2008 Gérard Raphet Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  4/24/2024 - ankitmehra Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This was a wine I thoroughly enjoyed tracking over the course of the night. My first experience with Gérard Raphet as a producer, I was eager to try this the day I got it, but waited a month until I opened this bottle up. The wine immediately came off a little thin, but I persevered and allowed it to slow oxidise for about two hours before dinner.
  
  What a difference two hours makes.
  
  The power of the wine began to emerge the moment we poured it into our glasses, boasting a nose consisting of blackberries, leather and tobacco. The palate opened up with an upfront that pushed a balance of raspberries and a funky sous bois note. The mid-palate continued on with that funk as a hint of blackcurrant medlied with a mossy / vegetal note that eventually became subdued. The finish was really powerful as notes of iron, leather and spices all medlied together across some well integrated acidity. This was a wine worth letting open up.

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  4/19/2022 - 559Cheers Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nice nose when opened. Though little thin and acidity is high. See how this will develop.
  *2nd night. Viscosity has taken on a lot more weight. Opened up on nose and palette. Acidity has calmed down. Everything has integrated for the better. A lot better.

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  8/9/2019 - peternelson wrote: 89 Points

  faded amber-red, some bricking; Cherry syrup notes, forest floor, pine; high acid, rich, a bit heavy on the palate, med length. Not showing as well as it should. This was better a few years ago as a youthful Burg. At Monopole.

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  5/14/2017 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points

  Tiny forest berry fruit, just ripened and eaten out of the basket, fresh, elegant, almost candied little red and blue berries with a cool pearly dew drops drop. Good pale purple, almost ethereal in lightness. Not especially complex, but could drink a bottle very quickly and easily. With wild Sockeye salmon at Bri's.

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  4/23/2017 - bankermd wrote: 92 Points

  A really excellent bottle. Classic expression with excellent balance, but also with a wonderful earthiness with just the right touch. A great value at this price point.

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