Solid Cru Beaujolais. Medium garnet color. Bright aromas of ripe red and black cherries, earth and violets. Expressive flavors of red and black cherry/raspberry/currant fruit, tobacco and a pleasant hint of baking spices. A bit of black pepper and the presence of stemmy carbonic maceration on the very long and tingly finish. Quite juicy and crisp. Fruit forward, nicely structured and pretty well balanced. — 7 months ago
Singing now but plenty of stuffing to go the distance — 2 years ago
16/20 (89/100) Узнаваемый каберне фран. Аромат черешни, ежевики, чёрного перца и ментола. Довольно легкий и кислотный с мягкими танинами. Забродившие чёрные ягоды во вкусе. Симпатично. — 7 years ago
Second bottle of this in the past year. It’s deep, complex, and drinking really well now. A little note of barnyard adds a dimensional to the deep ripe fruit and deep granite on the nose. It’s dry and very deep on the palate. Deep savory and mineral notes are prominent, nicely augmenting the dark fruit. Nice but soft acids. A teensy little bit drying on the finish, so this is definitely designed for the table, where it will shine with stews and braises and pasta and . . . — 3 months ago
Looked a little oxi when first opened, but it seemed to pull back in the glass. Some honey still, but the core of lemon fruit was so intense - lemon curd and peel all the way. White florals, musky wood, and a touch of spice too. Super salty finish and an acidity that keeps growing. Tasty! — 3 years ago
Really pretty blend. Musty and mineral-y. Not too fruity, subtle tannins. Very nice. — 5 years ago
Still not worth the price but really great — 6 years ago
Delicious! — 6 months ago
Byo dinner nic kappon — 6 months ago
Tough right now but good to revisit in 2+ years — 2 years ago
2022-3 winter. The previous bottle of this I had felt like the most overripe and in-Burgundy-like 2018 I’d tried, and by some margin. I figured some time might help, but have a growing suspicion that my cellar is too cold to really mature wines without multiple decades of wait. So…experiment time. I stored this for a couple of years in the basement but outside the cellar. It’s not a textbook environment, at least for the summer months. Lo and behold, this had loosened up a fair bit, with more expressiveness on the nose too. It was still riper and heavier than it needed to be but was good. Would it have been better with 30 years at 14 degrees? Perhaps, but it’s a near-academic question for me given the prices of burgundy these days. — 3 years ago
Curry spices, a little vegetal, great. — 5 years ago
Great, rich. Black cherry with some cinnamon. Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥5,000. — 6 years ago
Dominant Pinot Noir, plus gamay and cot .. Light red wine, good minerality. tangy notes of berries, nice acidity, nice freshness. A wine with nuances typical of the Loire Valley. — 6 years ago
Turd Ferguson
Absolutely ripping acid. Intense wine, Plenty of stuffing. Well cellared. Fruit is evolved but no risk of going anywhere, with acid like this it’ll probably live forever. — 3 months ago