5/21/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: a bit light red. Nose: modest sous-bois and a slightly herbal note. Taste: sour cherry, raspberry and strawberry, with a prominent acidity, only a bit of drying tannins and a decent amount of oak. Fresh, lively and rather well balanced. Light to medium bodied. Not really complex, but that might appear during the one or two years that this attractive wine might need to show its best. For now 88-89, potentially 89++.

5/14/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept in a wine-coller at 13 degrees C. since about 2013. Decanted three hours before drinking. Sous bois in the nose. Taste: sour cherry and raspberry, quite an amount of fresh acidity and more develloped than with my last bottle in 2021. Still some drying tannins, but they were more resolved since then. For me this wine is only entering its drinking-window and has the potential to devellop for at least some more years. Nice wine. For now 91.

5/11/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Taste: apple, a hint of pear, mineral with quite prominent acidty, but not as tense as much German riesling of Rheinhessen or Nahe. Complete, quite pure and well balanced. Silvaner was not known by me, but appears to be rather a revelation. A very nice wine. 90-91.

5/5/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: dark (ruby-)purple. Nose: rather fresh berry fruit, leather and a sage-like herbal note. Taste: blackberry and blueberry and the notes of the nose. The tannins seem not fully resolved yet. It took at least half an hour before this wine opened up in the glass. After a while the roundness of the merlot in the blend came to the front. Still I dare to state, that this wine shows the rather heavy tannic structure that seems more or less chracteristic for this chateau. At the third day however more open with cassis in the nose and in the taste lsweet fruit, a bit of complexity and less tannins.The best for this wine is likely still to come. Potentially 88+.

5/5/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kep in a wine-cooler at 13 degrees C. since september 2018. since Color: golden with a green hue. Very soft and refined nose with some fresh tropical fruit and flowers in it, very nice. The taste was pure, refined and well balanced, with good acidity and already rather much mature notes. Very nice 90-91.

5/2/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Taste: leather, tobacco and cinnamon in the taste. Rather sweet. Round and quite soft. The tannins were more resolved than with my last bottle, but were still a bit drying, especially when drunk on its own at day four. Then also the alcohol was a bit burning. Already showing some nice complexity, but to my taste this wine now is only entering its drinking window. I will open my next bottle not before 2025 or 2026. Looking forward to that because this wine really seems promising. Potentially 90+.

4/27/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Made of a blend of five cepages. Aromatic nose; is there viognier in the blend? Taste that is not so much fruity, maybe a bit flowery, with OK acidity and a nice balance. 87(-88)

4/25/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: quite dark golden yellow. Taste: honey and little raisins. Pure, with depth and at least - at the thrid day - good acidity, that made this wine nicely lively. Seems to have the power to last at least some years longer. A delicious wine. 91-92

4/25/2024 - euroyup wrote:

No formal notes. The tannins, including those from the stems, are almost fully resolved. The taste has softened since my last bottle of this wine. About fully mature now and delicous. 91-92.

4/20/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: light yellow. Nose: refined and modets, with modest oak. Taste: some fruit (apple and lemon), with an that is just is not to dominant. A light and fresh chardonnay. More resembling the wines of Limburg in the Netherlands - which region is close to the Haspengouw, where this wine is produced - like auxerrois and pinot gris of for example Apostelhoeve than Burgundian chardonnay. Still a pleasdant wine. 87-88.

4/17/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Only short notes. At the first day with food mature notes in the taste, even already a bit tired. A bit more complexity than in 2022. At the fourt day ramarkably different: more lively, more fruit, rather domninant and a bit burning alcohol. More four-square. What to hink of this wine? 88-89.

4/15/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: light yellow. Faint but fresh notes in the nose. Taste: a bit of apple-fruit with a firm steely-mineral-acidic backbone, with a good balance. Still has some time to go. 88-89.

4/11/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Very much like my TN of Apostelhoeve Cuvee XII 2022 of 04-09-24: light, rather pure, fresh with a very good balance, only a bit more full and rich. Excellent. (Drunk cold with risotto, grilled vegetables and parmesan cheese). 89(-90)

4/9/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color light yellow-green. Nose: bread, grass, and a refined note of flowers. Taste: a light mix of peach and apple, with a good acidity. Quite pure, well balanced, fresh and light in the style that appears to be characteristic of Dutch white wine, of which this is a very nice example. The pinot gris in the blend is recognizable as usual with this wine. Very drinkable and a very good companion of white apsparagus. 88-89

4/7/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Dark Color. In the taste plum, that was a bit sweet, with a hint of cinnamon. A bit of complexity and an OK acidity. Maybe the taste was once and awhile a bit tired, but still quite attractive. At the fourth day more vivid and with complexity. Probably best to drink this wine within one year. 89-90.

4/7/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept in a wine-coller at 13 degrees C. since september 2012. Open nose. In the taste a powerful fruit, a good acidity and some complexity. Although there was a lot of sediment and the mouthfeel was rather smooth, the last tannins may resolve further and might still improve this wine. The alcohol was 15%, but that was never disturbing. A bit rustic, but with real quality. This wine might benefit from one or even two years of further keeping. 93.

4/7/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Very nice, a bit classy nose. In the taste nice fruit, good acidity, rather well balanced. At the first day the nose was better than the taste. At the thrid or fourth day the taste showed some nice complexity. A bit better than my last bottle. 89-90.

4/1/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Three bottles, one after another, appeared to be totally madirized. This wine is propbably already for some years over its top. Three consecutive TN-writers mentioned the same experience since the seventh year of this wine. I am rather surprised about the long drinking windows that were given this vintage also for other vintages. All my three bottles had a soft cork, that crumbled although they were not dried out. I guess they were the cause. A pity, because the 2013 was very nice after five years.

1/6/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: quite golden yellow. Nose with tropical fruits, that return in the taste, with nice mature notes and enough acidity to keep it lively. Between rich and slender, still a bit sturdy. Really good balance. A very nice wine, that met the promise of my last bottle in 2020. At its top, I guess, but can probably be kept for at least one more year, maybe more. 90.

3/23/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Stored in a wine-cooler at 13 degrees Celsius since 2016. Color: golden yellow. Modest, soft nose. In the taste peach, a nice dose of luxourious oak, mint in the finish. Soft, deep and complex. I was brought to open this bottle by the TN's that this wine would be tired already. It doesn't show the ernergy it probably had in its youth, but I would not call this bottle tired. It is mature, delicate and easy drinking. A beautiful, absolutely delicious wine, real class! Still glad I am drinking it now, because I think it might loose quality with further keeping. 94.

3/18/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Like my earlier TN's of this wine. Best bottle of this wine so far. 88

3/18/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Lively, balanced and rather firm verdicchio. 84

3/10/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: light red. Taste: a bit of sous bois, a bit sweet and lemonade-like, well balanced with a good acidity and pleasant energy, making a surprisingly attractive wine considering this is the first year this wine is produced. We had it with chicken, just baked with thyme, which made an attractive match. Can compete with a lot of generic Burgundies, especially when a light wine is preferred. (87-)88.

3/10/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Only short notes. Although not complex this is an energetic, balanced wine. More on the light and fresh side. Very drinkable. Matched well with melted cheese. Nice. (87-)88.

3/10/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept mostly under condition 2 (see my profile) since 2013. The last and best bottle of six of this wine, because its tannins were still more resolved. But at the second day already a bit tired. 88-89.

3/2/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Nose: lemon and apple with a mineral note. Taste: lemon and apple, with a nice acidity and little bit prominent oak. For a white Burgundy a relatively big, rather firm and energetic wine. Maybe there is some upward potential when the elements will integrate further. Might be kept for at least one more year, probably, maybe more years. For now: (88-)89.

2/27/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Color: light yellow with a green hue. Not much of a nose. Taste: white fruit (pear, but not sweet), rather mineral with a firm, but balanced acidity. An energetic, rather solid wine, probably in the beginning of its drinking window. Very attractive. Better at the third day than at the first. 89-90

2/26/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Nose: refined sous bois. Taste: good fruit. A bit prominent acidity. Better than in 2015, but the tannis were not fully resolved, so keeping for another three till five years seems a good idea. A rather classy wine. 90 for now. Potentially 91?

2/22/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Nice tropical fruit with hints of mango and banana and a modest acidity. A well balanced, rather soft, delicate and rather complex wine. Delicious. Indeed a nice match with mussels, and probably also with cheeses like Comte, Reblochon and St. Nectaire. 92

2/21/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Nose: sweet fruit and laurel. Taste: sweet, red and dark fruit, peppery and with a note of laurel. Still fine drying tannins left, but more developped than two years ago. At the third day less tannins and a greenish note, that tasted not like paprika. No complexity or real depth, but still an attractive wine, that might still be better after one or two years of keeping from now. 88-89.

2/12/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Taste: lively fruit, juicy, with a peppery note and a good acidity. The tannins were almost fully resolved. I guess, that this wine will benefit of one or two more years of keeping. The last and best bottle of the six I had. Potentially 89.

2/10/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Yellow-golden color. Good balance between fruit, a firm, crisp acidity and very nice spearmint. Excellent with food; on its own the oak was a bit prominent. At its top now, I guess. Best to drink it cold. 91-92.

2/4/2024 - euroyup wrote:

No formal notes. (87-)88.

2/4/2024 - euroyup wrote:

No formal notes, vivid and attractive wine, even for someone like me, who is not really a fan of vignier. 87-88.

2/4/2024 - euroyup wrote:

No formal notes. Rather mature, slender, quite sweet. 90

1/16/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Nose: rather ripe and rich fruit. Taste: (tropical) fruit on the front, with also a rather prominent herbal note, with a quite peculiar note, that was hard to define (maybe like laurel?), with a certain lack in balance. After about half an hour it integrated out quite well, at least with food (mussels). Might well still be better after a couple of more years of keeping. For now 91-92.

1/15/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept under condition 2 since september 2012 (see my profile). Reasonable amount of fruit; already quite a lot of deposit, but still with a bit of drying, rather heavy tannins. A bold wine. This bottle did only show a bit of development since my last one and lacked real quality. When I would have another one, I would keep it for two more years. 87-88.

1/13/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept under condition 2 since about 2015 (see my profile). Popped and poured. Already a mature wine, still with some fruit and despite some unresolved tannins, I guess. Maybe past its top, maybe we had to wait four hours after opening the bottle (see the previous TN). 88-89.

1/6/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Kept under condition 1 since september 2012 (see my profile), before that one year under condition 2. Popped and poured. Nice mature nose with complexity. On its own in the taste nice red and dark fruit and nice mature notes with a note of herbs, all with enough concentration. With food a part of the taste, fruit as well as concentration fell away. On its own 91-92, with food 90-91.

1/1/2024 - euroyup wrote:

No formal notes. Really good nose. Rather much oak in the taste. A rather thorough wine, that needs some more time to gain balance. For now: (90-)91.

1/1/2024 - euroyup wrote:

Bought this bottle thinking it was a Asti Spumante. On the label the indication Asti, but with "Quality Aromatic Sparkling Wine - Sweet", without "Spumante". To sweet and it lacked ballance. Less nice than the Asti Spumate I am used to from this producer. Almost the same label, but the price was lower. So: another product with less quality and a lower price. Lovers of the "original" Asti Spumante are warned. 80.

12/27/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Color: ruby with brownish hue. Nose: sous bois/wood with fuit. Taste: cherry, raspberry and strawberry. Still a bit drying tannins, especially when drunk on its own. Quite vivid acidity and with 13,5% rather prominent alcohol. For a Burgundy a powerful wine. Still lacking integration and real balance. Better with food, showing its complexity and GC quality in nose and taste. I am not sure whether I drank this bottle to late, or whether it needs more cellar time (2-5 years, maybe even more) before it will reach its top. So it has, or it had the potential for a 93-94+ rating.

12/26/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Kept under condition 1 since about 2018 (see my profile). TN three days after consumption. Taste: rather complex. Compared to my last bottle of this wine in September 2022 clearly more mature and well developped. Really nice, to my opinion with GG quality. Maybe there is some potential for the future. 91-92.

12/26/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Nose: pear. Taste: fruity and quite rich. The acidity was rather prominent and had a little rough edge. Not a refined wine, but all together the elements were rather well balanced. Quite an agreeable wine. 84.

12/20/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Nice nose with a light animal note and interesting complexity. Taste: nicely fruity, with garrigue, herbs and licorice. Good acidity, still a little bit of drying tannins when drunk without food. Rather fresh, a bit creamy, with some complexity. Interesting wine. Still enough fruit for keeping this wine for two years, maybe more. 91-92.

12/20/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Like my note of 22st of September, be it that now the taste was as good as the nose, especially at the third day. Not so much refined, but nicely energetic. Attractive wine. 89.

12/11/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Kept about ten years under condition 2 (see my profile). Color: dark, almost black. Not much of a nose. Taste: nice mature notes with an attractive complexity, a bit dominating the fruit that had left. It would have been better to drink it earlier, beacuse the balance between fruit and mature notes probably was better in an earlier stage. Still nice. To drink within one year. 90.

12/11/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Tasting note like the last one in November, maybe a bit less good. 90.

12/11/2023 - euroyup wrote:

From a magnum, stored under condition 2 since september 2009 (see my profile). Color: dark (ruby-)purple, without a ruby rim. Taste: rather much fruit for a wine of this age, but it tasted a bit artificial. The tannins were almost completely resolved. Some mature note. Rather straight and simple. Seemed better than my last bottle in the end of 2022. Might be kept for some more years, but I don't expect it to be better. First day 86, following days a bit less good.

11/13/2023 - euroyup wrote:

Nice soft sous blois-nose. Fruity, concentrated and vital taste. Despite the rather fine tannins, already nice. No complexity, but maybe it will devellop during aging. I have had several millesimes of his wine, but this 2020 is clearly the best. For now 88-89.