It’s not often that we rate so highly a wine that is so young in feel but ( ok some stargazing here definitely goes in it’s favor) the wine was truly excellent and frankly we don’t know where this ends with some more time in bottle. It’s a wine one just loves that it was opened and hates that one did not have the patience for the future. Or maybe one has a lot of bottles and then lucky bugger. 96 easily and sky is the limit here
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Decanted for two hours which was about perfect. Excellent, but once again a touch shy of the perfection that Rousseau Beze is capable of in this vintage. (I do realize this is a trivial objection.)
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blind Power and elegance likewise. Great drinking window, still primary fruit elements with discreet beginning tertiary aromas. A stunning killer. Lucky to whom who have some bottles in the cellar. 98
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Again no rating but this time because it was more controversial among all the drinkers at our table. Some thought it funky/bretty, which I’m not overly sensitive to, I thought it was enjoyable enough. perhaps not quite harmonious as the last bottle but I’m not sure if i was looking for flaws at that point. From the same lot that showed so well at Paulee a few months back. Puzzler, but I’d say 94, while others wouldn’t
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1/20/2024 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
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Lovely young CdB. Violet, wild strawberries, underwood, red currant. Needs time. 98
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6/13/2023 - Papies wrote: 96 Points
It’s not often that we rate so highly a wine that is so young in feel but ( ok some stargazing here definitely goes in it’s favor) the wine was truly excellent and frankly we don’t know where this ends with some more time in bottle. It’s a wine one just loves that it was opened and hates that one did not have the patience for the future. Or maybe one has a lot of bottles and then lucky bugger. 96 easily and sky is the limit here
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5/22/2023 - BradE wrote:
Decanted for two hours which was about perfect. Excellent, but once again a touch shy of the perfection that Rousseau Beze is capable of in this vintage. (I do realize this is a trivial objection.)
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12/11/2022 - aquacongas wrote: 98 Points
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Power and elegance likewise. Great drinking window, still primary fruit elements with discreet beginning tertiary aromas. A stunning killer. Lucky to whom who have some bottles in the cellar. 98
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9/10/2022 - kr522 wrote:
Again no rating but this time because it was more controversial among all the drinkers at our table. Some thought it funky/bretty, which I’m not overly sensitive to, I thought it was enjoyable enough. perhaps not quite harmonious as the last bottle but I’m not sure if i was looking for flaws at that point. From the same lot that showed so well at Paulee a few months back. Puzzler, but I’d say 94, while others wouldn’t
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