Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Mint and ripe white fruit along with a touch of smoke on the nose. The palate is full and rich, yet mineral, precise and clean, great balance and goo length. Impressive and excellent.

Nez de menthe, fruits blancs murs, une touche fumée mais à peine. Un vin assez riche, plein, minéral, les saveurs sont précises, beaucoup d’éclat, très bel équilibre et une longueur fort appréciable. Impressionnant et une excellente bouteille. 91-92 — 3 years ago

Liz Hale

8.9

Acid for days. Lean. Little extraction. Needs grilled quail. — 5 years ago

Marissa Christy

8.9

Nutty aroma and a pleasant funk (distant cow, as I’m wont to say). Lemony crisp yet full on the tongue with a echoing finish like an aged sherry. Toasted almond. Sean approved. — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

8.9

Kiwi fruit and flint. Really pretty wine. Thanks Paul! — 7 years ago

Marshal White

8.9

Tasty, but mostly just acid. Impression of a big chunk of lactic. Will it soften with time? Butternut/chestnut soup didn't help much. — 8 years ago

Chandni Patel

9.5

Food for thought. — 9 years ago

Charles Ludwig

8.9

After three days of air (in bottle after a few hour decant) this really showed it's stuff. Airy, vibrant, juicy fruit. This was a very low score before it opened! — 9 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.0

I miss the tastings with this semi-confinement we are still in and stole the idea of @Benoit Duhamel here, so we made one at home with my son and my wife who are both wine fanatics as I am too. We chose 6 red Burgundies Villages 2017, 3 Côtes de Beaune and 3 Côte de Nuits and we tasted these blind, each of us giving ranks and points for each wines. Tasting blind usually doesn’t lie and it can bring numerous surprises which it did in that case. All wines were fo a good level here, no bad wines and all were fun and good indiviually but the results were pretty clear cut in terms of the Côte de Beaune winning this battle.

1- Chassagne-Montrachet villages 2017 Jean-Claude Ramonet 32 pts
2- Volnay Vieilles Vignes 2017, Henri DeLaGrange 28 pts
3- Auxey-Duresses Très Vieilles Vignes 2017, Alain Gras 26 pts
4- Chambolle-Musigny Les Véroilles 2017, Bruno Clair 20 pts
5- Gevrey-Chambertin 2017, Lucien Boillot 12 pts
6- Gevrey-Chambertin 2017 Les Évocelles, Louis Boillot 8 pts

DelaGrange: spices and a touch animal too on the nose. Vivid acidity with a nice medium bodied structure, very balanced, good length and delicious finish. My number 3. 90-91


On s’ennuie des dégustations et j’ai bien aimé l’idée de @Benoit Duhamel , merci Benoit. Alors s’en est fait une à la maison à trois (en respectant les règles bien sûr). Nous avons choisi 6 Bourgogne Villages Rouges 2017, 3 Côtes de Beaune et 3 Côtes de Nuits, nous avons dégusté à l'aveugle et accordé des points à chaque position, il n’y avait aucun mauvais vin dans le lot et tous étaient très bien si bu individuellement, mais la dégustation à l’aveugle ne ment pas et les résultats peuvent être surprenants, les vins de la Côte de Beaune ont remporté la palme facilement ici, alors pour s’amuser un peu, voici le classement que cela a donné :
1- Chassagne-Montrachet villages 2017 Jean-Claude Ramonet 32 pts
2- Volnay Vieilles Vignes 2017, Henri DeLaGrange 28 pts
3- Auxey-Duresses Très Vieilles Vignes 2017, Alain Gras 26 pts
4- Chambolle-Musigny Les Véroilles 2017, Bruno Clair 20 pts
5- Gevrey-Chambertin 2017, Lucien Boillot 12 pts
6- Gevrey-Chambertin 2017 Les Évocelles, Louis Boillot 8 pts

DelaGrange: Fruits noirs, épices, une touche animale aussi. Belle structure de corps moyen avec une acidité vive, bel équilibre et assez long en bouche. Mon no 3 personnellement. 90-91 — 4 years ago

Beau Carson

9.2

Needs a lot of air, but once it opens, it reveals a wine with so much grace. Tart red cherries, under ripe strawberries, green stems, and lots of acidity. — 6 years ago

Lisaverde@gmail.com

9.4

Think I need to pay a visit to Boirgogne...yum — 7 years ago

Rob Moose

9.3

This is EXCELLENT. I am buying more please. Best buy! — 8 years ago

Matt Ryan

8.9

Meaty. Some stewed fruit with cranberry and violets. — 9 years ago

Maggie Miller

9.0

Thanks Pavle — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.1

Needed an hour of air to open. — 4 years ago

Ed Ryder

8.9

Rich and creamy but not cloying in any way, definite ageing potential, and lovely length — 4 years ago

Rob Moose

8.9

Not sure on this wine. Feels more Aubin than Puligny. Very light on its feet, tart, kinda simple. Even after some hours open, it never had that much to say. No negatives just had hoped for more. — 5 years ago

David D

9.0

Medium–light bodied, Pinot fruit, tea, cranberry, touch of leather, mineral & saline with good acid. Alan’s present from Rachel. — 6 years ago

Nigel Stuke

9.0

Definitely reduced. Some roundness (oak) too? Under the sulfury nose there's a bit of green apple. — 7 years ago

Miko Duenas

9.2

Amazing QPR on this one. — 8 years ago

Nate Miles

9.0

Lemon cream. Assertive personality. — 9 years ago