The 2018 “Clos de la Roche” pours a deep ruby/purple color with medium viscosity and light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is youthful and shows a combination of tart and ripe red and dark fruits: raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, pepper, exotic spices, minerals and some fine wood. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This has an overall character of freshness and the fruit is so beautiful…but this is such a baby. While it shows its quality now, I won’t touch my next bottle for another 10 years. Better after 2035 (to my palate) and through 2058.
The 2018 “Clos de la Roche” pours a deep ruby/purple color with medium viscosity and light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is youthful and shows a combination of tart and ripe red and dark fruits: raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, pepper, exotic spices, minerals and some fine wood. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This has an overall character of freshness and the fruit is so beautiful…but this is such a baby. While it shows its quality now, I won’t touch my next bottle for another 10 years. Better after 2035 (to my palate) and through 2058.
Feb 28th, 2025
There's so much going on in this bottle. Forest floor, mushroom, mint, roast beef, a touch bloody but delicate and nuanced all at once. All of this occurred over the course of 4-5 hours and at the end of the bottle this started to show a bit more grapey than early on. Loved every bit of all of it.
There's so much going on in this bottle. Forest floor, mushroom, mint, roast beef, a touch bloody but delicate and nuanced all at once. All of this occurred over the course of 4-5 hours and at the end of the bottle this started to show a bit more grapey than early on. Loved every bit of all of it.
Oct 31st, 2016
Morey St. Denis, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
