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2007 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey Chambertin 1er les Goulots

Andrew — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:15:48 +0000

I was looking for an 06 Burgundy to have with some tasty salmon and found a box full of them. Well, except for this lonely 07 which I only noticed after the cork was pulled. Limpid red, violet tones in the centre. Merde and sous bois nose. No decanting afforded this wine, we wanted it right now, and paid by getting a mouthful of prickly acids. An hour sees more chook poo, and a canned asparagus element (possibly DMS) which masks some high toned raspberry and red cherry. Sappy pinot tannins are in the right place but this just doesnt taste very nice. We didnt finish this bottle, a rare thing.

Not in the happiest place. 84/100 on this showing, and hopefully its just a difficult phase.

Ashton Hills Estate Pinot Noir 2009

Lincoln — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:14:58 +0000

This is a note that I started a couple of weeks ago. Rich red fruits and an undercurrent of mulch. A lot more vegetative on the palate, cherry liqueur, cassia bark, some acid with a bit of harshness. Tough work. Lacks the texture on the palate with the acid and greenness sticking out. Perhaps too young but unsure how it would mature. Points? Mid to low 80s I think. Screwcap. $42 from the cellar door.

2007 Sylvie Esmonin Gevrey Chambertin Vielles Vignes

Andrew — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:34:55 +0000

This looks like its going to be a bigger version of pinot by the purple colour, and over time its aroma builds that way too – redcurrant and raspberry at first, building to blackberries (and 12 hours later some cola elements on a leftover half glass). The palate is on a similar build, openign with silky, slippery, forest berries and a whiff of brown spices, supported by a mouthcoating tannin layer, building to show some tarry elements. While I like the well executed “big burgundy” flavours, the fruit is all front palate at the moment, and time will tell whether this all integrates with the tannins. Give it a few years. 89/100

Cheers

Andrew

Yering Station Village Pinot Noir 2010

Lincoln — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:28:58 +0000

Well the summer holidays are over and it’s time to get off the wagon. I haven’t written a note for a while, so I think it might take me some time to get back into the swing of things. This one was a winery sample. Red cherries and some earthy spices on the nose. The palate is fruity and rounded, soft tannins, quite nice but perhaps a bit on the simple side. Solid entry level wine. 86 points. Better with food. Sealed under screwcap. 13.5% abv.

Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin 2008

Lincoln — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:40:49 +0000

Picked a bottle of this up this week. Initially a bit weedy, but with time it showed some lovely balance. A touch of animal hide, red cherries, light custard & nutmeg oak, iron filings. A light palate, cherries and a touch of hide. Good length. No great complexity but it does have purity. Tight now, but may develop. Maybe not. A very easy drink. Sealed under cork. 13.5% abv. Drink 2012-2015+. 87-88 points

2004 Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny

Andrew — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:29:45 +0000

Its an 04. Friend or foe? Well this is definitely friend…Colour a little cloudy and browning slightly. Nose is kid leather and mint. Palate is sweet and generous – nothing of the 04 green streak. Leather, cedar, raspberry and rhubarb mellowing to gentle blackcurrant juice. Lovely presence and intensity, and justifies its price as a relatively expensive village wine. In a nice spot – drink now. 90/100

Stonier Pinot Noir 2010

michel — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:22:09 +0000

Year in year out I eagerly anticipate this release – I recall at a 10 year vertical where the regular wines out performed the reserves and are half the price. The 09′s were tidy but the 2010′s have ramped up the intensity & complexity.

Spicy morello cherries perfumes up – fruit driven medium bodied a touch of plum – raspberries……
Hard to beat this as a VFM pinot full stop.
88

Kooyong Meres Pinot Noir 2006

Lincoln — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:41:48 +0000

A quickie – I was only half paying attention to this one. Initially quite savoury and minerally on the nose, dully fruited but marginally interesting. On the palate, some red fruits and chunks of minerals, drying but satisfying. Left in the fridge overnight in the original bottle and it looked much improved; more fruit on the nose, though balanced by the minerality, and the palate was more generous and rounded. Who would have thought it? Sealed under Diam. Cost in the mid $50s. Drink now. 88 points.

Curly Flat “William’s Crossing” Pinot Noir 2008

Lincoln — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:26:02 +0000

I cannot say I am terribly impressed with this one. Two bottles now, and both have shown dull fruits and stale spices on the nose. Strawberry and slightly unripe rhurbarb on the palate, thinly fruited and finishing with a touch of vinegar. Hmmmmm. If it was sealed under cork I would have said it was stripped. 92 points from James Halliday, which I don’t understand. Sealed under screwcap. 12.6% abv. Drink now. 84 points. $24 from the cellar door

Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots 1995

michel — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:41:13 +0000

A purchase inspired by a recent bottle from the 2001 vintage. Exotic spices on the nose, but no szechuan or cinnamon or Asian spices; more Vosne-Romanee in character, and more subtle than the 2001; less viscosity, less oak possibly. Over two hours the palate opened up with more stems and unfiltered dense fruit, with citrus notes and subtle balsamic undertones. Yeah I know it sounds weird. 88 points.