Billard Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir

I don’t think the 14’s or 15’s are aging well here. Nose has spice, ethereal cherries, gaminess, some heat. One dimensional. Palate is juicy and whole hella lot of heat. 13% and tastes like 16%. Wtf? Air only makes these worse. What a disappointment.

Juicy with little bitter eartiness. Good balance of acidity

Just concluded our annual Fall seclusion into the Rangeley lakes region of Maine, mobile service up there is mostly non-existent, after several days I am posting again.

Smokey, vine fire, earthy cherry on the nose. 4hr decant brings mineral-biased cherries, dirty barnyard fruit, yum!

Nose is cherry flower. A hint of skunkiness but not a lot.

Palate really has not a huge amount of fruit. A tad vegetal. A tad hot. Still some juiciness. Some soft rather lovely cherry. Some good deliciousness.

Fruit is a bit soft. Otherwise I’d like it more.

I’m enjoying drinking this even if it isn’t perfect. I’m not either.

As this opens the nose gets cherry lipstick. Lovely.

Lauren had this 5 years ago

DD had this 6 years ago