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Red

2014 Daniel Bouland Côte de Brouilly Cuvée Mélanie

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7/1/2019 - Beaunedoc Likes this wine: 92 points

Warm evening, so 40 minutes in the frig after opening. The nose is baked black cherry tonight, with hints of cherry cough syrup in the first glass, not so much in the second. Plenty of fruit acidity and a bit of tannin on the palate. The palate confirms the olfactory impression. This is not a complex wine, but it is a delight at the table. Eating veg tonight, it was delicious with a pot of lentils and Swiss chard. Some Lyonnaise sausage would have been appreciated. The wine would cut the meat fat like a hot knife. A wine to enjoy, not dissect. That is Beaujolais, isn’t it?

  • Comment posted by Beaunedoc:

    7/1/2019 7:06:00 PM - PS, yes on the white pepper noted previously.

Red

2009 Daniel Bouland Morgon Les Délys

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1/2/2018 - rmalloy wrote: NR

Departing from what I think of as beaujolais, this is a downright brooding wine. Completely opaque. Aromas of cocoa, molasses, and concentrated black cherry. Fleshy with low acidity and ample tannins. Needs time.

I wonder if one day people will look back and think 2009 was an overrated vintage for Beaujolais. Most of the things I love about Beaujolais are missing from this wine. It remains to be seen how this wine will age.

  • Comment posted by Beaunedoc:

    3/3/2019 6:28:00 PM - Agree. Not quite as lithe and cheerful as I would have liked.

White

2012 Robert Oatley Sauvignon Blanc Pikorua

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3/8/2014 - Beaunedoc Likes this wine: 88 points

Good clean fun. Nothing out of sorts here. Fine ripe acids, a very nice example of Malborough Sauvignon. One glass invites another.

  • Comment posted by Beaunedoc:

    3/8/2014 7:06:00 PM - Missed that this was entered under 2012, and my note reflects the 2013.

Red

1982 Château Pavie

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12/15/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 points

End of the World Dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): I enjoyed this tremendously. It had a lovely nose, very savoury at first, with meat and earth and tons of tobacco scents floating around some ripe, almost stewed notes of black cherry and cassis. With a bit of time, bits of herb and spicy bramble emerged, along with a beautifully sweet floral accent. What a wonderful nose. The palate was a lovely expression of sappy fruit flavours as well, with really ripe plums, black cherries and cassis tones. These were very 1982 in their warm succulence, yet also nicely lifted with by juicy acidity and a lovely seam of spice and tobacco that ran through the wine. With time, a nicely salty bacon note started coming out on the midpalate as well. This was so yummy, and quite lovely with a couple of pork dishes on the menu. My only grouse is perhaps that it was not as deep or persistent on the backpalate as I would expect from such a great vintage, but even there it had its charms, with silky tannins leading into a gentle finish of plum and prune flavours seasoned with a good amount wood spice and cigar. Really nice, and drinking beautifully at the moment.

  • Comment posted by Beaunedoc:

    12/30/2012 9:49:00 AM - Agree with your assessment. On X-mas day the Pavie was served with beef tenderloin in a merlot based red wine sauce. At the end of the bottle I had one of those rare wine moments when you realize that the experience and wine couldn't be any better. This wine is so ready.

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