Showing bright red & black fruit, earth, firm structure, with good mineral & spice — 19 days ago
Needs a few more years but still great now — 6 months ago
Berries and cherries, with some earthy notes. Very nice finish, tannins soft and lingering. . Paired with duck breast and lamb leg. — 18 days ago
Beautiful intense fruit. Plum and a saline blue fruit thing. Savory and restrained. Good balance. Excellent — 8 days ago
Pitted against the 19’ Grivot Boudots in our little “Vosne-side of NSG” blind shootout, this was the more “smash-mouth” wine of the two. I thought the nose was really flamboyant, with very obvious creamy new oak; and richer notes like ripe plums, mocha, and touch of truffles. It felt darker in general, especially the fruit (more dark fruits, though red fruits were present) and floral notes (violets instead of roses). Both were similarly powerful on the palate, but the oak and fruit seemed to have overwhelmed the more energetic mineral character by the end of dinner. Having said all that, it was still an amazing wine and one with vibrancy, but it just lacked the transparency of the Grivot which I preferred. Perhaps time will bring it more balance. Notably, it had 0.5% more abv than the Grivot when revealed (14% vs 13.5%). — a month ago
A gorgeous nose. Plum and iron. Delicate herbal notes. Garrigue. Black cherry and floral notes. Pure and long. — 8 days ago
Slow over for two hours then 30 minutes in the fridge then one hour in the decanter and served for dinner. Got more elegant as time passed. Classic Musigny — 16 days ago
Spectacular Rousseau Charmes! Put on weight and complexity steadily over the two hour lunch! — 5 days ago
Ron Siegel
Rich, sappy red cherry, black berry, underbrush, savory spices, mineral & violets — 18 days ago