This wine on release was the second red Burgundy I ever had! So I remember it pretty well. It was rich and succulent and it wasn't hard to understand why the 1996 vintage was getting raves, until it closed down and got in a bad place and then there was a decade or two you didn't see a flattering note on a 1996, including this one, which has a pretty long stretch of very disappointed tasters. So, that's why I still have a few bottles not opened until now. It is no longer closed and surprisingly not bad, but still, you don't cellar a wine 25 years hoping to get something like this, because it went from dumb to kinda generically, anonymously mature without the interim phase we like to call "at peak." In this case I fear the "at peak" might have been on release.
375. browning at rim. pretty, delicate, slightly spicy, noticeably woody nose, a bit tired with touch of oxidation as airs. pruny savour in light, silken body; tannins resolved, rather prominent acidity. rather simple for this vineyard, but overall pretty satisfying, though past its prime.
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From uncertain provenance (Winebid). Well past full maturity with lower than expected acidity, this just fell kinda flat in terms of expression of flavor, but drank fine. However this was stored, this bottle was at least 5 years past peak.
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1/20/2024 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 85 Points
This wine on release was the second red Burgundy I ever had! So I remember it pretty well. It was rich and succulent and it wasn't hard to understand why the 1996 vintage was getting raves, until it closed down and got in a bad place and then there was a decade or two you didn't see a flattering note on a 1996, including this one, which has a pretty long stretch of very disappointed tasters. So, that's why I still have a few bottles not opened until now. It is no longer closed and surprisingly not bad, but still, you don't cellar a wine 25 years hoping to get something like this, because it went from dumb to kinda generically, anonymously mature without the interim phase we like to call "at peak." In this case I fear the "at peak" might have been on release.
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10/22/2020 - Old Claret Likes this wine: 93 Points
surprisingly good!
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2/26/2019 - rocknroller wrote: flawed
90's Bouchard Tasting (St. Paul, MN): Murky, madeirized, vegetal. This bottle was toast.
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11/19/2018 - logos Likes this wine: 70 Points
375. browning at rim. pretty, delicate, slightly spicy, noticeably woody nose, a bit tired with touch of oxidation as airs. pruny savour in light, silken body; tannins resolved, rather prominent acidity. rather simple for this vineyard, but overall pretty satisfying, though past its prime.
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4/14/2018 - SoundinBetween wrote:
From uncertain provenance (Winebid). Well past full maturity with lower than expected acidity, this just fell kinda flat in terms of expression of flavor, but drank fine. However this was stored, this bottle was at least 5 years past peak.
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