
  2016 2016 Domaine Hervé Sigaut Morey St. Dennis 1er Cru Les Millandes: This wine has strong notes of cherry and mineral throughout the entire vertical. Reminded me of a young NSG. 91
  
  2017/2018 Frederic Esmonin Ruchottes-Chambertin: These wines were very similar and I picked them both as from somewhere in Chambertin. Surprisingly complex nose of fruit, smoke, mineral, wood for such young wines. I really enjoyed them both, with a nod to the 2017 which had more complexity and more flavor. The 2017 was the winner on the night, and I personally liked the 2017 so much that I bought a case. 2017 = 93; 2018 = 92

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