5/18/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Lunch at Le petit sommelier from a presumably well-stored local bottle. It did pour a little golden which had me worried, but opened up beautifully with air. This bottle is fully mature with plenty of complex honey notes integrated with the mature fruit, still fresh and lively, but definitely maturing in fruit profile. More advanced than I would have guessed based upon multiple tasty bottles in the US a few years ago.

5/15/2024 - Nanda wrote:

A super impressive 2021 with plenty of red fruit stuffing and concentration yet refined with silky tannins. Should drink nicely out of the gate, though showed more ability for aging than I would have guessed (based upon a second pour on day two).

5/15/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Sourced from the domaine. An impressive and fresh bottle that is now quite layered and complex yet still fresh and juicy. Thoroughly enjoyable and at peak.

5/15/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Sourced from the domaine so the condition was pristine and the wine showed it. Explosive nose of white fruit, mineral and just a touch of emerging honey notes. Excellent weight, concentration and length.

5/16/2024 - Nanda wrote:

It's been 5+ years since my last bottle. This bottle sourced from the domaine and still singing with plenty of fresh, classic Chassagne fruit and medium+ concentration. Very good and well-stored bottles will hold just fine for several years.

5/15/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Off the list at Le Soufflot. This is forward, delicious and certainly punches above it's weight class in terms of concentration and completeness. Early peak drinking already. Very good but the reputation/pricing is kind of silly.

5/10/2024 - Nanda wrote:

From a domaine-sourced bottle. Wow, so much concentration and precision from these replanted young vines. Round, plush and juicy fruit. Young but filled with pleasure already.

5/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Thanks ACYSO for the generous share. What a spectacular wine with beguiling, pronounced sweet red cherry and red strawberry fruit and florals. Almost like a Volnay or Rayas meets early 70s Napa. Texturally concentrated yet weightless across the palate and layered with sweet herbs and spices. Insanely delicious. A point short of perfection as I'm not sure I would have called Cabernet blind . . .

5/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Outstanding bottle that needed time to fully show it's stuff, particularly on the nose. When this at stride, ~30-45 minutes after opening, the aromas were still 80% as intense as the perfect palate, which was texturally concentrated and featured intense mint, cedar and tobacco leaf all enveloped by still fresh, sweet fruit.

5/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

corked

5/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

69/70/74 - a singular, perfect bottle of Napa Cab that is somehow still in a peak drinking window at age 55. Epic concentration and classic cabernet character that is still fruit-forward though laced with tobacco leaf, bell pepper and cedar spices. Long, intense finish. Wow.

5/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

69/70/74 flight. Gorgeous aromatics which are uniquely laced with an intense, intriguing black tea note. Tons of complexity and life here, if less concentrated than the epic 1969.

5/4/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Gorgeous and intense aromas of dense red cherry with oodles of stem-spice and florals. Palate is similarly intense with layers of rich, vibrant cherry fruit. Certainly a touch stylized, but delicious from start to finish. In an early peak drinking window.

5/4/2024 - Nanda wrote:

In a peak zone and showing near-full maturity with excellent 1er concentration and waves of fruit and toasted nuts. Bright acidity provides lift and length to the weight.

5/3/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Mature and in a peak drinking window that held up nicely over two nights. Vibrant acidity with fruit that is now fully embracing the Meursault hazelnut layers.

4/30/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Less forthcoming than a bottle from last year. Took some while to open up and express the floral and mineral character behind the white fruits. Plenty fresh, so I think this will improve with another 2-3 years.

5/3/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Gorgeous purity in a clearly very young Barolo. Loads of cherry, florals and spice. Silky and drinking nicely for the moment. Clearly upside from here.

4/20/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This boasts a gorgeous nose of black cherry with loads of spice, cut flowers, crème brûlée and emerging mushroom. Palate has serious concentration and density with precision that adds length, weightlessness and intensity to the finish. In an early and pleasure-filled peak.

4/20/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Exuberant, playful and full of rich matchstick inflected fruit on both nose and palate. Round, full of white fruit and lively. Such a balanced and delightful 2011 at peak.

4/21/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This beams a gorgeous nose of black and red cherry, an array of roasted herbs, tomato leaf and savory smoke. Excellent concentration of rich cherry fruit matched by still-gritty structure. Vibrant and juicy throughout.

4/6/2024 - Nanda wrote:

sadly corked

4/5/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Reduced upon opening, so put this into the decanter, and then enjoyed over several hours. Took an hour for the reduction to clear up, and then the cherry fruit, florals and spice started to come out. Still a bit reserved, which is unusual for 2010s, but a promising future ahead with upside from here.

3/31/2024 - Nanda wrote:

6-7 hours in a decanter. Gorgeous aromas of plum, licorice, florals and tar notes. Silky and refined on the palate with sneaky power throughout. Long finish. Still just barely in its peak drinking window with a long life ahead and upside from here.

3/31/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Enjoyed this more than my prior bottle. 6-7 hours in the decanter ahead of dinner. Certainly rich and ripe in this vintage but with good floral and balsamic accents. Plenty of structure remaining, so still lots of peak drinking ahead, but this was just right with the air and pairing with roast lamb.

3/30/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Wide open and effusive aromas of stem spice, spice, toasted herbs and black cherry. With a couple hours of air, the palate is approachable with beautiful stem-accented fruit, but still firm structure that is clearly asking for a few more years. Very good with a steak dinner. Upside from here.

3/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

The wine that originally turned me on to LIOCO back in the day. This is still going strong, though I'd now call it late peak drinking. Plenty of rich fruit that is now showing evolution and layering, and perhaps not as much energy as it did in its youth. Satisfying.

3/30/2024 - Nanda wrote:

First go with this wine. Evokes a Chablis and dry Riesling vibe with unique aromas/flavors of passion fruit and guava with plenty of minerality and acid cut. Gains weight and concentration over several hours. I suspect this will age well given the stuffing, balance and 12.5 ABV. Promising first experience.

3/30/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Corked, and a shame as the underlying material was so fresh.

3/24/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Much better and back to form after a weird / shut down bottle last year from the same case. Pure Vosne with so much spice, black tea and polished black cherry fruit. At peak and speaks transparently to producer + terroir + vintage.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

So youthful rich and classically Nebbiolo. In the middle of a peak, rich drinking window with a long life remaining, and upside from here.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This bottle was at peak and perfectly sound (following a premox bottle about a month ago). So much going on with fruit, mineral and match stick.

3/22/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Consistent with my bottle from a few months ago.

3/21/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Interesting showing -- vibrant and lively on pop n' pour, and then started to shut down over a few hours becoming tired, listless and almost oxidized, and then awoke to be vibrant, layered and full of life on night two. Likely just getting back into a drinking window? 93 points at peak.

3/21/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This is progressing nicely but still holding some back in reserve. Better on night two when the structure had softened and red fruit and florals were more pronounced.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Crazy good and fresh bottle. Dazzling Coche aromas with a hint of tropical fruit. Dense yet zippy and fresh.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Wow, an unreal wine with so much concentration, richness, flavor and intensity. Still just a baby. Ripe fruit held together nicely by fresh structure.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Magnum. Wow, so rich and dense. Creamy and electric at one. Still just a baby with upside from here.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Gorgeous bottle with the hallmarks of 2013 - old school white burgundy - with still ripe/fresh fruit. In the middle of a peak window.

3/1/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Tired bottle. Likely just a bad cork.

2/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Outstanding bottle. Intensely spiced and mature black cherry aromas. Lively and dazzling on the palate.

2/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Outstanding bottle with fruit that is still fresh and rich while showing lovely complexity with dried and fresh florals.

2/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Outstanding, but surprisingly this bottle is at it's full peak.

2/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Electric and youthful with grand cru concentration. Slowly opened up over a few hours. Upside from here.

2/29/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Wow, so classically Coche and unbelievably young. Grand Cru in all but name, this had it all concentration, complexity and length.

2/24/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This is nicely aromatic with Vosne-like spices and black tea layered into red and black cherry. Palate is medium bodied and reasonably silky. Charming.

2/24/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Nose leaps from the glass with orchard and tropical fruit, mineral, honey and matchstick. The palate bursts with bright, vibrant fruit that is playfully sweet and saline. At peak.

2/23/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Takes an hour to open up and reveal aromas of macerated strawberries, rhubarb, jam, herbs and spice. Palate is initially compact, and with air gains weight and breadth. Medium weight fruit that echos the nose with structure that is not yet seamlessly integrated.

2/23/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Immediately bursts from the glass with an exuberant nose of ripe orchard fruit, minerals, struck match and wood spice. The palate is decadent with incredible concentration and bold fruit that is still primary but made alive with well-integrated bright acidity. Very good and delicious now with tons of upside.

2/23/2024 - Nanda wrote:

corked

2/15/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Off the list at Le Tout Paris. 5+ years since my first taste of this wine at which point it was reductive and brooding. The wine is now more open and approachable, though still not ready, showing quite ripe and rich with overt smoke notes and a just a trace of Vosne spice. Not sure if this will ever be a classic Vosne village given the vintage characteristics and early tenure of the winemaker at this junction. Will hold for 3-5+ years before trying again.