Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.8

Vintage 1949 in Burgundy according to Broadbent: “..most perfect end of a decade - elegant, well-balanced wines”; Clive Coates in his book Cote D'Or: "best vintage of 40's all-perfect beauty and purity”; Robert M. Parker Jr.: “it was the best of post world war II vintages before 1959”
Henri Leroy at that time was négociant based in Auxey-Duresses, his mythical daughter Lalou Bize-Leroy in 1949 was only seventeen.
Les Cazetiers is amongst the most elevated of Premier Cru site in Gevrey-Chambertin - and indeed the whole of Burgundy.
I drank this precious bottle on Mount Etna with #FrankCornelissen and other dear friends. Uncork this bottle lead to a surgical operation. Just begun to pull it out, a light breath of wine molecule with air bubbles magically have emerged on the surface of the cork. It's been like witness the passing away of a dying old man (or Pinot Noir must be a woman?) That humanized wine had held "élan vital", hope and breath inside him for the last 66 years! A miracle of a wine still so tasty, robust, citrusy, vibrant, earthy, incredibly alive and well-preserved despite color and neck level did not bode so well.. that's what I thought and I'll remember until I die: "the wine was waiting for us to drink it up, he gave off his mortal blow to offer us life, joy and smile!" — 10 years ago

with Alberto

Martin Diehr

9.7

Wow - 13 years into it and what a beauty. As it was in the glass it kept on evolving. Beautiful bottle of wine? — 11 years ago

Gayle Karen Young

9.8

Loved this sake with Cesar on a date in Boulder at Ame — 12 years ago

Ron Westlund

9.5

Burgundian Transparency. Elegant earthiness with perfectly elegant fruit that takes a back seat in this old school beauty. — 10 years ago

with Evan

David L

9.5

Full-bodied Beauty. 2 hours+ opened. Very dark ruby red with purple edges. Complexity & density of few other 08'. Dark chocolate, cherry, new oak, big chunk of stone. A bit of chalkiness. 10/15 years in front of it. I'll wait a few years to open my last bottle of 08'. — 10 years ago

John Kemper

9.8

I dug deep in the cellar for a special wine with our chargrilled NY strip. I opened the deep garnet-colored '94 Joseph Phelps Red Bordeaux Blend 'Insignia'. Decanted and aerated for two hours, the aromas of cedar, cassis, mocha, forest floor and eucalyptus tingled the nose. Dark fruits and minerals in the velvety mouth with long-lasting impressions of sweet, ripe and polished tannins. Lots of class and pedigree in this beauty. A most memorable meal! — 11 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.3

2001 still young in great shape, true beauty. — 10 years ago

Laura Catena

9.4

A beauty classic #Bordeaux can't wait to retaste in a few years — 10 years ago

Jeff Vejr

9.0

Missing some brightness, but this beauty is still chugging along. Granny Smith apples dipped in Butterscotch pudding. Probably should have waited a day to drink after opening. — 11 years ago

Grant Everett

9.8

She's a beauty, that 2009. A couple more years in the bottle won't hurt. But the nose is a classic right now. — 12 years ago