1990 Pierre Bourée Fils Clos de la Roche

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  9/17/2012 - GPW wrote:

  An elegant, silky wine with forward (but not dominant) notes of sour cherry. I purposely paired it with a rustic dish - white bean soup with aromatics, roasted squash, and a very small handful of black "Forbidden" rice, with toasted challah with cheese sprinkled on top but not melted. The city mouse and the country mouse got along very well indeed.

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  5/27/2011 - samer wrote: 94 Points

  Like our bottle from 2 months ago, we opened this bottle to find a crumbly cork and massive sediment as well as faint smells of what might have been mold or vinegar. But the wine in the glass emerged from its slumber to offer strong smells of earth, saddle, and tar, followed by tart cherries, some blueberries, and faint nickle on the tongue. An envelope of the slightest tannins suggests to me that the wine is still very much protected for a few more years of enjoyment.

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  3/19/2011 - samer wrote: 96 Points

  even though we were worried at first given the shrunken cork, moldy top, low ullage, and intensive sediment pattern on the sides of the bottle, the wine poured out redolent of earth, light tobacco, eucalyptus, plums, and rich dark chocolate. Over 15-20 minutes, the slight tannins opened up and totally dissipated to reveal a mature but still quite lively pinot, matching perfectly with our pesto pasta, garlic bred, and shallot-dressing salad.

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  10/26/2010 - samer wrote: 96 Points

  A fairly busted-up cork smelling just slightly of vinegar scared us into thinking that perhaps the wine had turned, but on the contrary, the wine was perfect -- rich, plummy, cherry with the right balance of earth and leather...the way you'd expect a Burgundy to taste and smell...paired beautifully with lamb chops and gnocchi/tomato/cheese sauce.

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  10/4/2010 - samer wrote: 95 Points

  A delicate, fully moist cork popped out of the bottle and a sweet, plummy smell emanated from the cork. Within a few minutes of the first pour, the earth, leather, tobacco, and chocolate swirled out of the glass and into the nostrils...sheer heaven. And then the taste...soft tannins, blackberries, currants in a richly acidic (but not too much) broth followed by a lingering finish of cherries.

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