1996 Domaine Rollin Père et Fils Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 92 points

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  9/15/2020 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Old-style earthy funk on the nose signals that this is now nicely mature. Somewhat disappointingly, though, it hasn't shed any of that minty greenness it had several years back, which is now giving this a rustic streak notwithstanding that the structure is fairly well-softened. The sweetness and leathery sheen of the mature fruit take some of the edge off, but at this point it seems that herbal streak is destined to be a permanent fixture here.

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  11/3/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 94 Points

  I've been patiently waiting for this vintage to start opening up (it seems to enjoy giving hints and teases and then changing its mind), so it was a pretty neat trick to see this one open up right in the glass. At first this was lean, acidic, and even a little flat, with a little leafy/minty thing going on that wasn't unpleasant in itself but seemed to bespeak something that hadn't quite crossed the ripeness finish line. Well, it was amazing to see how much this built in depth and richness over the course of the bottle. By the end, the lean, autumnal orchard fruit had fleshed out, turning noticeably sweeter, fuller, and glossier, as well as picking up a deep blue/black complexion. Where did all this extra material come from?? It's like all the stuff the vintage was hiding so long just spilled right out. And along with the fruit came the stony minerality that this piece of Pernand does so well. Even with all this stuff going on, though, it remained slender and with a silky finesse.

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