What a great way to spend a leisurely Saturday…call a buddy up, pop open some corks!
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2012 Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie (10/23/2016)
WOW what a nose! Blood iron, crushed raspberry, white pepper…perfumed and expressive…again, silky smooth liqueured fruit here…raspberry,cherry, blackberry…exotics of the iron, smoke, tobacco, olive, herbs de Provence…full bodied, well balanced seamlessness…this wine will produce tons of pleasure for a long long time! (96 pts.) -
2012 Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas (10/23/2016)
Amazed at how silky and plush this was in the mouth for such a young wine…loaded with liqueured purple/blue berry fruits, with raspberry puree mixed in…seamless and really elegant for Cornas…subtle complexities of smoke, lavender, violets, crushed graphite, cola/white pepper spice…really beautiful florals…lovely mouthfeel…fantastic! (95 pts.) -
2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru (10/23/2016)
Decanted for a couple hours…might still be slumbering, as it took a lot of coaxing to find greatness, which shouldn’t happen with DRC. Ripe and silky wild berry, cherry fruits…exotic spices, dusty cherry wood, hay, licorice, crushed flowers…pretty tight with structure…saline minerals…still, quite pure and elegant pleasure in the mouth. And just wait till it is open for biz! ++pts (94 pts.) -
2014 Domaine François Cotat (Paul & François) Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu - France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre (10/23/2016)
I just LOVE this wine…fourth time in a couple months…the minerality is amazing in this…chalky, salty, sea and limestone funk…bright and zesty citrus fruit…lemon/lime, quince…little tropical mango and pineapple as well. SO energized with fresh squeezed acidity…yet still a creamy full mouthfeel…complexities of lemon grass, white flower/lime blossom florals, white pepper dust. LONG dry puckering lemon and spice finish…fantastic! (95 pts.)
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Thanks Edson…it’s been a good week!