TN: 2010 Maison Ilan Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux

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  • 2010 Maison Ilan Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Corbeaux - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru (10/17/2014)
    Very strange wine, I’ve never tasted anything like it. Musty nose that smells like a burgundy cellar and some roasted coffee aromas reminiscent of old Rioja. Very little fresh fruit. Palate presence is fairly intense, but again, a roasted and old mushroom element. With a good decant, the rough tannins round out, but it drinks like a 20 year old wine which is very confusing because the color is correct for the age - quite ruby with a slight purple tinge. The finish has a slight soap taste and the finish is fairly short. Weird stuff. It has sufficient structure and comes off like a wine from the Old World for sure. I doubt I would call this Burgundy blind, let alone a Gevrey 1er. I really don’t know what to make of it. (75 pts.)

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How old are you? :wink:

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sorry, i don’t get it.

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Over 55 by the note :slight_smile:

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Yaacov, I suppose your note doesn’t surprise me. This is the one with the extended elevage, isn’t it? Didn’t it have problems finishing malo? Stayed in barrel a long time, I believe. Maybe someone has some specifics.

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Some silly stuff earlier in the MI thread, I said Charlie F was too young for his note to be accurate, everyone else thought I was too old. One against many, I lost, so if you are 55+ your notes can’t be reliable.

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still don’t get it.

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You’re not missing much, Yaacov. It was a somewhat silly exchange in the other MI thread.

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Hmm. My two are coming in a few days. I think I’ll put them unopened in my growing Winebid rack.

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yes, it was delayed - but i don’t recall the details.

i have one more bottle. ugh.

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send to Suzanne?

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Happy to

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Bummer to read this, but I’m not surprised. From tank, this wine was stupendous. But I will admit to having perceived a huge red flag when Ray sent out an email to his customers re: this wine that basically said “I can’t wait to get this wine into your hands, and I can’t wait to hear your opinions about it.” In other words, a drastic departure from his usual “These wines need time” line.

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I am sort of a newbie to this board and I don’t post much. I read Ray’s book. While it was a fascinating and ballsy journey, with his lack of experience, I didn’t understand why people were lining up to buy his wines. I read that his earliest offering of Chambertin was very reasonably priced, so a good reason to buy. Then with his bundling offers I was perplexed why people were willing to pay what he was asking. While Ray may be a great vigneron despite lack of training, like all great chefs they have their share of failures. Lack of experience usually means more failures.

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Andy- welcome to the board !

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Thanks Fred. You think will find a 1978 MI at Berns?

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Welcome andrew :slight_smile:

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Hopefully not ! [wow.gif]

But the Ridge zins that they used to have from the 70’s were sublime and crazy cheap.

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This wine is going to take forever to absorb that long elevage. I have a couple so I am hoping that it does.

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