Domaine Julien Cruchandeau
Les Valançons Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Pinot Noir
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
It always surprises me when scents takes me back. This wine took me back to the Pinot Noir that got me obsessed with Pinot Noir: a 1978 Antonin Rodet Santenay, drunk in 1982 when I was 22.
Super sappy, rich, tangy dark cherry essence on the nose. A wee bit of wet earth, limestone, and spice. In the mouth it’s very tangy and minerally, with surprising acidity (which is unlike the Santenay I remembered). Not complex or deep, but, damn, this is a fun wine.
It always surprises me when scents takes me back. This wine took me back to the Pinot Noir that got me obsessed with Pinot Noir: a 1978 Antonin Rodet Santenay, drunk in 1982 when I was 22.
Super sappy, rich, tangy dark cherry essence on the nose. A wee bit of wet earth, limestone, and spice. In the mouth it’s very tangy and minerally, with surprising acidity (which is unlike the Santenay I remembered). Not complex or deep, but, damn, this is a fun wine.
Lovely dark cherry and spice, earthy and so mineral. Very precise. Palate is silky and ripe, with lovely purity and crunchy fruit. So suave and stylish. Deep and penetrating fruit and lovely elegant structure. Terrific wine.
Lovely dark cherry and spice, earthy and so mineral. Very precise. Palate is silky and ripe, with lovely purity and crunchy fruit. So suave and stylish. Deep and penetrating fruit and lovely elegant structure. Terrific wine.
Apr 11th, 2019Big ebullient nose. Black cherries, licorice, a lipstick like stank, red cherries, spice, very detailed and refined. Tree bark, cardamon. So lovely and pure. Palate is structured and deep and drinks more like a very good village wine than anything. Amazing freshness and such purity. Rustic where it needs to be and polished where it needs to be. Terrific fruit and stunning concentration. This is such a smoking value and can and will age 10+ years. Sappy and with giving and ripe tannins. This bats way way way above what this should. Awesome. Long. So so deep.
Big ebullient nose. Black cherries, licorice, a lipstick like stank, red cherries, spice, very detailed and refined. Tree bark, cardamon. So lovely and pure. Palate is structured and deep and drinks more like a very good village wine than anything. Amazing freshness and such purity. Rustic where it needs to be and polished where it needs to be. Terrific fruit and stunning concentration. This is such a smoking value and can and will age 10+ years. Sappy and with giving and ripe tannins. This bats way way way above what this should. Awesome. Long. So so deep.
Nov 20th, 2018
Wow, what a wine. Really. Wish I had a case and I never say that. Tried this on a recommendation from @Lyle Fass. Maybe I need to come back?
Wow, what a wine. Really. Wish I had a case and I never say that. Tried this on a recommendation from @Lyle Fass. Maybe I need to come back?
Mar 20th, 2022
Lovely. Still fresh. Bright fruit.
Lovely cherry lipstick on the nose.
Classic affordable burgundy
Bought from fass selections
Lovely. Still fresh. Bright fruit.
Lovely cherry lipstick on the nose.
Classic affordable burgundy
Bought from fass selections
Nose is pure black cherries. Deep almost sensual. As it opens a lovely perfume. Almost a sexual musk. Wow.
Palate is black cherries and minerals. Still drinking well at this point. I’d drink by the end of 2021.
Some lovely black cherry spice on the finish. As it opens some blackberry licorice.
Interesting. Goes back and forth between fresh and grapy and gluggable and dark and serous. Very impressive bit of winemaking.
Bought from fass selections.
Nose is pure black cherries. Deep almost sensual. As it opens a lovely perfume. Almost a sexual musk. Wow.
Palate is black cherries and minerals. Still drinking well at this point. I’d drink by the end of 2021.
Some lovely black cherry spice on the finish. As it opens some blackberry licorice.
Interesting. Goes back and forth between fresh and grapy and gluggable and dark and serous. Very impressive bit of winemaking.
Bought from fass selections.
