3/12/24, 1:57 PM - Thanks. Trying a young one!
3/8/24, 8:29 AM - I think 5 hours was about right but I would err on the longer side rather than shorter
2/16/24, 11:39 AM - We had it with chicken livers French beans balsamic vinegar sage and pappardelle
2/7/24, 1:37 PM - Flawed???
2/7/24, 1:56 PM - Easily done!
1/13/24, 4:56 PM - Reads like it should be flawed not scored😉
1/4/24, 10:04 AM - Very timely! Thanks for the note. My first bottle out of the box was in 2018. It was very good then but plenty of time ahead. I stood a bottle up a few days back for drinking this weekend. Did you open much in advance?
11/29/23, 1:59 PM - Yes I think it is ready to drink but will stay at this level for a few years yet. I did not decant
6/21/23, 9:19 AM - Thanks for the comment. I had a 12 75cl bottle case of these. I have 4 left. I think it is fully mature now and while it will keep for some years yet I don't think it is going to improve.
9/1/22, 4:13 AM - We tasted 15 and 16 Brunellos at my wine club a few months ago and Fuligni was the most backward by a good margin. Excellent wine but definitely a lot of room for development. The 10 and 06 I had recently are still adolescent! I love Fuligni’s wines but they do need time for my taste.
7/30/22, 2:44 AM - Lovely evocative note. Thanks. I am saving my last two bottles for its 50th and my 70th next year!
3/21/22, 9:08 AM - Flawed? Typo?
2/16/22, 11:59 AM - Now you’re really making me jealous!! Looking forward to the notes. Bloody COVID😡😡
12/13/21, 10:01 AM - Great wine. Had the 98 Migoua last week which was singing. More elegant style and not the power or depth of the Cabassaou but still excellent
11/22/21, 3:49 PM - Think ‘flawed’ may be an error based on your enthusiastic note!
11/30/21, 12:14 PM - Yes it has been a good value and consistent for decades
10/26/21, 7:36 AM - Excellent note and describes the wine perfectly. Just tried one out of the case and it matched your note. A joy! Excellent wine and great QPR
10/6/21, 7:32 AM - thanks for uploading these details. Very helpful. There is a lot of great information on Chidaine on Chris Kissack's Winedoctor website.
8/27/21, 12:51 AM - Any view on whether this needs time?
8/31/21, 7:37 AM - Thanks. That is really helpful . I have the Thorne and daughters as well. I shall leave them for a while
5/19/21, 8:20 AM - Thanks for the great note. It is a wonderful wine. My dinner group had a Bordeaux blends from around the world dinner a few weeks back with some pretty serious wines and the Montebello 91 was the favourite
5/9/21, 4:10 PM - Needs to be moved to flawed and not scored.
3/23/21, 7:20 AM - Was that two bottles or the same one posted twice? Probably two based on my experience but 2000 has been slightly less prone than 96 to 99
3/25/21, 10:02 AM - What a shame!! The sad demise of a formerly great estate in that period is a tragedy but the failure to acknowledge the problem was 10 times worse
7/22/20, 3:03 AM - Excellent timing. I am taking the first of three I bought a year ago to my wine group dinner on Friday. There have been no recent tasting notes so thanks for the excellent and encouraging note. I am taking the Rioja Alta Reserva 904 from 2001 to compare.
8/2/20, 10:48 AM - The Olivio was very good and your note was spot on. In the end I did not have the 904 to hand so we had the Tondonia Reserva 2001 instead. What a contrast in styles. The Tondonia classic old style well structured with bracing acidity. The Olivo rich and plush but beautifully balanced. Both delicious but in very different styles.
7/22/20, 2:51 AM - You are lucky to open a drinkable one! All mine have been completely poxed. Your note gives me a glimmer of hope. I will open one of three remaining
7/22/20, 9:54 AM - Could not agree more! It makes my blood boil. I still have bottles from the 80’s through to 93 which are magnificent. After that it is a disaster. As you say the refusal to accept any blame is breathtaking!
7/8/20, 4:58 AM - Thanks for the comment. Yes the highs of Burgundy need to be embraced!! This was Grivot's version rather than H-N . I have a couple of those left as well and the H-N has been singing for a while but the Grivot has now woken up! I have always been a supporter of 1996 red burgundy (possibly because I bought a load on release) which is now being rewarded.
5/31/20, 4:22 AM - Fascinating experiment and interesting that differences are marginal at this stage. Mine are stored in a passive UK cellar so slightly lower temps with a spread of 11 to 17. I will try one soon!
6/1/20, 7:08 AM - Yes definitely easier but not really necessary where I am as rarely gets very hot or very cold and cellar is underground on three sides and north facing.
5/28/20, 6:13 AM - Thanks for the excellent note. Glad it is still fabulous. I have one left out of a case, the last one drunk in 2016. I must find the right occasion to open it once I can gain access after lockdown!!
5/26/20, 1:09 PM - Absolutely! There is so much good stuff produced by excellent producers without the label.
3/26/20, 8:06 AM - Perfect note. Drank a bottle last weekend and you described it perfectly. A joy to drink.
4/4/20, 10:45 AM - Thanks. Making a good attempt at reducing the number of bottles in these strange times!
10/27/19, 8:38 AM - Ow l
10/27/19, 8:36 AM - OoC
6/17/19, 2:27 AM - In view of positive notes and score at the end that ‘flawed’ is a typo?
12/20/18, 7:47 AM - a friend bought a parcel of late release, from the estate, 1983 la Chapelle in the last year.. Two out of the three opened have been corked . He has returned them to the merchant who refunded without question. Apparently many of the batches have had a high TCA failure rate.
10/22/18, 7:33 AM - What a shame. Lovely wine still . Do you have any left?
9/29/18, 5:13 PM - The wine was only released this year and is a long way off maturity. A 1985 earlier this year was in its sweet spot!!
8/31/18, 2:24 AM - Thanks for the excellent notes on your fab tasting at Roagna. I was invited to a small trade tasting in London put on by a small importer who lives in Italy and has started on his own after leaving Berry bros . Luca Roagna wa there with some of his range but not the limited cuvees. The La Pira was the wine of the whole tasting for me and I have bought some. Great wines.
8/9/18, 2:50 PM - Must be fantastic from magnum. I have a couple left in bottle. Bought a case on release and must be best value Bordeaux ever! Superb wine
8/14/18, 7:07 AM - Agree absolutely on Domaine de Chevalier but the older Haut Bailly's before the style changed (and became more popular) are superb.
6/6/18, 1:40 AM - Hi ChattersShould have made it clear. This was from a half bottle.Not as heavy as Rieussec often is and spectacular value at the price offered on release when merchants were forced to take it to get other allocations.
1/29/18, 4:39 AM - Great note. I still have a few left
1/29/18, 3:29 PM - And to you. Hope to see you in Feb. Shame you missed the Tempier last year . It was excellent. The Cabassaou is a real monster in all the years. The 1990 is still massive.
9/22/17, 4:13 PM - Interesting as was thinking of having a try. Sounds as though worth waiting. Fourrier generally takes more time than you would expect.
6/13/17, 12:52 PM - The 80's were great for BDM. I still have a few left. Shame it all went pear shaped from 96. Most have gone down the sink! You were lucky with the 2000.
12/1/16, 7:37 AM - I have three of these . is it fully ready?
12/1/16, 5:21 PM - Stick to your choice :-)
8/17/16, 1:18 AM - There were a substantial number of defective batches in this vintage and your bottle sounds typical. My case went back and was replaced with a different vintage.
6/9/16, 2:13 AM - Sounds a delicious bottle and I am lucky to have some. Was the flawed a typo?
8/28/15, 10:17 AM - think you were unlucky with this bottle. I have quite a few of these and there was plenty of life left in recent bottles consumed. Have faith !
8/4/15, 3:31 PM - After the controversy over the secondary fermentation in some lots of this wine my supplier agreed with the domaine to swap my case of 2007 for a case of 2010.
1/17/13, 2:21 PM - Happy new year ken. Lovely wine. Had a bottle just before Xmas . Just right now and quite forward for a 1999. Hope you are both well. Still aiming to get to Vienna before you come back.
1/7/13, 2:17 AM - There is clearly a TCA problem with this vintage of Warres. I had two in a row as well a year or so back and have not tried one since. Time for another try and see if it is endemic!
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