Opened 1h before and decanted just before service. Beautiful garnet robe. First nose dominated by prune, raisin, leather and chocolate notes. After a while the nose complexified with added flavors of dried fig, dried strawberry, dried potpourri, black cherry, balsamic. Medium body in mouth, melted tannins, dry. Doesn’t feel like it’s 15% alcohol. More prune and dark fruit as well as tomato sauce notes leading to a medium finish.
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Not impressed at all. Cherry, oak, and that’s pretty much it. No sense of place. The wine was very rigid, stoic and mono dimensional. Maybe needs more time. Probably.
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1997 Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
5/11/2024 - Julien D Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened 1h before and decanted just before service. Beautiful garnet robe. First nose dominated by prune, raisin, leather and chocolate notes. After a while the nose complexified with added flavors of dried fig, dried strawberry, dried potpourri, black cherry, balsamic. Medium body in mouth, melted tannins, dry. Doesn’t feel like it’s 15% alcohol. More prune and dark fruit as well as tomato sauce notes leading to a medium finish.
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2020 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne
4/27/2024 - Julien D Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Not impressed at all. Cherry, oak, and that’s pretty much it. No sense of place. The wine was very rigid, stoic and mono dimensional. Maybe needs more time. Probably.
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2013 Maison Albert Bichot Clos Vougeot Domaine du Clos Frantin
4/27/2024 - Julien D wrote: flawed
Unfortunately oxidized. Had a nice cherry, cola, forest floor background but oxidation is too overwhelming
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