Château St. Jacques D'albas

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Clos de la Maréchale Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2007

Another great 07 floral, elegant showing beautiful red cherry, aromatic spices, underbrush, earth, mineral with fresh picked roses & violet — 6 days ago

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Domaine Denis Mortet

Lavaux St. Jacques Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2019

Dark berry fruit, lots of spice, earth & floral that is still mostly primary but approachable now with a little air — a month ago

Tom, Lyle and 7 others liked this

Jean-Jacques Confuron

Romanée St. Vivant Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2006

This had red & dark fruit, sous bois, vosne spices & violets — 2 months ago

Daniel P., Severn and 5 others liked this

Henri Magnien

Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques Pinot Noir 2014

Feeling fortunate and grateful. A friend brought this back from her trip to Paris as a gift. She was nervous and skeptical as it had sat around an 85°F apartment for a week.

Thrilling, really. From bouquet to finish. Scents of cranberry, blood orange, and spice waft from the glass. The palate gains muscle with air showing cherry, red currant, chalk, and clove with insane length and disciplined concentration. My only knock would be the wood tannin being slightly overpowering on the mid palate, but the finish dazzles with an endless echo of mushroom and earth.

Seemingly just hitting its peak, though it’s bound to stay here or improve for a decade or more. Great stuff.
— 9 months ago

romo, Severn and 3 others liked this
Austin Hohnke

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@romo Wish I could admit more familiarity, but alas Cru Burgundy generally operates outside the perimeter of my pocketbook.

Very much enjoyed reading up on it and locating it in the Wine Atlas.

You’re an excellent follow on this platform. Thanks for always drinking such great juice!
Severn Goodwin

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A great example of the resiliency of wine.
Austin Hohnke

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@Severn Goodwin Exactly what I told my friend. The vines fought hard to create the fruit, it’s no wonder the grapes fight hard to preserve it. Talk about great parenting.

Domaine Julien Cruchandeau

Aux Saint Jacques Nuits Saint Georges Pinot Noir 2014

A accidentally find in my cellar it’s a huge mess! This is what Burghs are all about. This one needs air. Plenty of tannins left should go for another 4 years or so. Crushed Marble, Port wine notes, touch cherry 🍒, hint cinnamon, tree bark, touch bitter, black tea notes. Tomorrow more after 24h’s on the Argon line. Mellowed further out. — 15 days ago

Eric, Ira and 7 others liked this

Domaine Armand Rousseau

Clos St. Jacques Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir

Mystery achievement, don’t breathe down my neck, no. Excellent fill. 95% saturated cork. Labels a bit yellowed. Decanted and tasted after 15 mins, 45 mins and 1.5 hours. Big, chunky sed. Funk in the immediately decanted nose that blew off after a couple of decanter swirls. A bit of aged color with noticeable meniscus in the glass. Spearmint and orange peel in the nose. Cinnamon and spicy clove kicked in the back door to crash the party. Remarkable concentration in the nose and taste throughout the 1.5 hours. This had a fantastic, 40+ second finish with plenty of viable tannins still maintaining decorum. So yeah, the mystery…the shoulder vintage label was missing and vintage nowhere to be found on the cork, foil or front/back labels. Came from a top-notch cellar. Based on the yellowing of the label, cork saturation, fill, color/meniscus, flavors concentration/structure, initially thinking it to be either a 1978 or 1985 offering. Going with 1978 based on the obvious/large meniscus, amount of sediment, marvelous concentration for the performance and yellowing of the labels. Regardless, arguably the best Burg I’ve had in the last dozen months and def the best 1er Cru. Whatever vintage it was, has another decade-easy-rocking this hard. 3.20.24. — a month ago

Spencer, Bob and 18 others liked this

Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2008

Confrérie Des Chevaliers du Tastevin Sous-Commanderie d'Albany; 14 October 2023 at Fort Orange Club, Albany, NY — 6 months ago

Daniel, Lyle and 25 others liked this