Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru La Combe aux Moines Pinot Noir

Pedro had this 11 years ago

2006 vintage. Some delicate rich ripe red fruit and burnt wood on nose. Fair acid, dried flower petals, cedar, oak, pine tar. Baking spice, charred oak slight dark fruit and oak tannins. Basically, since this sees 24 months in heavily toasted new oak, it has lots of flavor notes from the barrels. Perhaps too much.

What an absolute treat to taste this wine. I felt this was at a perfect spot in its evolution. Lots of stewed strawberry and red currant flavors, cranberry tartness, the most intriguing cured meat aroma.....this was just so damn appealing. The finish lasted over a minute. Still had some dusty tannin left and just perfect acidity. This is stupid good.

Dark color. Wild game, ferrel, black olive, barnyard, full bodied. Chewy tannin, needs air.

Syrup, ripe, oak, sharp, old mahagony, wood lacquer, rich, palate.

Dark color, leather, medium/full bodied bit light/smooth tannin. Cranberries. Tobacco. This is a really nice wine.

I was worried about this bc of all the car travel in hot weather, but it showed beautifully.

Hotel terrace with a view.

Ready to drink. Good fruit with a bit of oak and spice. 2015s will not improve per Leclerc. They are ready to drink now. Age your 14s.

Anniversary wine. Sourced from burgundy 7 years ago. Paired beautifully with ribeye, homemade potato bread. 1999 vintage

All the philipe leclerc premier crus taste similar to me, but they are all good! It’s a similar ‘masculine’ style to the others - red berries and truffles, but I get a distinct smoky /leathery note with this one. (Or maybe it’s the smoky leathery Frenchmen around me when I tasted it....)