2004 Emmanuel Houillon (Maison Pierre Overnoy) Poulsard Arbois Pupillin

Community Tasting Notes (9) Median Score: 93 points

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  6/8/2023 - sc175 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  A quasi-perfect looking bottle, popped and poured. The wine took about 5-10 minutes to settle in the glass and then boom, blastoff. A masterclass in elegance and purity. Definitely not a showy wine but one of sheer depth and utmost elegance. Profound roses, pungent strawberries, herbaceous, lavender, followed by an infusion of forest floor. Just beginning to take on secondary aromas, this still has many years of life to reach its peak.
  
  Reminiscent of the best wines from Domaine Leroy but somehow with even more transparency. A transcendent wine. A wine for the ages. Definition of pure class. No added sulfites nor new wood here ladies and gentlemen. Best red wine of the year.

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  11/19/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points

  Pierre Overnoy Tasting (with many bonus bottles) (Restaurant Bak, Amsterdam, NL): Pale colour, quite evolved, slightly reduced, lovely energy, percaline tannins, nuts and candied fruit, estery cherries, quite delicate, silky texture, hint of honey, very good length.

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  2/20/2020 - cweiss wrote:

  Tet dinner. A fascinating bottle. Light in color as expected. Lots of horse but somehow delicate despite that.

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  10/19/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 98 Points

  Wonderful wine. And a great argument for aging your Overnoys, if you're lucky enough to have any. This is why you age wine, to get the depth and all the wild things and the seamless integration and the total metamorphosis. The aroma alone was packed with character, just a quick whiff of the neck of the bottle told you you were in for a treat. It was vaguely reminiscent of old Burgundy with a little whiff of the barnyard but there were all sorts of other things going on too. Structurally, almost everything is resolved. There's no noticeable tannin left at all, although there is still a quiet high note of acidity that maybe helps hold it all together. The result is just ridiculously seamless and comfortable, it doesn't just glide across the palate, it gives the palate a cuddle and a back massage. It's totally past its fruit and into pure savory stuff and if you tried to catalog it all in the traditional tasting note lingua franca you could go on forever. Mushroom broth, pine needles, oatmeal cookies. That's just for starters.

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  10/18/2012 - tooch wrote: 93 Points

  Weygandt Wine BYO (Weygandt Wines, Cleveland Park, Washington D.C.): Love the color to this wine. It was so light that Keith and I were able to read a shipping label through its light red tone. A great example of Overnoy's style, this combined funky aromatics with pure fruits, earthy, and minearl notes on the palate. Awesome stuff!

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