A fruit bomb, silky and textured on the palate, drinking amazing — a year ago
Not a 1er Cru, but it should be! Lovely Vosne. Velvet, sappy cherry fruit with Vosne spice. Hints of vanilla and stones. A whiff of oak char on the nose, but less so on the palate. Decanted for 2 hours prior to consumption. — 3 years ago
Nice looking bottle, TS fill. Brought to Grasings in Carmel, opened/decanted 4 hrs before. Reddish tawny, doesn’t look it’s age. Wow nose. Exotic, attention grabbing. Notes of tea, rose petals, black fruit, some licorice and a little menthol. Ethereal in the mouth. Needed 5+ hrs to show its stuff. Had the staff standing in line for some shared pours. Great showing. At peak but bottles like this one are going to deliver pleasure for another 10 years easily. — 5 years ago
Low tannins, dark and red fruits, med acid some honey aromas. Ripe — 7 years ago
Very good Nebbiolo from a strong producer and a good vintage. In very good shape plenty of fruit and acid. Should be good for another 5-7 years — 9 years ago
赤ワインらしい、少し苦味のあるフルに近いテイスト — 10 years ago
Effervescent, with a mineral flavor. Tart with just a small top note of leather. — 9 months ago
17•+ remarkably young colour. Good nose, though not v complex. Same on palate - v good fruit, elegant but not as interesting as I’d expected. Maybe decant next bottle. — 4 years ago
Extremely good. — 7 years ago
3 hours decanting made all the difference. Beautiful, full body Tuscan. — 8 years ago
Dryyyyy and bubbly — 10 years ago
I reckon BH’s notes on this are pretty spot on for my experience (expect the part on the Noirots), so here it is:
“Once again, there is a subtle though not invisible application of wood that still easily allows the airy, cool and restrained aromas of various red berries, and in particular cherry, floral and a mildly exotic whiff of dried orange peel. The energetic and beautifully well-detailed middle weight flavors are much finer if less powerful than those of the Noirots while display notably more minerality as well on the compact, serious and built-to-age finale. This is a wine of finesse and refinement but the flavor authority is impressive as is the tannic spine.”
WOTN for most I believe. Showed well with air, but clearly some tightness at the start. Loved the energy here. Very promising! — 9 months ago
Lots of strawberry — 3 years ago
Beautiful poise and intensity. A little drying on the finish. — 4 years ago
Delicious. Smooth — 5 years ago
Recommended by Vance at Monsier Marcel at The Grove — 7 years ago
2008. Smoooooth love it — 7 years ago
Deep and bright — 9 years ago
Debizeness — 10 years ago
Jess
Pale lemon color.
Aromas of citrus, apple, melon.
Dry. Flavors of lemon, lime, pear, honeydew, mineral. Very subtle.
Intensity: 3/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 8 months ago