2002 Domaine Bertheau (Pierre et François) Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  4/24/2022 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  The Bertheau wines are always described as being “whispers” but this ‘02 Amoureuses must be among the biggest, most powerful wine I have tasted from them yet! Lots of black cherry infused with root vegetables, smoked herbs and licorice. Poised, soft tannins with harmonious structure with dark cherry and red currant fruit today. Long and minty and while grandiose for Bertheau, this shows intensity of fruit and elegance at the same time! Hard to go wrong with Amoureses, though right?!? Should be 95+ with time!! Patience!!

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  4/23/2022 - jmoore431 wrote: 95 Points

  Deeply colored; reluctant brooding nose of black cherry, licorice, Asian spices; big and lush on the palate but an apparent restraint behind it all; not loud or blowsy at this point, more a coiled spring. Continues to slowly open in the glass. Chewy and warming finish. This needs several more years to really strut its stuff. Glad to have 4 more of these but will wait at least 3 years, more ideally 5 to try another.

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  3/31/2021 - Burgnick wrote: 92 Points

  A more savoury and rustic expression of Les Amoureuses with nutmeg, soy sauce, prunes, coffee beans and earth. Prefer his 02 Bonnes Mares on the side tonight.

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  1/15/2018 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Les Amoureuses and Empurau Dinner (Jade Palace): This was so very enjoyable. It had a beautiful nose, full of flowers, dried red cherries, more savoury earth and meat, and a little ginkgo nut and spice lilt at the edges. Very attractive, if not quite as perfumed as the 2010. The palate was lovely too, if a touch more rustic in structure, with slightly powdery tannins and bright acidity framing pure, but rather simple notes of cherries, dried flowers and spice. Just a bit hollow on the back palate, leaning out into bittersweet herbs. Otherwise, drinking nicely and absolutely enjoyable.

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  8/20/2017 - soyhead wrote:

  Nose - spicebox, savory even catsup, plum
  Mouth - complex, savory/saline, strawberry and red fruits, spicebox. Elegant and feminine. Thouoroughly enjoyable and in its drinking window.

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