David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I am a bit sentimental about this producer botting. Drank a lot of this w/ my friend as we were studying for the Sommelier exam. At our celebration after passing the exam, I had Vintage Wine Merchant decant the 2011. Had them pour everyone a taste blind, including 9 or 10 Master Sommeliers and much to our surprise none of them called Burgundy. Surprising but it made all the newly graduated Sommeliers feel better about the wines we missed over months blind tasting-testing daily.

My Continuing quest to taste as many 22’s as possible.

Beautiful, slightly & just syrupy mid red fruits on the nose w/ brilliant red, blue flowers with a splash of violets.

This drinks incredibly well young. It is clean & juicy. Ripe & some sour toned, red cherries, strawberries, black berries, black raspberries. Baking spices; clove, nutmeg, cinnamon to stick and vanillin, dark spice, cedar, dry to fresh tobacco, hints of grilled meats, red cola, black & red licorice, dry brush-twig, mostly dry herbs, limestone minerals w/ volcanics mixed in, bright, red, dark, blue flowers framed in violets. Excellent rainfall acidity and a well made, neatly polished, elegant finish that last minutes and lands on Clive & dark spice.

At $120, a steal in this line up. Cellar 5 years and will drink well for another 10 years. — 18 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2013 vintage. Decanted and tasted over the course of 1.25 hours. Light-medium body. A little tart throughout with a gooseberry note. Thought it might improve slightly with a little time in the decanter but stayed the same throughout. 3.28.24. — 9 months ago

Andrew Shaheen

9.5

Still a baby but excellent — a month ago

Jan de Weerd

9.4

Wonderful. This agile, powerful ballerina dancing down the old granite stair case in the castle. — 4 months ago

with Tammy

Jen

9.2

Lovely wine from patriarche — 8 months ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

Mellow, medium body Burgundy from Nuits-Saint-Georges. Pleasant to drink. Didn’t quite have the mineral and acidic backbone structure I had hoped for and expected from a premier cru. — 2 years ago

with Tammy

Eric Urbani

8.9

Too austere for me — 3 months ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Garnet with significant bricking. The nose is all savoury with umami, barbecue meat, and smoke. The palate is again dominated by savoury meatiness. Soy. Very elegant. Classic burgundy - bold and powerful flavours with ethereal weight. — 4 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Youthful dark cherry, berry fruits with lots of spice, mineral & violets — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2015 vintage. Away from the scene for more than a spell but back and in a big way. Aging gracefully and traditionally without bizarro global warming markers/disclaimers. Not expecting to be able to say that again for newer vintages in the region. Medium-bodied with a definite, and anticipated, Pommard punch. A splash of Chambolle-styled perfume/floral components for makeup and a dialing-down of the usual nonsense from the area lends more than a little harmony to the overall effort. This is coming along verry nicely. 3.8.23. — 2 years ago